Sentences with phrase «manned the midfield against»

I am taking Ramsey & Elneny to likely manned the midfield against Barca.

Georginio Wijnaldum lined up alongside captain Jordan Henderson and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain in a three - man midfield against Bournemouth and didn't misplace a single pass during the entire match.

Not exact matches

If you go onto Squawka.com or another stats providing site, you can look at the performance of Ozil against Man City compared to that of Jack Wilshere, the Arsenal midfielder who was rightly named as Man of the Match.

1 Off the top, it does not take rocket science to know that united 4 man midfield will overrun us in a 4 -2-4 formation by playing 2 midfielders against there 4 and also considering Ramsey's poor passing ability.

But his age is making me to panic of his manning the Gunners defensive holding midfield role against the speedy Barca's pouncers in Feb Ucl clash at the Ems in Feb next year.

but like someone said, why wouldnt sacrificing stability of midfield for two strikers make team more penetrative especially against defensive teams and if back four is tight, 4 man midfield is sufficient.wenger could try that!!

Man United midfielder Jesse Lingard provided one of the misses of the season in the Red Devils» match against Leicester this evening.

With the Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere being the only England player that seemed to be trying to win the game against Republic of Ireland yesterday, it was no surprise that the match was a drab and unexciting game that leaves England still waiting for a win over the men in green.

the only reason le coq won, t be back in the first xi straight away is that wenger won't rush him back and make sure he has fully recovered which we can afford to do now with xhaka in the team but as soon as wenger thinks he, s fully fit no doubt he will be one of the first names on the team sheet, i also agree against certain teams where we expect to be dominated in midfield (against man city) le coq / xhaka could be a good option!!

if only he could remember that he once was an attacking midfielder and quit the sideways passing... will always remember his 87 min long range goal against Man City in 2012... Anyway he doesn't have the legs to be a Defensive midfielder..

i mean I saw it xo vividly against man city, the way he finished four players, gliding through them was something else... He is so different from the other midfielders we have... I really love him.

@TH14atl the list of the players you gave me were players who were naturally central midfielders but could play in cmf position and you also gave me no 10's who could also play cmf so i do not get your take.However did you see that they were being played in their best positions.I am also against Ramsey on the wing but i will not be blinded by the fact that if he should be put in box to box role he will be better than santi in that role.But from what you said i think we might just sell cant we.Have you forgotten the man utd match last season where peeps were like O!

Wenger was officially in command of managerial affairs at Arsenal by the start of October, but Vieira had already made his mark, coming on as a substitute against Sheffield Wednesday on 16 September 1996; The Times described him as a «thinking man's Carlton Palmer... who, at last, gives the Arsenal midfield some variety.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Look at against Chelsea, Veratti was removed and with 10 men, he stil bossed the midfield.

EL - neny got ta be the man at the heart of the arsenal midfield against chelski...... I would play him alongside Ramsey (with strict instructions to sit back, protect the back four and not bump forward too often, but with freedom to do the whip and long passes)....

Now if we actually go back to last season, Arsenal played that pair in midfield against Man City and won 2 - 0, against Man United won 2 - 1 and tied 1 - 1, against Liverpool won 4 - 1, against Chelsea tied 0 - 0 and won 1 - 0.

This is a very difficult game to give ratings, because if you look at the chances that Arsenal created against Man United then nearly all of our strikers and midfielders were brilliant, but when you look at the end product and the end result you could argue that they were awful.

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we faced them twice without loosing against them beating them in d process, world class matic was in chelsea team we dominated and annihilated @ fa cup finals, with matic making zero successful tackles and was a liability all tru d duration of d match, was ran over by our midfielders like ever, lukaku was in Everton team we beat 3; 0 even with 10 men, even with Mert @ our back he couldn't even smell a goal, the way we ridicule our players is terrible, to some dudes here all we have is bunch of idiots, parading as players, what a pathetic bunch of ingrates, between Sanchez and walcot last season we have 49 goals and numerous assists, how many goals has Rashford and Martial scored since last season that makes they super stars?

So with Ramsey approaching full fitness and his manager bestowing great compliments on the Arsenal midfielder, he will be extremely keen to prove his worth ahead of Arsenal's game against Man United next week.

They will press and score against most defences let alone a weak one like ours but they are vulnerable to speed... as we saw again today... So what does the fossil do puts in a couple of lightweight midfielders who are completely dominated... Wilshire left in no mans land with no support... Ozil and miki misplaced... Pea isolated... Equals no threat but lots of sideways passing... Did you watch the game or just high on wenger juice?

