Everyone in the world seem to know that you can not win anything in modern day football without a solid defence, a
shield in front of those defenders in the form of reliable defensive midfielder and a striker to deliver the goals.
Ospina and Cech will look a lot better with top defenders around him and a top defensive midfielder in front of them
True, there doesn't look to be a sufficient
guard in front of our defenders, and the passing forward by both player is slow and easy, except for that one ball by Ramsey before the goal.
Martin's specialty is exploding just enough to get his
shoulders in front of the defender, stopping to allow the defender to catch up and absorbing the bump to draw the foul.
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staying in front of the defenders will help resolve the situation of defender exposure, especially if both Ramsey and Cazorla are encouraged to man the areas allocated to them from the box all the way to the other box.
Last night in Europe he went for Dier alongside Vertonghen but they looked like they had never met and the defensive errors and anxiety went all across the back four, and ith the defensive midfielder Dembele having picked up an injury himself last night, they have also lost
protection in front of the defenders.
However, in the 35th minute substitute Olly Dyson levelled the scores and set Town up for a final push in the last 10 minutes,
getting in front of a defender to divert left back Mason O'Malley's cross past the goalkeeper.
The basis for this argument is, of course, that there is some form of a defensive midfielder slotted in between them and the back line, creating a
shield in front of the defenders.
He beat another couple of defenders, got into the box on the left hand side and played a low ball across for Boyd who had made a run to get
in front of the defenders and fire home with his left foot.