Sentences with phrase «length of the pitch»

He basically ran the entire length of the pitch to knock that one in.

None of these players run the full length of the pitch and score goals on their own.

Adebayor quickly noticed that due to Reid tracking the former Arsenal star down almost till the half length of the pitch, West Ham's four - man defence had been converted into a three - man defence (indicated by the black markers), without a right - back.

The 18 - year - old has enjoyed an impressive season in the Championship for the Midlands side, which has included a remarkable goal against play off hopefuls Wolves where he slotted home after taking the ball for the entire length of the pitch in a 2 - 1 win over their rivals.

How could you call a man lazy when he manages to run the entire length of the pitch AFTER scoring a goal?

The same season, Theo made «that run» against Liverpool in the Champions league, running the full length of the pitch before calmly playing the ball across into Adebayor who had a simple finish.

When people say another Vieira they mean a tall, strong, competent, fully capable fighting machine who wins almost every duel he goes into and is good at dribbling long lengths of the pitch for inspirational effect.

Games such as the 7 - 0 trouncing in 1978, with that great full length of the pitch goal from Terry McDermott, and a 5 - 0 victory at White Hart Lane in 2013 when sadly missed striker, Luis Suarez, scored twice are just a couple of examples.

We are the team that has to be active and attack from The off and Monaco will definitely sit back, absorb and counter so we need our 2 pacy centerbacks that our able to cover large lengths of the pitch

It is also now true that when Wenger abandons the LW, Gibbs is left to cover the entire length of the pitch as he often has no winger with which to interact and work the ball deep.

With his opposite number having come up to the Bolívar box in search of a late equaliser, Dituro collected the loose ball and booted it the full length of the pitch into the empty net to seal a 3 - 1 victory.

The visitors, after a slow start — for the first 20 minutes, managed to score the opening goal out of virtually nowhere when the Armenian picked the ball up in the halfway line and ran the remaining length of the pitch to score past Kasper Schmeichel and give Mourinho's side the lead.

He stamped Van Persie's leg, unleashed a bad tackle on Cesc Fabregas, and concluded his vengeful act with an unwarranted celebration of his headed goal, running the entire length of the pitch towards the Arsenal crowd.

The winger, who moments earlier had a shot blocked by Foster, ran the full length of the pitch before applying a firm finish, which went in from a slight deflection off Jonny Evans.

The goals against liv and spu were very similar as he beat the entire team single handedly going the full length of the pitch... absolutely awsome display the man is truly a marvel.

O and Campbell wasn't great going forward granted he didn't get the ball in too many dangerous positions but he put in a real shift in there were numerous times he ran the entire length of the pitch covering for debuchy

now were even letting SUBOTIC run half the length of the pitch?

I think Walcott and formerly Podolski are instructed more than others to largely stay within their channel down the length of the pitch but others like Sanchez, Carzorla, Ozil and even Welbeck turn up all over the pitch.

Okay he is not usually the captain but neither is Ivanovic and he ran the length of the pitch to get involved when Gabriel reacted.

First thing, when Costa started complaining about Gabriel's flick, Fabregas joined him (you must see his face while complaining), Pedro joined him, and then at the last Ivanovic ran the length of the pitch first to control Costa, then followed Dean until he doesn't gets the red card out.

He chased the length of the pitch after he lost the ball, and has been our best man in the second half.

And we have no real reason to take much notice of what he says about Arsenal as he showed in that crazy over the top goal celebration when he ran the length of the pitch to taunt us that he has no love for the club or the Arsenal fans.

Bakayoko you only need to see dribbling the length of the pitch in about three or four strides, he's good feet can pass, he can tackle, but best of all he does it aggressively strong.

I'd love to have someone like Klopp or Conte that ran the length of the pitch everytime we score a goal!

The wonderful person and lovable striker (lol) Emmanuel Adebayor has been a figure of hate for Arsenal fans since he forced through a big money move to Manchester City, and then compounded his errors by running the length of the pitch to antagonize our fans after scoring for City against the Gunners.

Mazing through 5 spuds up the length of the pitch to slam home at Highbury is burned in my brain.

If we had those our attack would be a lot more fluid and dangerous because every player wouldnt have to run the length of the pitch because of our deficiencies in defense and dm.

The former — think Ole Gunnar Solskjaer running the length of the pitch to inconvenience Rob Lee — can amuse when, as in that example, there's a certain lucidity and self - awareness to proceedings.

The last real chance for either side came deep into stoppage time, but with an unmarked Modeste screaming for the ball in the middle of the area, Simon Zoller, having sprinted two - thirds of the length of the pitch, slid the ball a couple of feet past the outside of the post.

An incredible first half saw the team go 3 — 0 up, with play including an incredible goal from our sport scholar, Emily Hollinshead, who ran the full length of the pitch to score unaided.

With the Clarets camping them in their own half after a free - kick, United stole possession back with Martial setting them on their way before the Frenchman ran the length of the pitch to receive the ball back and he kept his composure to finish smartly and nestle the ball into the back of the net.

He's the French Guyanan goalkeeper who ran the length of the pitch with the ball, dancing around most of his opponents in the proecess before firing a low shot past his opposite number and into the back of the net!

Mustafi's lung - bursting run half the length of the pitch with just 3 minutes left came to nought and earned him a reprimand from his manager.

In the second half, David Ospina ran half the length of the pitch and raked his foot down some kid's knee, but the official let him off.

Michail Antonio carefully carried the ball almost the entire length of the pitch to the opposition's corner flag, only to completely forget everything he has been taught about ball retention in the final minutes of the game and politely hand the ball back to Palace, who went up the other end to score the equaliser.

This was demonstrated in the second half where he managed to run the length of the pitch without a Barnsley player being able to get near him until he got to Barnsley's penalty area.

He also scored against Espanyol from 20 - yards after carrying the ball the entire length of the pitch.

After eight failed attempts to turn a European game around in a row, Madrid did stage a second leg comeback, thanks to a hat - trick from Cristiano Ronaldo, who got his third with a free kick after Keylor Navas ran the length of the pitch to tell him to take it slow.

As he won the ball back in his own half to start a counter attack, Henderson ran the length of the pitch to finish the job with a composed strike as Coutinho and Sturridge supplied the goods.

Won a free - kick on the edge of an opposition box after a slaloming run which took him half of the length of the pitch and took some off the side in the final stages.

With an incredible engine and the appetite to run the length of the pitch and a game, Liverpool's push to add Mahmoud Dahoud to their midfield ahead of the 2016 - 17 season made perfect sense.

Of course that is not the only goal Adrian scored at Upton Park; many will remember the great fun of the Mark Noble testimonial game last season, when Adrian ran the length of the pitch (ably minded by Pedro Obiang) to score past David James.

A lightening counter-attack from their own goal covered the length of the pitch in a matter of seconds.

The highlight was probably his assist for Cristian Battocchio's goal against Leeds, when he ran the length of the pitch before crossing with his left foot.