Sentences with phrase «midfield and attack city»

Not exact matches

The 31 - year - old has been one of the top attacking midfield players in Europe in his eight seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move on, particularly to a Premier League rival.

To all giroud bashers, who claimed other strikers would score 30goals for all the chances wil created, man city, liverpool actually created more scoring chances than us which depicts that our midfielders need to create more to meet up with these teams and our fans must stop picking on players to attack.

No other top 6 team would have this guy as a starter... He's ok on the bench but at this moment I would go kolosinac and wilshere in midfield with ozil miki laca and pea as attacking force... Otherwise they will overrun the midfield and dominate possession... But as with the imperishable mr fox I have no interest in an ersatz victory based on man city underperforming and giving the fossil an excuse to «respect his contract»

Wenger's Arsenal requires that type of attacking midfielder, whereas Mahrez's style would work better in a team with faster tempo like Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Leicester City.

Guus Hiddink selected Brazilian attacking midfielder Kenedy at left - back for Chelsea's visit to Norwich City tonight, and had barely taken his seat in time to see his handy work pay dividends.

Been a big name signing, Sanchez will always be a marked man and will not be given as much space as the City players whose focus was on attacking did, he needs all the help he can get from Debuchy, the other midfield players plus our ST in order to find his sharpness.

Arsenal are reportedly locked in a three - way battle with Barclays Premier League rivals Manchester City and Serie A giants Juventus for the signing of Spanish attacking midfielder Isco.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has reportedly held initial talks with Real Madrid attacking midfielder and Manchester United target Marco Asensio over a transfer.

The report states that the Italian giants are after a new attacking - midfielder, likely as a consequence of the sale of Arturo Vidal to Bayern Munich and Andrea Pirlo to New York City FC, but an offer for Cuadrado will not be made unless they fail in their attempts to sign Draxler and Mkhitaryan.

Try to list man city's 18 choices for midfield and attack or even chelsea, United and Liverpool come to that.

Atletico Madrid and Leicester City use a pacey striker upfront and a hardworking attacking midfielder behind him to disrupt their opponent's defense:

His return should improve the City midfield, and help boost their attack.

Cazorla was mostly a winger or an attacking midfielder but Wenger moved him to the central midfield, and his influence in any Arsenal game is so vital nowadays that him missing in the side is believed to have lost Arsenal the Title in 2015/16 season won by Leicester City.

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has launched a stinging attack on critics of Raheem Sterling and has labelled fans who booed his new teammate as «stupid».

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..

Our number 11 was largely anonymous once again in the Premier League win over Hull City and that makes it three games in a row when the attacking midfielder has been challenging for the role of worst player on the pitch.

It's more effective when using a high - line — and you can really pack the midfield — instead of having 1 bruising tough tackling midfielder you attack the ball when not in possession in packs — that's similar to what Arsenal did against City — they looked like a 4 -1-4-1 formation when they didn't have the ball and 4 -3-3 when they had the ball.

Moreover, City will always threaten Arsenal from the wings by using the teamwork of their attacking midfielders, wingers and fullbacks

simple, we were top of table more than any other team last year, only loss in back that started was sagna, we managed last year w arteta & flamini, of course I want to strengthen there, but the glaring issue to me is at striker, we have a full complement of good to mediocre strikers, adequate but not going to compete season long against city and chelsea, in my opinion, back line fine, DM needs upgrading, attacking midfield strongest in EPL, central striker??? put a thierry henri on this squad in his prime, we win the league,

City had a weakened defense but employed a top - notch attacking force and they were not able to break down Arsenal — partly because Arsenal controlled the midfield quite well.

United City and Chelsea look better than us in defense midfield and attack.

He is at Birmingham City right now and as an attacking midfielder he may be useful to us.

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.

The International Business Times reported that Everton, Aston Villa, Swansea City, Southampton and Bournemouth were all also keen on the 25 - year - old, who made his name as an attacking player during the early years of a career, before a series of injuries led to a slowing of his progress and a remodelling as a dynamic central midfielder.

One who got away for Manchester City, attacking midfielder Denis Suarez has returned to La Liga with Barcelona and is impressing on loan at high flying Sevilla.

