Sentences with phrase «midfield role against»

He benefitted from having a freer midfield role against the Sky Blues in the second 45.

On a personal note, Milner was deployed in a central midfield role against Athletic, moving back into the position from the defensive berth he's mainly operated in over the last 12 months.

With Gundogan out injured, Yaya Toure is likely to continue occupying a midfield role against Arsene Wenger's side this weekend.

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.

Not exact matches

The Welshman made a crucial assist, worked hard for the team and really played the role of a box - to - box midfielder against Boro and should be given a start.

I personally would not push Jack Wilshere further forward into the number 10 role, especially against City's powerful midfield of Toure and Fernandinho.

After a summer of complaining and constant promises that he'll reclaim his central midfield role (via the Mirror), Wenger started Ramsey in the middle against West Ham in our opening game and what transpired was something which obviously displeased the manager.

A quality Striker such as Podolski does not need to back track and defend, he must challenge the Defenders and wait for counterattacks, a striker role is to sprint from midfield to goal, is not running all over the pitch as I see GIROUD and WELBECK, defending posts against corners, no wonder at the 60th minute they disappear, you need strong legs to score....

Because our young midfielder has revealed that he has spoken to Wenger about possibly being used for Arsenal in the same way that Roy Hodgson has begun to use him for England with considerable success, but the Prof seems dead set against it, even though Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini have sometimes struggled in the deep lying midfield role.

Interestingly he has played as a left midfielder as well in the centre of defence, and could well relish a role in the 3 -4-2-1 formation which Wenger tried out on Monday night against Middlesbrough.

@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!

If you watched against England his best moments came when he was breaking forward ahead of other midfielders — the opposite of both roles we just talked about.

In my opinion, Özil, should be dropped from the No 10 role for cazorla who had been playing like a God prior to ozils return and we should have our two holding midfield players, similar to the way we played against City (it was Ramsey and Le Coq that day).

The Arsenal midfielder was used in an unusual role by the England manager Roy Hodgson this week, as the new Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck grabbed the headlines by scoring both goals against Switzerland to give the three lions an excellent away victory in their first Euro 2016 qualifying game.

If that is the role he is set to play for England, I would not be surprised if Arsene Wenger tries him out there for Arsenal as well, especially as the Frenchman seems to have something against a traditional defensive midfielder.

Unless Arsene Wenger has a brain freeze or Santi Cazorla joins the Arsenal injury list, the Spaniard will be directing proceedings for the Gunners against Manchester United today from his now customary role in the centre of midfield.

We struggles against teams that presses with energy, same with against Stoke and Southampton... Flamini - ramsey - ozil combination will struggle against teams that presses because they do nt have the ability to get out of intense pressure coming from teams that presses... I will prefer to have la - coq, Elneny - santi or Ozil in that central midfield role.

Playing in defensive midfield this season, Eric Dier has looked solid so far for Tottenham and seems likely to resume this role against City.

1 - 1 purely because wenger will pick wrong line up, Santi at 32 can not play 3 games in a week especially the role he plays he covers a lot of ground & against psg he got run ragged by younger / stronger midfielders.

Olivier Giroud and Francis Coquelin are up against Harry Kane, Jordan Henderson, Agnonlahor and Fellaini and while our tigerish French midfielder has been excellent for us, the nature of his role means it is highly unlikely that he will win, but Giroud should.

Aside from his poor performance against Iceland, Wayne Rooney looked good in a midfield role in the opening two games of Euro 2016, but it remains to be seen who partners him there as more movement in the transfer market is expected.

offtopic against city we must pay attention to city right side of the field were zabaleta and nasri will combine, we must use a left winger that can track back and support monreal, then starting with ozil, cazorla or wilshire as left midfielders will see us get exposed down the left, i would go for chamberleine or welbeck to play that role especially that welbeck was playing that role in the world cup and with united

The Gunners boss has a conundrum on his hands as he looks to steer his side to get a result against Paris Saint - Germain today, with a number of midfielders vying for roles in the first - team.

Xhaka was much needed player for the club in that defence midfield role and should be starting most games along side Coq especially against the top teams.

Wilshere has been injury prone but has been injury free for a good while now... Missing a friendly against holland is hardly a sign of medical catastrophe so this is a massive overreaction... Wilshere is by a very long way the best of the British stable at arsenal and on his day he is a top flight creative midfield play maker... Don't take my word for it ask xavi arguably the best ever in that role... Since his return he has shown signs of his best but not over 90 mins... But wenger has played him all over the place does not no how to combine him with ozil and miki and surrounded him with utterly hapless players like Ramsey and xhaka... He needs a new manager to bring best out of him I hope at arsenal but if the fossil stays he should go...

