Sentences with phrase «in midfield when»

The ball had been bouncing around in midfield when Eric Dier brought it under control and found Son, who produced a sublime piece of skill to get away from Jonjoe Kenny out on the left.

It seems only Ozil and Jack have the spacial awareness to receive the ball in midfield when facing our goal and then to know which way to turn to drive play forwards.

Joe Allen — 6.5 (Can 66 ′) Added an element of control in the midfield when he came on, allowing Sterling and Coutinho to shine.

Milan held the edge in possession at the end of the first half, mainly because Juve couldn't string together anything in midfield when they gained possession in their own half.

Rosisky was there to cover in midfield when Ramsey ran to the box, but right now the whole team is shit

Now Ramsey Is looking like Zidane in that midfield when Ramsey not playing we look like a training team..

Similarly a gap in the midfield when Arteta was injured greatly exposed us until the experiment of Coquelin proved the greatest fortunate trial of all time.

Where was Ramsey, the suppose partner of Xhaka in the midfield when the ball was with our defenders.

We were playing a man down in midfield when we had the ball which minimizes the threat of Ozil and Ramsey centrally... Wouldn't have bugged me so much if he was an exceptional defensive player.

While Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne have ran in the midfield when their cars have been working, both have only registered one classified finish.

We do but we're Arsenal we should have cover but he is the class act in our midfield when u look at the others form atm.

He is also a leader a talker on the pitch somthing we lack in the midfield when he isn't there

But we got Kim Kallstrom on loan — he is a little bit not totally fit — as he has not played in a year but he is quality you know has 100 caps for Sweden so its good cover for us in midfield when his broken leg completely healz in 8 weeks, but he is almost there.

It literally takes pretty much all the strengths away from our world - class triangle of Mesut, Santi and Ozil to place a struggling for form Campbell in a more attacking role when the part of his role he's been doing best is providing extra defensive cover, while making us weaker in midfield when our strongest midfielder has been injured!!

Reason: United open right up in midfield when they lose possession and their back four is slow.

Yeah right as if there is balance in midfield when he is playing.

Coquline — Flamini in the Midfield when it should and could have been Fabregas — Carvalho.

Not exact matches

Now while Ramsey and Flamini are doing a good job in central midfield, what happens when Coquelin and Santi are back?

Leicester's French midfielder Anthony Knockaert gave a rallying call to his team - mates when he said: «We have played some tough teams in the first two games,»

I hope people can see the hardwork of welbeck especially when he is grafting and assisting in ithe midfield.

It is strange really, because when the Gunners were enjoying our most successful period, which culminated in the amazing and perhaps never to be matched achievement of winning the Premier League without losing a single game, it was with the combative midfield warrior Patrick Vieira at the heart of the side.

From being a massive favourite among Arsenal fans, even when he left the Emirates to return to his boyhood club Barcelona back in 2011, the Spain international midfield star Cesc Fabregas became persona non grata with Gooners after he came back to the Premier League two years ago to join up with Arsene Wenger's old nemesis Jose Mourinho.

Ozil and Sanchez (The Chilean basically carried us for the first half of the season when the keys of the team were given to the worse midfielder in the Arsenal squad, Jack Wilshere... He is tired and it is easy to see) have come to Arsenal to get paid because they know they will win f*ck all here.

So we blame him when welbeck fails to score two simple tap ins after bn fed on a plate... Or when Sanchez forgets he is a wing forward not an central midfielder or when walcoot fails to score when ozil has just offered him the easiest of chances.

Here he becomes the extra defender when we are under attack, he becomes the extra midfielder when we need to subdue a team that puts in a fight and he becomes the extra man running in to flick the ball past the goalkeeper when we are attacking.

Where as even though we know there is a problem when it comes to defence, Wenger seems to be living in denial.All these talks of signing Lemar or Mbappe is just to keep fans guessing so that there are more ticket and merchandise sales.What we really need is a midfield general, someone like Viera or Gilberto

We need to get a proper midfield driver in the side in the summer for when things are not going to plan, someone who can dribble down the middle of the park when its least obvious, this would surprise some of our opponents on occasions.

Let's face it, Mertesacker and Arteta were once decent players in their youthful days, but now they are shit, both are liabilities to the rest.Koscielny, gibbs and debuchy have to work twice as hard to cover up for the sluggish per, same case when arteta is playing, the midfielders around have to run back when he easily gets turned and beaten for pace.

