Sentences with phrase «in goals from set pieces»

A recent resurgence in goals from set pieces has come at a good time for Tottenham.

But trailing 1 - 0 they still had a chance, as long as they didn't do anything stupid, like letting in a goal from a set piece.

Not exact matches

Yes Giroud is not a 30 goal a season striker, but he does have his place, when we are struggling to get the ball out of our own half as a target man, and in set pieces, and defence, and he does score the odd goal from free play as well.

No sooner had we gone in front then we were pegged back again, conceding another goal from a set - piece just a minute later, Steve Archibald continuing his annoying trait of scoring in derby matches.

Whatever wrong decisions were made in the match we shouldn't have conceded that soft goal from set piece.

During his 50 minutes on the pitch, including the half an hour of extra time, Balotelli's poor pass led the match - winning free - kick, while he also failed to mark Branislav Ivanovic, who headed in the night's only goal from that set piece.

Had we conceded a goal from open play it wud still have been okay but on set pieces we can defend with all the players and easily have have man marked each one in the box.

Kolarov has done him a favour here though, with the defender curling in a great goal from a set piece.

not happy with this controversial win giroud scored with his hand to begin with from SET PIECE no goal line to prove ozil goal counted we were out played and outmatched cech is the only positive in this match we played as though we were in a sunday league or something

Although much was made of Arsenal's zonal marking system in the aftermath of a goal conceded from a set piece against Manchester City, the reality is that both Premier League goals against the North London club this season have been the result of goalkeeping errors; Wojciech Szcz?sny fumbled a cross against Southampton and against City, Vito Mannone raced off his line only to get nowhere near David Silva's corner, allowing Lescott to head home.

I for one would go and get him straight away as Ben Yedder is an all round striker a bag of tricks he plays in a lower team and scored a bag full of goals which means he fought hard against better defenders to get his goals Ben Yedder can come at you from any direction with either foot and score and he is good at set pieces two I would be ecstatically delighted if we sign him up as we would have our own Mahrez

Some may point to the fact that Chelsea only had 3 but if you assess the situation, Chelsea were never going to come out guns blazing at Arsenal, Chelsea thrive on controlling the game and counter attacks, having a free flowing game of attacking football is in Arsenal's best interest not Chelsea's and as such they would do everything to break up the play, seek for one off opportunities to get a goal and or get goals from set pieces and it worked like a charm against us.

First goal: Kouyate had a completely free header in our box from a set piece.

You would keep him in the side if he actually used his size and score 10 goals a year from set pieces but he does nt even do that.

And ironically Hangeland's goal we conceded from a set - piece was pretty much exactly in Giroud's zone in our zonal marking of corners: O

In the past going a goal up would have been guarantee of victory, but they have dropped points after going ahead, they are less impressive from set - pieces in both boxes, and showed against Sporting that now the squad has become smaller, players are becoming affected by injuries and tirednesIn the past going a goal up would have been guarantee of victory, but they have dropped points after going ahead, they are less impressive from set - pieces in both boxes, and showed against Sporting that now the squad has become smaller, players are becoming affected by injuries and tirednesin both boxes, and showed against Sporting that now the squad has become smaller, players are becoming affected by injuries and tiredness.

The season before last 14 15 we did better with the points than last season even though we came second from last season we know we conceded many goals from set pieces and were very short on goal scoring the logic of this season was to fix the defensive department and the offensive department by introducing a defender to reduce the amount of goals conceded unless holding is to be the man we havent us of yet fixed the problem on the offensive department we all know the only offensive player is chuba apkom well else we have not addressed the problem so in reality I do not except Arsenal to finish the season with more than 70 points and personally think minimum point required to win the premier league is 85 points have we got that in our squad it will remain to be seen if chuba and holding are enough for a key to unlock the season we will soon find out but I think MR wenger is gambling with the introduction of new manageress which lives us with Liverpool and Leicester and who will take the points off united chelsea and city the next 6 games should give us the indication to what may happen to the long run for the new year

Hence my call for Jansson but then we will be short for a defender from my own analysis of the season we were shay in the attacking department and we were gifting opponents goals on set pieces so we need 2 players whether we have the funds or not a defender and a striker are very much essential requirements to progress a head

So we have the players to score a range of goals — headers, set pieces, tap - ins, placed shots from the edge of the box and rifled thunderbolts from 20 yards or more.