Against Philly in the second half, Stahre made some adjustments to the formation, dropping Florian Jungwirth back into the centerback line and slotting Eriksson more in a defensive midfielder role.

But not for Smith, whose column in The Telegraph explains just how good the Netherlands international was in his defensive midfield role in United's 4 - 0 home win against QPR in the Premier League.

Against Middlesbrough, the formation allowed Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez to move around the pitch, dropping deep to collect the balls from the flanks while Nacho Monreal and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain were assigned the wing - back - roles but both the midfield and the defence were exposed.

Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini is set to play a key role for Belgium against Argentina in their World Cup quarter - final clash on Saturday.

His performance in the game against Sporting Lisbon lead to his starting role against Braga, and the defender who can play as a full back or defensive midfielder didn't dissapoint.

Despite playing in an unfamiliar left midfield role, the U-21 international did more than enough to hold his own against the reigning Serie A champions.

Perhaps the least stated of Stoke's big names, Afellay has developed comfortably into his midfield role and enjoyed getting forward against Chelsea.

In his absence, Manchester United had to force Rooney to play a deeper role in the midfield against Chelsea and eventually United lost the game as their midfield was unable to outplay the Chelsea defenders.

However until any concrete transfer is to occur, Spurs will deploy Dier in the defensive midfield role alongside Ryan Mason who will take up a box to box role, having put up a good performance against Stoke.

Unlike in the opening fixture against Ghana, Bradley will assume a more attacking role in midfield, with the aim of supporting Clint Dempsey and Alejandro Bedoya in creating goalscoring opportunities.

Against Spurs, Elneny not only looked well - suited to playing the role of acting midfielder instigator but also allowed Ramsey, who scored the opening goal with an audacious flick, to focus on his strengths in the final third rather than working to cover his weaknesses in a deeper role.

I also think we've also seen the Motherwell midfield perform well recently — especially against Rangers — and they've played an important role in protecting the defence, and tracking back.

Gerrard was moved to a more advanced midfield role in the last few minutes of action against West Brom and linked up well with Balotelli who had been introduced for Rickie Lambert.

Wenger could also make some tactical adjustments, perhaps by using Jack Wilshire as a deep - lying playmaker rather than a converted number 10, giving Granit Xhaka more of a box - to - box midfielder role and developing a Plan B against sides that want to try to bully Arsenal physically.

The issues had been slightly alleviated with the introduction of Tim Ream, who offered a more defensive presence in the midfield that allowed Jay Spearing to play in a more advanced role but against Brighton, it all came crashing down in the span of four minutes.

On Friday, Jurgen Klopp implied that Coutinho could be moving into a midfield role in 2017/18 — and he was moved into a No. 8 role against the Hammers here.

Perhaps used in a more advanced role, Pereira could yet be deployed in central midfield against weaker opposition or where a spark is needed to change the game.

Liverpool on the other hand will be without Danial Sturridge once against which means Benteke, Lallan and Coutinho to take attackng roles with Henderson, Lucas and Emre Can playing in midfield.

Golovin continuously floated around in attacking midfield roles pulling Ural's defence out of position and creating space for CSKA attacks at the weekend and expect the same against Lyon.

Besides his assist for Van Persie from deep, his other most memorable moment in a midfield role probably came against Newcastle United last season, where Rooney flew from box to box, starting off a move with a pass out wide before surging forward to meet the return ball and scoring at the other end.

Ernesto Valverde might ring a few changes in the starting lineup after that 1 - 1 draw against Atletico over the last weekend but we can safely assume Messi and Suarez to start upfront while Rakitic, Busquets and Iniesta to take the midfield roles.

Excluding Henderson and Can who can both play in a two - man midfield, anyone of Gini Wijnaldum, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain or James Milner can fulfil this role to the level we need against teams in the Premier League.

Same old same old one thought wearily when Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard were picked against Montenegro in the two central midfield roles.

This differs to his expected role with the Reds as he'll be playing in a centre midfield role and he'll be afforded the luxury of pushing on and joining attacks like he did against Adelaide.

It was just a few days ago that we saw Sneijder shifted into a left midfield role for the Dutch national team in their final group game against Portugal, where he performed fairly well.