Sentences with phrase «midfield duo»

The major strength of CSKA is the aforementioned midfield duo of Dzagoev and Golovin.

Javier «Chicharito» Hernandez remains Mexico's highest - profile player, and midfield duo Hector Herrera and Andres Guardado are the heartbeat of the team, but keep an eye on in - form PSV winger Hirving Lozano, who has the potential to break out in a major way.

Jack and Arrow will become the best attacking midfield duo in world football.

United's recent good run of form had, at its beating heart, a midfield duo of Morgan Schneiderlin and Ander Herrera.

Only Leighton Baines, often the target for their passes, touched the ball more than the midfield duo.

Reading looked more decisive and hungry in midfield, and Arsenal's defensive midfield duo of Emmanuel Frimpong and Francis Coquelin looked naive.

It was not just a question of defenders: Swiss midfield duo Valon Behrami and Blerim Dzemaili were also shown the exit, leaving compatriot Gokhan Inler, himself struggling for form, to show youngsters David López and Jorginho the ropes.

Exciting midfield duo Coquelin and Frimpong (if you don't follow him on Twitter I highly recommend you do, mainly for his abuse of United and Spurs fans!)

Sure, they could hold on to the ball with little trouble but, in McDonald and McTominay as a midfield duo, McLeish's team seemed to have accidentally erected their own barrier to goal.

The onus will be on our midfield duo to push on, support and exploit the space.

Francis Coquelin and Mohamed Elneny's blossoming midfield partnership has also helped Arsenal return to their free - flowing best, and Wenger had plenty of praise for his midfield duo.

And if that list of absentees wasn't extensive enough, Steed Malbranque, as well as key midfield duo Lee Cattermole and Jordan Henderson, are doubtful for the trip to Greater Manchester.

To be fair, West Ham may have been missing the likes of Andy Carroll, midfield duo Cheikhou Kouyate and Mark Noble and Pedro Obiang through injury — which forced manager Slaven Bilic into a reshuffle against the Reds.

Gael Givet, Jason Lowe and Michael Salgado are all doubtful in defence, a defence which has yet to keep a clean sheet, while midfield duo David Hoilett and Ruben Rochina both failed fitness tests ahead of last week's Sunderland game but should come into contention for West Brom.

One positive for CSKA was the form of attacking midfield duo Golovin and Dzagoev who both had fine games against Ural thriving under Goncharenko's 3 -5-2 which allows CSKA to deploy an additional attacking midfielder.

Harry Kane was isolated up front and Lucas did a job on the English striker, not allowing him a sniff in the game, while the attacking midfield duo of Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen were virtually anonymous in terms of posing a threat in their opponents half.

His presence in the squad can help relieve some of the pressure on midfield duo Mathieu Flamini and Aaron Ramsey, who are being forced to play in every high profile fixture currently.

The first half blitz from the midfield duo sees Man Utd rebounding from the Arsenal loss in style against the Toffees.

The central midfield duo were not often able to get up and support their strikers, but also left space between themselves and the back four.

Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy is boosted by the returns of Jamie O'Hara and Stephen Hunt, with the midfield duo missing last week's 3 - 0 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge through suspension.

The midfield duo of Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey initially tried to share duties, but this took away the threat of Aaron Ramsey's runs, which allow for Arsenal to play the ball between the lines.

The central midfield duo take it in turns to drop back alongside or between the central defenders, aiding them in retaining possession when under pressure.

But following a host of names hinted at replacing the defensive midfield duo, Joao Santos has spoken out to confirm the rumours of the clubs interest in his client.

Nixon later stated how the midfield duo will ostensibly miss the match due to «disciplinary reasons».

The last time Tottenham had such a dynamic midfield duo like the one they have with Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen was when they trotted out Gareth Bale and Luka Modric - both, as you know, now playing for Real Madrid.

Speaking ahead of the Premier League clash, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, has lavished midfield duo Mohamed Elneny and Granit Xhaka with praise, however...

The central midfield duo of Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick will look to dominate the middle of the park, while the attacking quartet work their magic.

Zidane is likely to go with a strong lineup and with Bale back in the contention Madrid might revert to their preferred 4 -3-3 system with Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale playing upfront while Modric, Kroos to start in midfield and we might see either James Rodriguez or Isco lining up with midfield duo.

How we achieve that result will be difficult unless we have a fully fit Kos and Mustafi available and a midfield duo who don't go on walkabouts and respect their defensive duties.

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Flamini and Ramsey are the most uncoordinated and lumbering midfield duo you'll ever see from any team apparently -LRB-?)

The players were all over the pitch and the midfield duo of Ramsey and Flamini is not creative.

I said «midfield duo».

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Previously untouchable midfield duo Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic have failed to recreate the heights they managed last term, while it remains to be seen whether John Obi Mikel will return to being a regular fixture following his recent renaissance.

And a team like bayern with guys like robben, ribery, costa, and there midfield duo we will be easy to counter against thus i expect bayern to atleast score a goal.

It's Ramsey I'm more worried about leaving, but it was nice to see the midfield duo of Ramsey and Wilshere actually work well yesterday.

Besides good form, there are a few reasons to believe this midfield duo can work.

The likes of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were left on the bench at Balaidos, while important midfield duo Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic were sidelined with injuries.

Pompey boss Paul Hart is scouring the transfer market as he bids to bolster his squad and he is hoping to lure midfield duo O'Hara and Boateng to Fratton Park.

However, Wenger did deliver some good news on the injury front by stating that midfield duo Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain and Aaron Ramsey are back in contention before going on to admit that now is not the right time to rest Sanchez (via Express).

They will have to make do without crucial central midfield duo Yaser Kasim and Massimo Luongo, however, who are both at the Asia Cup, turning out for Iraq and Australia respectively.

The Italian giants may have to sell before they can buy, and are waiting on offers for star midfield duo Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal.

Lets wait and see if the midfield duo of Elneny and COquelin can handle West Ham next weekend in the lunchtime kick off.

Arsenal say they are ready for this but did not expect the season to turn out like this and Wenger will have to be evaluated by fans at the end of season because he said «judge me in May», if Sanchez had form all season it would have helped but with Ozil dropping deep to collect the ball Wenger is sacrificing his abilities due a poor midfield duo.

Arsenal dominated the midfield, owing to their numerical advantage over Man City's midfield duo of Toure and Fernando, which was the lynchpin to the game panning out in the manner it did.

Albeit it would be pernickety to indulge Sanchez in the list of less - than - impressive Arsenal players, the midfield duo of Ozil and Ramsey (until his injury) has failed to stamp their mark on proceedings so far.

Despite man city spending over 200m pounds in d summer, just two injuries, they r playing a midfielder as a lwb and mangala is their defensive cover u guys should just stop moaning,, i think arsenal still have cover this season, a striking trio of welbeck, giroud and walcot can hold their own, a midfield duo of Wilshire and elneny can hold their own, we might be light in defence buh not as terrible as u guys r exaggerating it, trsnsfer window is over let's support d guys

MARCA have reported that the midfield duo face a race against time to regain fitness ahead of Tuesday night's fixture.

I am slightly more surprised to see Aaron Ramsey back again as our central midfield duo of Coquelin and Elneny have been looking good.