Sentences with phrase «in winning back the ball»

The amount of running and tracking back that Campbell gets through in a game is astonishing and he is also very effective in winning back the ball to.

Not exact matches

Real, who now have a record 12 European Cup wins, grabbed the lead in the 20th minute through Ronaldo, who slotted the ball low into the corner after a clever cut - back from Dani Carvajal following a classic counter attack.

Cazorla used to be able to pick him out and Cazorla also used to press higher up and he won the ball back a number of times and found Ozil in space.

The difference was, Chelsea had the higher intensity in the second half and once we had lost our oppurtunity to win the ball back fast, we retreated into a defensive formation.

Goal 1: Mertesacker dives in to a challenge and doesn't win the ball, leaving him out of position without the pace to get back.

If Ozil carries on putting his foot in and gets better at winning the ball back then could he drop into a B2B role?

These players do allot for a championship winning side, one thing they do is they make you harder to beat with their Sanchez like attitude when it comes to winning the ball back, another is you do nt feel the loss of the man he comes in for as much as you would usually.

Whether he plays alongside Jack, Santi, Ramsey, Elneny or Le Coq it will free them up to be a lot more aggressive with their positioning either with the ball or winning it back aggressively and in more advanced positions in Coq's case.

Never seen him track back or win the ball in our half.

Against West Ham he went to intercept a Hammer on the wing near the corner flag and in a dangerous position for a cross, he closed the player down but whe a West Ham player arrived behind him and an Arsenal player was closing from his right he dropped back to cover the pass to the 2nd West Ham player instead of trying to win the ball.

Liverpool took the game to us, we sat too deep and didn't press the Liverpool players hard enough to win the ball back in the first half.

How many times have you seen Ozil pressure in defence, win the ball back or slide in for a tackle?

When Arsenal plays against smaller teams, we somehow manage to win the ball back, but playing against biger teams we play like basketball, leting the enemy attack and hope that they do nt succeed in scoring, rather then us winning the ball back.

Boss — Getting a little long in the tooth but still a quality CB in world football Mustafi — Ball winning CB who will improve as he adjusts back to the pace of the PL.

It is no cioncidences that we are having clean sheets when our offensive players are fighting hard to win back the ball when they lose it in offensive positions.

Our attackers fall back to win balls while our defenders join in attacking moves.

Honestly if Lacazette is as hard working as everyone says then with him and Alexis chasing down every ball and our new formation solidifying the back line and xhaka sure to improve in his second run in I think this formation with Alexis and Lacazette using speed to run off the link up play of giroud and the balls being played to all three of them by xhaka and Ozil we would score enough goals to win any match next season.

Goalkeeper, centre back and please, an athletic, ball winning defensive midfielder.With The the spine In place we can revert to a Back four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City eback and please, an athletic, ball winning defensive midfielder.With The the spine In place we can revert to a Back four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City eBack four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City etc..

We've had a slow start to the season with a frustrating 3 draws from our first 5 games and our first win only coming in the 6th — many of these draws caused by the difficulty we have in putting the ball in the back of the net.

He's very quick in transition from offence to defence and wins the ball back very quickly.

Coquelin has done the type of job Xhaka could benefit from playing next to in pre season, nippy tackling player to win the ball back and to release it to either a wingback or Xhaka to drive the game forward.

In possession we are pressed and hurried by everyone half decent, but when they are in possession we just sit back, jog around with no purpose just waiting for them to make a mistake or lose the ball instead of us trying to win the ball bacIn possession we are pressed and hurried by everyone half decent, but when they are in possession we just sit back, jog around with no purpose just waiting for them to make a mistake or lose the ball instead of us trying to win the ball bacin possession we just sit back, jog around with no purpose just waiting for them to make a mistake or lose the ball instead of us trying to win the ball back.

He also won the ball back for Dele Alli's 70th - minute opener in a display in which his industry was as important as his attacking contribution.

After winning the ball back in their own penalty area, Palace's defense found Bolasie, who beat the Liverpool midfield and Glen Johnson by himself.

What a lot of fans don't understand is that no one can win balls in the air with back to goal that Olivier can.

