Sentences with phrase «lost key midfielder»

The Blues did not manage to acquire their prime targets in the form of Romelu Lukaku, who joined Manchester United and also lost key midfielder Nemanja Matic to their Premier League rivals.

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the key is the midfield MUST play brilliant and not risk losing the ball even if it means NOT trying to go forward until your sure of success.

So it is no wonder that Wenger was left scratching his head after losing both of the key midfielders on Saturday; the Welshman with a hamstring problem and the Arsenal captain with a calf injury.

I feel that since we have lost our key pairings in both attack (Sanche — Ozil) and Midfield (Coquelin - Cazorla), it is time to rethink our pattern for the time being in order to make most of what is left of our preferable first XI.

Villa risk being in disarray ahead of the coming campaign, having lost their best defender, Ron Vlaar, their best midfielder Fabian Delph, and their key offensive presence in the Belgian hitman.

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They've made some smart signings but have lost key contributor and defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante, and could be losing star playmaking midfielder Riyad Mahrez.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon is reluctant to sell Ambrose this summer, having already lost two of his key players to the Premier League this summer already, with midfielder Victor Wanyama joining Southampton, and clinical forward Gary Hooper has joined Norwich.

The reigning champions of Italy have lost two key midfielders over the summer in Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal, however much like the two London rivals, they must now turn their attentions elsewhere.

Nevertheless, losing Gomes and Alcacer would leave them short in their positions in midfield and attack, and so although they would be offloading players surplus to requirements, they'll need to be replaced in order to avoid losing key depth to compete on various fronts.

Failure to strengthen at key times in either the summer or january is nothing short of brainless and ambitionless especially for a top team with champions league and premier league ambitions (sorry we are there to make up the numbers) Year after year we see either a striker midfielder or defender become injured and we lose momentum because either the board or Wenger see otherwise..

Lucas has been a key factor in Liverpool's recent revival and they have not lost in any of his last 13 appearances, but the Brazilian has not forgotten that he was jettisoned from the team last January, when Steven Gerrard was installed as the anchor midfielder, and rarely started until his recall in November.

That is a hammer blow for Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to face the prospect of losing one of his key midfielders for the European clash.

But the Blues lost two key players in the form of midfield general Nemanja Matic and club legend John Terry.

Key Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal has changed his mind on his initial decision to quit international football after his country failed to qualify for the World Cup in Russia next year when they lost 3 - 0 to Brazil.

This matchup is the key to the game in my eyes, after United's poor midfield showing in the last three games, the pressure will be on United who has everything to lose.