No one can link up play, win possessions from goal kicks, score better with their head (too bad we don't lob the ball over the top every game, not in our philosophy I guess) and defend set pieces in the league than OG.

«In the end it was maybe a bit of a fortunate goal, and the surprising thing from that is that we could have maybe lost the game on a set - piece.

Admittedly some of Messi's goals have been out of this world in recent times, but Ronaldo's ability from set pieces and in the air equally sets him apart.

The Spaniard's keen eye for goal and quality ability from set pieces has seen some label him as one of, if not the, best left back in the entire Premier League, which is a fair shout.

The 22 - year - old has shown that he is more than a goal scorer, works really hard to retrieve the ball back when his side loses it, offers more in the deep areas and plays his role when defending from a set - piece.

Sanchez's touch still eluded him as he failed to connect with a dangerous set - piece when eight yards out - with Wenger turning to Danny Welbeck from the bench in the search for a second goal.

While the pace and finishing prowess of Sadio Mane is Senegal's biggest threat, they also scored several goals from set - pieces in the qualifying campaign and will look to capitalise on such situations again.

His rocket against the Rams was his sixth goal of the season, and all of those have come from outside the box (a record nobody in the Championship can match)-- with his collection including a curled effort against Hull City, a 20 - yard stroke into the net against Sheffield Wednesday, a free - kick versus Brentford, a shot which cannoned in off the angle of crossbar and post to down Sheffield United and another set - piece stunner to overcome Cardiff.

Was a presence from our set pieces as always and almost capped his birthday and possession of the captain's armband with a goal in the first half.

His skill - set is so broad, covering everything from dominating opponents in the air to playing the ball across the ground to score goals from set - pieces (he has 3 goals in his last seven games).

Jürgen Klopp has taken just one point from his two league games at Anfield so far, and this is mainly due to conceding a late set piece goal in both matches.

Switzerland scored twice in the group phase, both from set pieces, making them the only team left without a goal from open play.

After the jubilation of the equaliser, West Ham pressed United back and then turned the game on its head with two soft goals both headed in from close range by Antonio and Reid that stemmed from a couple of set pieces delivered by Payet and poorly defended by the United back four.

Liverpool have been vulnerable from set - pieces this season, conceding seven headed goals in the league.

Pedro was sent on and in the same minute in which he had got the only goal in 2009, against Shakhtar Donetsk, he pounced on a rebound when Beto parried — inevitably from a Messi set piece.

For a team managed by Jose Mourinho and has some good height, Manchester United's powers in terms of preventing goals from set pieces is very, very horrible.

Using the league average figure they should've scored 6.6, and only five of the other nineteen teams in the division scored more than twelve goals from all types of set pieces last season, and four of those clubs only beat that tally by three or less.

He also can chip in with goals, either from set pieces or if Aaron Ramsey is ever absent.

He hinted at a «summer of change» when the season finished, when in China he stated the defence was ok but conceded to many goals from set pieces.

United have conceded nine goals from set pieces this year, the tenth most in the league.

Add to this that a greater percentage of our goals have come from set pieces than any other team in the Premier League and it does not paint a rosy picture of sexy football at any time during the season.

Plus, Chamakh's added height would benefit the team on set pieces, which is a clear weakness, as we can see from the concession of two goals in four games from set pieces this season.

And considering that we have conceded half our goals from set pieces, improving that would make a huge difference in our standing at the table.

With our three tall centre backs plus Kouyate and Antonio, how could we possibly let in a headed goal from a set piece free kick where the scorer was virtually unchallenged?

Seattle have scored 10 goals from set - pieces this year, and Jordan Morris has made a name for himself by being aggressive in the box in these situations.

Aside from the set piece i can not recall of one shot on goal (song had a few solid shot blocks) Personally i do not think that Arsene specifically told Song to sit in front of the defense.

Then Stoke came from behind to beat Wolves 2 - 1, scoring both goals from set pieces as we suggested they may in our preview.

Goals from set pieces have plummeted this season, a year on from being the top tallying team in the Premier League.

RB Leipzig have conceded 12 of their 28 goals this season from set - pieces and they were undone in Freiburg by the same method.

To be fair they aren't doing too badly in front of goal and both teams to score at Bet365 is a price of 6/5 which may be worth a flutter, they will threaten from set pieces.

Although his form has waned just a little in recent outings, van Persie is undoubtedly our best chance of scoring an away goal either from open play or from a set piece as he showed in the first leg.