Sentences with phrase «left centre back»

Jan is the only one not at blame as he was playing left centre back of the three.

Cissokho was injured early on so Johnson moved to left back, Wisdom to the right, and Agger came on in his usual left centre back position.

The goal was easily the move of the game with Coutinho inviting Raheem Sterling to run in - behind the West Brom defence by threading a perfect through ball between the Baggies» left back and left centre back.

Kolo Toure came in alongside Martin Skrtel, with the Slovakian moving to left centre back as Liverpool's natural left sided defenders, Agger and Sakho, only made the bench...

If Wenger was certain that Mertesacker needed a rest then we would have looked much stronger defensively with Bellerin at right back and Chambers in at right centre back and Koscielny in his normal position at left centre back.

Monreal has been surfice at cb the problem was chambers came into cb forcing mertesacker to the left centre back position were he struggled

Mustafi needs to justify his fee and Monreal can cover left wing back and left centre back.

Mustafi at left centre back.

That was sensible any day because had he gone into the tackle resulting in Willian going past him it would have left the centre backs extremely exposed.

Not exact matches

The crew neck «Shot Gun T - Shirt» has a centre front and back seam with an all over bullet hole detail, a curved hem and a praying skeleton logo on the left chest.

Replacing TV would not have guaranteed a centre back who can play left back.

Despite rumoured interest in Chelsea's Petr Cech, it seems likely that Wojciech Szczesny will remain number one goalkeeper for now, but a major change could happen at centre - back with Winston Reid looking likely to leave West Ham United and attracting interest from both Arsenal and Liverpool.

The South American is equally comfortable at either centre - back or left - back, offering United versatility, but getting him on the pitch regularly has been a problem.

He would have taken a midfielder off put on a left back to play centre half (after 80 mins).

The Argentine was in great form at this summer's World Cup, and will be a highly useful signing to fill in at both centre - back and left - back, providing a replacement for Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra in one go.

However, it would also leave us very stretched at centre back, which now looks like it could be a big problem for Arsene Wenger now that the France international Laurent Koscielny was sent home from international duty because of an Achilles problem.

Blind was initially bought into Old Trafford as a left - back who could also play in the centre of midfield and he became a favourite under van Gaal.

Losing Mustafi is a blow but we have other centre backs to cover, but that left wing back role is not so easy to fill and maybe the Gunners would revert to a back four with Bellerin and Monreal as the full backs if Kolasinac was not fit.

«When I talked about the spine and talking about the goalkeeper and a centre - back and a holding midfielder and a striker, I'm not saying to the guys [who are already there] «leave and let [new guys] come and play», no, [I'm saying] compete.»

Yes I agree, the centre back is not clear certainty and with players leaving and ageing we will have to look at replacements at some stage.

The versatile defensive weapon has found his route to a centre - back spot blocked by Daley Blind this term, and has only been used to fill the left - back berth following the long - term injury suffered by Luke Shaw during Man United's Champions League defeat to PSV Eindhoven last week.

Los Blancos are said to be keen on the Argentine international after identifying him as the ideal back up to regular left - back Marcelo, though he would also be able to fill in at centre - back if needs be.

Yes he can he is a def mid / left fullback but also plays centre back as good as vermaelen.

The Red's failed to bring in a centre - back as Mamadou Sakho left the club for Crystal Palace and the pursuit of Virgil Van Dijk tailed off into nothing more than an embarrassment for all parties.

In defence I would just bring back jenkinson, but if not add a top centre back (preferably left footed) giving us again 9 options for the defence.

Take a look the second goal, Monreal was left exposed by the two centre back and he had to cover and also follow Aguero which was difficult.

Never mind, we have Bellerin at right back, Haydyn and Chambers at centre back and Monreal at left back.

Monreal has really made a difference to the left side Gibbs plays to many balls back and across to the centre backs he is so prone now to get injured he doesent go forward and his defending is woefull can't see him even playing for England again, don't get me wrong I do like him but his game has declined Play him as a sub as Monreal if one of the defenders is injured can fill in like Sagna did CB

The Liverpool Echo reported that Ronald Koeman's side wanted the 31 - year - old on a year's loan with a view to a permanent deal at the end of the season as the Dutch manager wanted some cover at centre - back and left - back.

You are all panicking Walcott up front Rosicky in with CoquelinsSanches right side Podolski left Oxy as sub that should do it got to work sometime why not now then buy Centre back out BFG CB

A superbly versatile player, Napoli's Juan Zuniga could provide cover at right - back, left - back and centre - back, making him a more useful signing than the one - dimensional Alves to bolster Louis van Gaal's options in defence.

«I've seen him at centre - half and at right - back, but I wanted to see him at left - back — and I thought he was outstanding.

He angrily wondered how how Wenger could put Monreal and Kolasinac in central defence and leave an accomplished centre back like Mertesacker on the bench.

However, another player Wright mentioned in the interview was the Southampton and Netherlands centre back Virgil Van Dijk and he is still available, especially after the news reported by The Mirror and others today that the Dutchman has handed in a transfer request and released a statement making his desire to leave the Saints crystal clear.

Xhaka for all his advantages, does struggle to compensate positionally if the ball is lost deep in our half and with our wing backs are stationed out like wingers, we leave a big chunk of turf around Xhaka and particularly between him and his centre backs in which counter attacks can and will flourish.

Long serving centre - backs Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic left United in the summer, but no specialist in the position has been brought in since their departure.

The Spaniard's versatility can see him play in various positions, including left - back, central defence and in midfield, but given his natural position is on the left, Conte could yet decide to continue his search for a centre - half too.

Umtiti, left - footed, can play as both a centre - half and a left - back, and given Filipe Luis could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge in the summer [via Independent Business Times], Mourinho could be in need of a replacement to the Spaniard.

However, Jose Mourihno's side have also been recently linked with a move for Everton's Seamus Coleman, suggesting that the Portuguese coach perhaps plans to switch Ivanovic to the centre, while continuing to use Azpilicueta ahead of Filipe Luis at left - back.

That is already 8 players that can play centre back, 6 that can play right back and 4 that can play left back (Gabriel and bellerin both played there)

This leaves Louis van Gaal without many options at left - back, with Marcos Rojo perhaps most likely to fill in in that position, though he's more suited to playing centre - back.

Normally comfortable at centre - half or at right - back, Gomez was asked to fill in on the left - hand side of the Reds backline and his performance warranted special praise from Rodgers, who is now set to give the youngster first - team opportunities in the upcoming season:

As well as these two top talents Kenny Dalglish is also said to be one of many clubs looking to sign Bolton centre back Gary Cahill this summer, a player who apparently seems destined to leave the Reebok Stadium with Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal and Man United all also keen on the consistent centre back.

I mean, the defending wasn't great by leaving the man unmarked at the far post, but Cech would have easily caught the ball without a second thought if he had just waited for the header back into the centre.

Watch Celtic centre - back Virgil van Dijk leave the field after seeing red in this Europa League San Siro clash...

Wimmer, 24, has been linked with a move to Southampton and West Ham in the past, however it was reported by the Sun that Hammers boss Slaven Bilic was likely to play the player at left - back rather than centre - back, something the player is not so keen on.

I think wenger will buy a centre back a left back a winger / striker He hasnt really trusted players in those positions

Although normally a centre - back, Marcos Rojo can fill in on the left and was the player Louis van Gaal picked to replace Luke Shaw when he went off injured against PSV.

That obviously left the two centre backs exposed.

Shkodran Mustafi is much more comfortable in a back three than with two centre - halves and Nacho Monreal has adapted well to playing on the left side of a three.