Pace only part of his problem... though a big one... his distribution of ball out if defence is awful... one of worst in EPL... slows down our forward movement massively and often puts receiving player in akward situation wher only option is back pass... He is also average in air... So his one quality is positional sense so he is alright as a bench player which is how Germany use him... So yes the guy is right we will not win league with this mertesaker starting

The ball playing from the back and total possession football they can play in any area of the park is what lets them win.

He's also very careless with the ball sometimes, and when he loses it, he tries to win it back quickly by either committing a stupid foul, or going for a needless sliding tackle and injuring himself in the process.

Deployed in the anchoring midfield role, Mascherano has made countless tackles, passed the ball well, and won back possession with interceptions.

Your right I think, if we can get decent holding CM to help protect the back 4 then Ozil and Co will be able to focus on attacking more often, how - ever I will highlight how little effort Ozil puts in to winning the ball back For me Cazorla would be the starter because I have more confidence in him in getting back and winning the ball back with the TEAM and help us press higher up to force the opposition into making mistakes and letting in goals.

There are too many players in the squad that believe that they have no responsibility to defend and win the ball back.

OFF the post, enough said, funny how he doesn't have his head in his hands (giroud) and actually tries do win the ball back.

The positive is we won't lose these games as we will be able to win the ball back in our opponents half and counter attack with real pace.

Our players are to weak in winning the ball back that we are forced to play this way.

Bellerin done very well up till the poor tackle, Iwobi should have been tracking back and been there yet Bellerin still got out wide to make a failed attempt to take the ball, Bellerin was in a no win situation as soon as Iwobi was put ahead of him on the right.

The way in which he wins the ball back with truly elite numbers, the changes in our team's overall, stronger defensive mentality, our record with him in the team and without, the defensive cover he added to allow Santi to flourish in the deeper role.

Arsenal have flown back into the Top Three since disturbingly losing our opening game to West Ham, and in our facile win over Stoke yesterday we managed 69 % of the possession and our opponents hardly had the ball enough to create many chances.

After winning nine games in a row before the draw against Chelsea and the ball - busting defeat to Swansea, Arsenal must be gunning to bounce back in style this weekend to guarantee our place in the Top Three.

Apart from being creative, Cazorla has added a determination to win the ball back in CM, this is something he has improved since joining us and I believe his time out on the wing helped him massivly.

I agree with Bellerin playing on the wing, he has pace, He can win the ball back in the opponents half, he can score goals and assist.

he is playing back a bit further than a traditional 4 -3-3, but he has a 3 man defense behind him so he doesn't have to spend so much time focusing on defending and can use that time to win balls in the midfield and push forward.

I pissed to see his lazy attitude, loosing balls to easy and look like a big question when the rest of the team tries to win back his last balls, and then his positioning in my mind I wrong, he take to many wrong decisions and yes he don't score enough.

I think that's why w struggle in big games, no intensity, all we do it sit off and hope the other team loses the ball instead of us trying to win it back.

If Ramsey AND Ozil are both more focused on being in the right place for when someone else wins the ball back then we have to central players who are not defending, leaving more for Xhaka who isn't the most agile of players.

Maybe he would do brilliantly in the squad because he has the desire to close down asap and help win the ball back, that effort and desire to win the ball back alongside Coquelin who also has the desire to win the ball back could become a formidable partnership.

He wins the ball back like the best in the world but is virtually useless other than that.

When Ramsey is playing well and he gets back to defend then I think we see more out of Ozil and Xhaka, I thought Ozil played better at the end of the season than in the middle when the team imploded and that I do remember seeing Ramsey getting back more than he did in pre season Chelsea game, along with the extra CB to help win the ball back, it has meant Ozil can focus more on finding space ready for when his team mates have won the ball back.

He needs to be played in an attacking role where he doesn't need to go to ground trying to win the ball back from deep midfield.

At least Peps teams have always been very entertaining, pressing high and winning ball back ASAP, high tempo with top players in the mix to add the flair.

Monreal is a left back, Hector is a very good right back in fact the best we have right now and flamini is not a foot baller to me then wenger was just lucky he had a very good squad back then otherwise he is too clueless of what takes place on the pitch and what to do so as to achhieve a certain goal like say; keep a lead in 20minutes or win a game from nothing.