Sentences with phrase «men behind»

We were again faced with a team that came solely to defend, keep at least 10 men behind the ball and go away with a point.

Manchester United 0 - 0 FC Rostov Highlights [UEFA Europa League 2017 — Round of 16 — Second Leg] 45 ′ [0 — 0] United failed to break down incredibly defensive mind FC Rostov who had 11 men behind the ball for most of first 45 minutes.

Hull dropped plenty of men behind the ball and proved difficult to break down in the final third.

When they are on song, sticking 10 men behind the ball is no issue — the problem is, they have played badly too often in those scenarios, with key men missing and out - of - form players replacing them.

He was one of the very intelligent men behind this Club and the development of this Club.

Stoke were traditionally putting ten men behind the ball, and lofting it up to Crouch at every opportunity.

The second period gave us more of the same, as Norwich put men behind the ball, occasionally breaking rank to launch counter attacks.

A major problem for City has been the players coming in haven't been correct for the system Pellegrini uses, so much blame must lie at the door not only of the Chilean but the men behind the scenes engineering these moves.

The new stadium certainly doesn't feel like a «fortress» and though teams that the Gunners should beat will often put 10 men behind the ball, hoping for a draw, the top and mid-level teams do not seemed phased by playing at the Emirates.

Watford have eight men behind the ball with two compact lines yet Firmino has found space inside the penalty area.

Norwich played 10 men behind the ball so the team was very narrow, therefore it was harder to go through the middle.

And the game quickly settled into the usual pattern when the two face off with City dominating possession and United happy to get plenty of men behind the ball.

The away side went from having nine men behind the ball to have nobody behind the ball as Marcel Schmelzer drives into the space.

The front three of Ojo, Woodburn and Ejaria had chances to break the deadlock but Plymouth consistently had nine men behind the ball at all times and stifled any goal opportunities.

«When you play against teams who get 10 men behind the ball you have to be patient, keep going.

The champions of England, «biggest club in the World» with 11 men behind the ball for the whole first half at the «Theatre of Dreams» Hoofing the ball at every opportunity.

Saturday's match was poor with United failing to score, but with Tony Pulis» side putting in that tactical domination again, playing more men behind the ball than in front of it.

The game then settled into its original pattern with Barca probing and Spartak leaving all 11 men behind the ball, and their defensive solidity restricted the hosts to mere half - chances before the break as Sergio Busquets headed wide from a Xavi corner before Cesc Fabregas» looping header was comfortably tipped over the bar by Andrey Dikan.

Pablo Ibanez is another of Di Matteo's summer additions and in the same match with Spanish club Osasuna, picked up a knock which could hinder his chances of featuring against the reigning English champions but both Steven Reid and Boaz Myhill should start from the off as the Baggies will predictably set themselves up to frustrate their superior opponents by putting plenty of men behind the ball and trying to use the counter-attack as their main source of goalmouth action.

William Binnie and Claude Ferrier, the men behind the project, used the Art Deco style which tries to modernise ancient architectural themes, drawing influence from many eras.

With Watford predictably keen to get 9 or 10 men behind the play, Eriksen's movement and positioning was crucial for his side in being able to persistently unlock and manipulate the terrifically organised Watford defence.

They have nine men behind the ball if you include the «keeper and they've cut off any easy passes for Ntep.

His approach is certainly different to that of the main goal creators in the team, Cesc Fabregas and Oscar, and that will be important as the league leaders come up against more and more teams who play with 10 men behind the ball.

Leeds have used the system in a defensive sense very well, and you frequently see them put 6 or 8 men behind the ball and soak up the pressure and attack from there.

Downing, who added West Ham's third after a peach of a through - ball from Alex Song, added: «We just moved the ball quicker in the second half - in the first half we didn't do it quick enough and we made it easy for Hull who had a lot of men behind the ball.

It was hard work against a well - drilled Brighton defensive display that often saw 10 men behind the ball.

Even with the likes of Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, and Jack Wilshere distributing the ball, there has seemed to be a paucity of creative spark in the Arsenal side, especially when these big - name players have been absent or when opponents have been willing to put eleven men behind the ball.

Arsenal packed men behind the ball in the remainder of the first half, which stifled City's creativity with Aguero frequently outnumbered and rarely having the chance to run at players.

That was easier than having to deal with 10 men behind the ball.

Although it's nice to have competition, an attacking minded manager like Wenger will prefer to buy someone better on the ball for games like home game against Sunderland and Swansea when they put 11 men behind the ball As it is Wenger who decide, I can see we have higher chance of getting Scheiderlein / Vidal more than Wanayama / Kondogbia

Whenever teams put 10 men behind the ball we run out of ideas, with or without ozil.

Under pressure, it is difficult to spread it out wide and with a team playing ten men behind the ball, it is nearly impossible to role it into the forward players.

we need to commit to defend and keep 10 men behind ball.

The Chilean superstar will be key to stretching the Potter's defence as the Stoke City side are known for their strong defensive formation with plenty of men behind the ball.

As Merson stated, Arsenal take to long to get the ball forward and that won't suit Vardy's style of play, up against our 10 men behind the ball, opponents.

There's Ramsey to consider too, but I'd only choose him for games that an extra attacker is needed, like when teams sit ten men behind the D.

Having that selfish forward isn't a bad thing at all, Giroud and Sanchez are both massive team players and we're not Chelsea, no need to put 10 men behind the ball!!!

Jonathan Wheeler, a professional chef, and Rob Stutzman, former deputy chief of staff for former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, are the two men behind the suit.

Few points based on what I have seen this season at Arsenal: playing 343 will make Xhaka more comfortable knowing he will have 3 men behind him instead of 2 or none and will calm him down immensely.

Defend your lead like dogs with 10 men behind the ball TICK 6.

West Brom was disgraceful, wasting time since 12th minute, playing with 11 men behind the ball, this kind of «tactics» should be punished by yellow cards, or adding real stoppage time, Referee just added 1 min an 4 mins, total joke.

If we go 3 - 0 up needing one more goal, the players will revert back to men behind the ball and Bayern will easily run the clock down without further threat.

They played defensively and got men behind the ball, but they only did this after United allowed them to take a 1 - 0 lead in the 8th minute.

Then there's the personalities involved: we've got six proud, prickly men, with 14 other proud, prickly men behind them, and a situation perfectly contrived to ensure they grate against one another.

Every time we've had a half - decent team he's put 11 men behind the ball...

We play expansive free flowing football, while Chelsea put 10 men behind the ball at home and counter teams no matter the circumstance.

he score goals he is supposed to on miss other simple one i will give you this his work rate had improve but when we play team that play all eleven men behind the ball his he creative enough are just a opportunist player.

But when teams in the BPL play against us they have realised that all you have to do is play with men behind the ball whenever we are in possesion of the ball....

Spurs will also be without Jan Vertonghen, who has been one of the main men behind their unbeaten defensive record.

The Three Lions struggled at times, as their opponents frustrated them for much of the evening, working hard and keeping men behind the ball at all times.