A 4 -3-3 system is favoured by Barca, Real Madrid and Man City and Bayern, the top four teams in Europe.It suits the attacking philosophy of Arsene Wenger which is to his credit.Unfortunately we do not have the top quality defenders these teams have nor a dominant DM.Nevertheless it is the best system for our current team which is top heavy in attacking midfielders hence the need to play Ozil and Mik in wide positions.In my opinion the most balanced central midfield would consist of Elneny, Ramsay and Wilshere.Elneny was first class against Watford yet was left out against an average Milan side to accommodate the ever present Xhaka who will no doubt feature against CSK.

I have definitely been happy with what I have seen from the Arsenal and Switzerland international star Granit Xhaka so far at Euro 2016, after the central midfielder followed his Man of the Match performance in the first game with another performance of real class in his second match against Romania yesterday.

We were broken against too easily, a proper holding midfielder will sort that problem out, not Flamini who dives into a challenge when he's the last man.

Pires has been talking about our record signing Mesut Ozil in an interview on the Arsenal website, after the midfielder put in a Man of the Match performance against Liverpool.

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The midfield trio ramsey, wilshere and arteta / flamini is quite useless, it work against a clumsy man city side but nothing else.

Both.The midfield needs packing with grafters against man City.No pretty football necessary.

I would go with the Ox in the middle against Man City, not just because of his fitness and form, but because his pace, power and work rate could be just what we need to stop Man City's own midfielders getting at our defence.

Someone said that it will utilize 5 Defender in four... i have clarified — this system when typically deployed will take up 6 Midfielders, 3 defenders and 1 attacker... 5 defender may come in when the game we are playing is against a tough opponent and we have the slim lead... occasionally... The issue about Man United's LvG trial should not scare anyone from looking at our own strengths and playing through them — We are faster, we are younger, we are more technically adept and maybe we can implement this best...

442 is outdated against five man midfield, Ozil being one of the four makes it even more likely to be overrun.

We had article on how to cope against 10 man defences and i believe for our brand football to get round them opposition must feel threatened from 20 yards out — We need midfielder who can shoot from distance not only that but score somewhat often.

Wenger would not normally target one player and ignore the overall game but he did a similar thing against Man City star David Silva and having Ramsey back means that Coquelin will have a bit more defensive support in midfield.

Ozil is a fantastic player but jest needs to learn that the PL, requires even attacking midfielders to do their share defensively as well, like Santi did against Man City... Sanchez does it every game, and he's our most valuable attacking player at the moment...

Jack Wilshere, who played against Anderlecht in midweek after shaking off what looked like a serious ankle injury during Hull City's game, should start alongside Ramsey in what will be a 3 - man midfield.

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The former Arsenal man has managed 4 goals and 5 assists in 13 midfield starts in all competitions for Klopp's men while also grabbing an assist in his only Premier League start in the front three against Chelsea back in November.

Man United have renewed their interest in West Ham midfielder Domingos Quina and scouts watched the 17 - year - old score for Portugal Under - 19s against Spain this week.

In one of Moyes» best decisions as Man Utd manager, he brought the hot - headed van Persie off and brought on Welbeck, a move reminiscent of Fergie when he brought off Scholes against Arsenal when he was battling with Wilshire in midfield.

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Burnley looked under - resourced in midfield against the Swans, but successfully frustrated Jurgen Klopp's men and provoked mistakes from them, registering the lowest percentage of possession by a Premier League side since they started gathering the statistic.

The midfielder grabbed his first goal as a second - half equaliser during his man of the match performance against Brighton where his side came back from a goal down to win 2 - 1.

Man City's 5 - 0 drubbing of them back in September seemed to announce this, as Henderson, the most defensively competent in a midfield trio alongside Wijnaldum and Can, couldn't handle City's press and incisive attacks; against Tottenham, later in October, he was caught out several times, leaving large swathes of space for Kane and Son to sprint into.

Unlike Chelsea, Spurs were more clinical as they created chances using their speed to cut from deep against a slower Man Utd midfield and defence.

The 1996 - born midfielder was also the man - of - the - match on his début against Valencia, where he tormented Gary Neville's side from his position on the right flank, and made life extremely difficult for left - back José Luis Gayà, who was eventually sent off for two yellow card offences (both on Musonda).

On three occasions they have been eliminated in penalty - kick shootouts, in the 1990 semi-final against West Germany, the 1998 round - of -16-teams match against Argentina following a 2 - 2 extra-time draw in which they played a man short following the expulsion early in the second - half of midfielder David Beckham.

It will be an exciting battle to watch as he goes up against the man he replaced in the Leicester midfield.

The 3 -5-2 formation used against Brighton should remain, with Danny Drinkwater likely to feature in a three - man midfield.

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