Sentences with phrase «midfield position»

In the attacking midfield position is Juan Mata.

At the moment, the attacking midfield position is lacking creativity, with Depay not unleashing his potential due to the positional restrictions he has.

Femenia and Holebas will play as two wing backs while Cleverley and Doucoure will be in the central midfield position.

The Algerian lost his place in the first team when he picked up an injury, since Eric Dier has occupied the defensive midfield position, who has since cemented his spot in the starting eleven and in the England squad.

Sherwood has options in the central defensive midfield position with the likes of Gueye and Sanchez.

He's been a major part of the title push of the Under 21 team in the current campaign, driving the team on from his advanced midfield position and often playing a crucial role in swinging tighter games in United's favour.

Nasri loves to play centrally in attacking midfield position as a playmaker.

Jordan Henderson — 6 Looked to get forward from his central midfield position, couldn't quite deliver the final product when through on goal or in a good position to find a team - mate.

Steven Gerrard — 6 A fairly quiet peformance from the skipper, but he still managed to make five tackles and three interceptions in his defensive midfield position.

As the season progresses Aaron is starting to boss the central midfield position, and with Arteta and Song beside him, he is in his element.

Ivan Rakitic is also set to retain his place at the middle of the park while Javier Mascherano could feature in his natural midfield position if Enrique decides to rest the Croatian international.

But when Mikel came off and Oxo slotted into the holding midfield position I was really surprised.

I keep hearing people saying that Campbell will allow Vermaelen to move into the Defensive Midfield position.

With Coquelin having solved the often troublesome midfield position for Wenger the Gunners have emerged as viable title challengers whilst their rivals have fallen out of contention.

Carlo Ancelotti has probably figured that using the Ghanaian in the defensive midfield position, causes him to lose a fascinating dimension to Chelsea's attacking prowess.

«We are pleased to add a young player in Luis who displays significant potential at the midfield position,» Revs GM Mike Burns said in a club statement.

They spoke about the difference it made playing as a 4 -3-3 with Herrera in the advanced midfield position, and the importance of overlapping runs from the wider players, in order to create space for Rooney.

Oxlade - Chamberlain apparently believes he will have a better chance at playing in his desired central midfield position in Merseyside.

Perhaps more as a box - to - box marauder, Herrera played some of his best football in the defensive midfield position in 2016/17.

Arsene Wenger is very keen on strengthening his central midfield position this summer as he prepares for the departure of Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini.

The former Southampton player has not yet featured on a regular basis this season, but this could be his opportunity as Wenger has run out of players in the central midfield position.

Nothing to suggest he's controlled in that midfield position and still looks inexperienced when going forward.

In his breakthrough season within a couple of months I'd already awarded him a future Balon D'Or and we'd seen up one central midfield position for the next 15 years.

The Defensive Midfield position has been a talking point among Arsenal fans for a very long time.

Even when played, at times, in his more natural central midfield position, he has looked far from his old self.

The other surprise was that Antonio was the main striker but once he had demonstrated that he is one player who knows where the goal is he was quickly switched around; first to right wing back (when Carroll replaced Ayew and Nordtveit did become one of three centre backs) and then subsequently to a more advanced right midfield position (when Fernandes replaced Lanzini).

Born out of the concept that mastering transition moments allows you to enforce your defensive solidity in protecting the half - spaces and best create high quality goal - scoring opportunities, there is no position that fits more inherently to this style than the «number six» midfield position.

City have reportedly struck a deal in principle with Borussia Dortmund's Ilkay Gundogan for the midfield position, despite his representatives denying the claims.

Garry Monk has a plethora of talent at his disposal within the centre midfield position... and each individual has been given the chance to show why he deserves to take centre stage in the Leeds starting 11 for the remainder of the 2016/17 season.

With 14 goals in all competition, he has been a handful whenever he has featured, and has specially excelled in that central midfield position he has been put in ever since his return from injury.

Cani ran the show for Villareal in their comfortable 3 - 0 bashing of Granada, and gets the left - midfield position in our 4 - man midfield for this week.

Momo Sissoko isn't expected to start after his feud with the club, which would allow Claudio Marchisio to return to his favoured Central Midfield position alongside Alberto Aquilani.

So he was replaced by Henkirh Mkhitaryan in the attacking Midfield position.

I'm going to be honest here — I hope Domenech picks ONE midfield position for Diaby and sticks with it.

Mahrez is naturally a right winger but he can effectively play in the central attacking midfield position as well.

It is unlikely then that Grealish will be able to find his way back into his preferred attacking midfield position unless the manager changes formation back to 4 -3-3.

The other main options in the defensive midfield position are Mathieu Flamini, who is more combative and less reliable in his passing, and Calum Chambers, who has never previously played in that position for Arsenal since joining the club several weeks ago.

Birkir Bjarnason is making the defensive midfield position his own.

Of all Tottenham's recruits, the Argentine winger Erik Lamela was pinpointed as the most natural replacement for Bale owing to his attacking midfield position, mazy dribbling skills and weapon of a left foot.

Emre Can's struggles with a back issue and Jordan Henderson's suspension for Tuesday's clash have led to Georginio Wijnaldum being identified as the man to play in a deep - lying midfield position.

Louis van Gaal has gone on to use him there for the Netherlands, and with Manchester United's lack of a similar player in the deep midfield position a constant weak point for the Red Devils in recent years, their new manager may well decide Blind is the best man for the job.

The north London giants have juggled with the likes of Moussa Sissoko and Harry Winks in the absence of Mousa Dembele, and Barkley has the opportunity to fight for a slightly deeper midfield position, where he began his initial Toffees career.

Ramsey was in and around everywhere he was needed, filled in every midfield position, created chances and generally had a good game.

The 23 - year - old Brazilian international is naturally a right back but in the last campaign, Monaco utilized him in the defensive midfield position.

His signing may also mean that David Luiz and Lampard will most probably find themselves on the bench as Ramires has been clear favorite in center midfield position.

The former Marseille man scored two goals from his deep midfield position, and boasted an enviable 98 % pass accuracy which meant Sevilla had great control from the middle.

In the second half this spacing seemed to improve as Nico dropped into a defensive midfield position.

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.

Lucas was sitting just in front of the back four on his own, with Gerrard moving forward to a true central midfield position when the team had the ball.

Draxler joined the Ligue 1 giants back in January 2017 but after the arrival of Neymar, he has warmed the bench at times and / or played in a not so preferred midfield position.