Arsenal could certainly do with upgrades in midfield at the moment, and Rafinha still has time to prove himself capable of being the player Barcelona thought he would be when he came through as a highly - rated youngster.

Even when he is not on form or scoring, he is still getting his magicalflicks and one touches which results in our midfielders scoring.

When we see Coquelin put in a shift in defensive midfield, it is really evident to see what Arsenal had been lacking when Arteta was deployed thWhen we see Coquelin put in a shift in defensive midfield, it is really evident to see what Arsenal had been lacking when Arteta was deployed thwhen Arteta was deployed there.

He seemed the only midfielder willing to join the attack when we were so short on numbers in the box against PSG.

The brilliant Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is now in his 8th season at Arsenal, and has always performed brilliantly when called upon to play for the first team, but due to various injuries and Arsene Wenger's choices our Little Mozart has only averaged 20 starts a season in all competitions, and another 10 per year as substitute.

The arrivals of Radamel Falcao and Angel di Maria have left van Gaal with «too many cooks» when filling rolls in his attack and his midfield diamond and the former Chelsea man is seen as the odd man out.

High work rate players in midfield and attack for 70 + minute a game (when not on the ball), Sanchez, Welbeck, Cazorla and Coquelin and Elneny.

The «extra man» would force errors when we are attacking by the opposing team's confusion over who to mark, he would close down the enemy in the midfield and he would help steal the initiative off the opponent attackers by his mobility to position himself at the less served areas.

When Santi went down last season it wasn't his ability to relieve pressure in the midfield we missed anywhere near as much as his ability to pick up the ball and play the right pass quickly and incisively.

Beside the issue of Walcot's contract, Wenger loves his midfielders and in fairness to him, when we play Ramsey on the right, we don't have a lot of movement behind the opposition's defence and we are not as fast as we are when playing walcot.

Coquelin, Flamini and Ramsey are not of that same mould, Victor Wanyama and Villiam Carvaho are good defensive midfielders but do not control the flow of a game, they are more likely to a rest or stays static when their team is in possession of the ball.

When you see the likes of West Brom bringing in decent holding midfielders on loans while we do nothing, makes you wonder if we'd be better off with Tony Pulis in charge.

How can we play then when we have up to 2 3 people in defence and midfield that can not pass the ball well

When discussing contract terms in the summer of 2014, club CEO Karl - Heinz Rummenigge refused to give Kroos more than # 10m a year because he didn't think he was a «world - class player,» so ex-Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Stefan Reinartz says.

When it clicks and you have the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in full flow but also functioning as parts of a well oiled machine, the Gunners have the ability to breach any defence and with a strong defensive line and midfield players who can control a game, there are the ingredients in north London to make a title winning team.

Aw has lost the plot with his tactics as well.Teams read him and play us out of games.We only tend to play well when opponents give us room to play in the midfield — like Everton did.When opponents park the bus and cramp out Ozil and Sanchez, Wenger doesn't have a plan.All the possession and no goals wont win you games.

Louis van Gaal looks set to continue this approach of high - profile, expensive moves in the transfer market, with two Serie A midfielders now on the Dutchman's agenda for when the transfer window re-opens in the middle of the season.

Yes but it needed to be done, whilst it can be argued whether he would be able to produce the same performances he does now in 4 years time, the whole idea i would presume would be to let the younger midfielders learn from such a talented individual now with the eventual hope that they would be able to surpass or perhaps match his ability, plus its always a good thing to have experienced players of such calibre around the squad, like barca with Xavi he may not be able to perform to the level he was in his heyday, but every once an again produces a moment of magic when you need it on account of the experience.

were we look vulnerable and unsettled when teams break us down quickly in the midfield (like Spuds and Palace) did not giving midfielders time on ball and us a chance to control game...... (I wish AW has a back plan for that)...

But then when he is played at CB in meaningless preseason games to help improve key aspects of his game like positional awareness, reading the game and tackling among other things, we all are up in arms... Playing cb did wonders for Alex Song when he was eventually pushed up to midfield.

as for the league, giroud is a 13 goal per season scorer, that is one goal every 3 matches, he is a feature striker, and this wont win anything unless you generate huge output from your midfield... by comparison, henry scored 27 goals in the epl when we won the league...

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end