We sat off them and let them play around us, whilst allowing City to get through the gears extremely quickly almost taking the ball from their defence to their attack without even passing our midfield.

With the pace, drive and flair of his other midfielders, Wenger played with a counter-attack philosophy, in order to expose Manchester City, as well as minimise their attacks.

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...

The attacking midfielder, who registered 20 assists in 34 Bundesliga appearances and also scored in the German Cup final victory over Borussia Dortmund last season, can reportedly leave the Volkswagen Arena this summer — provided City match their # 50million valuation — after failing to agree a new deal with the club.

His initiation of an attack from the midfield while making his usual run into the box to finish it off for our 1st against Hull City; his beautifully chested assist for Podolski's 1st and Arsenal 2nd and his rebounded shot for Podolski's second Arsenal's 3rd.

Fred is a central midfielder who is both good at defending and attacking — notably impressing in Shakhtar Donetsk's Champions League group stage victory over Manchester City earlier this season — a game which he impressed the City boss.

Since losing midfielders Henrikh Mkhitaryan to Manchester United and Ilkay Gündogan to Manchester City over the summer, Borussia Dortmund have adapted to their personnel and looked more to the wings to provide their attacking impetus.

Reports in Italy say Leicester City attacking midfielder Riyad Mahrez will choose Chelsea, and not Arsenal, as his next club this summer.

Former Stoke City midfielder Steven N'Zonzi, perhaps the most improved player under Sampaoli, is a common link between the buildup and attack.

But the 19 - year - old attacking wide midfielder — rated one of Europe's hottest talents — believed he was being «stock - piled» by City and his chances of immediate Premier League action at the Etihad were slim.

Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Arsenal, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City and Liverpool have all had scouts at Carrow Road throughout the campaign to watch the versatile playmaker, who has continued to pull the strings from an attacking midfield position.

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.

Mourinho was famously the man in charge at Chelsea when the attacking midfielder was sold to Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, where he flourished as the most prolific creative player across Europe's top five leagues in 2014/15, inspiring his club to a second place finish behind Guardiola's Bayern Munich, and catching the eye of City.

Jose Mourinho is in the market for a creative and attacking midfielder and, according to The Sun, he is about to offer 37 million euros for Manchester City player David Silva.

A one - time prospect at Tottenham, attacking midfielder Pritchard has been able to show his ability in the Championship, first with Brentford and now at Norwich City.

City's 2 - 0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur before the international break exposed the gap in ability between the team's defenders and their midfield and attack.

Before Sigurdsson's setback, Allardyce had been deploying the Icelander in an attacking central midfield role — and the ex-Swansea City man says it is a position he was relishing.

Manchester City are currently on course to win the Premier League by a huge margin, and attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has been central to their success.

Biography Name: Aleksey Miranchuk DOB / Age: 17/10/1995 — 21 years old Club: FC Lokomotiv Moscow Position: Attacking midfielder Nationality: Russia Career so far: Born in Slavyansk - na - Kubani in Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia, Aleksey Miranchuk took his first steps in football in Olimp, the local school academy based in Krasnodar, around an hour and a half by car from his birth city, together with his twin brother Anton.

Just as it looked as if Ireland might flag and Italy's attacking substitutes might steal a late winner, the Norwich City midfielder's goal sent Martin O'Neill's side into the knockout stages.

There will be far too much creativity and energy in the Man City attacks for United's lacklustre defence to handle, while the battle in midfield will be a one - sided affair.

Nabil Fekir is a 24 year old attacking midfielder who can also be deployed as a 2nd striker that has managed to score 12 goals in 15 matches for his current club Lyon and this has attracted the attention of various teams including: Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool.

Manchester City's defensive midfielder Ilkay Gundogan and winger Leroy Sane failed to impress as did Julian Draxler in the attacking midfield.

At full strength, Klopp's side did well to expose the space behind one of City's most dangerous attacking options, Benjamin Mendy, but their overextension of players in possession and a lack of defensive movement in the midfield allowed their defenders to be attacked so directly in the first place.

City I believe could go unbeaten this season, they have the best midfield, and to be fair, potentially attack in the league.