Sentences with phrase «midfield role alongside»

Manchester United are likely to start with Fellaini in the central midfield role alongside Paul Pogba while Rooney set to return.

However, some of his attributes are similar to those of the great Yaya Touré, and it would be good to see him given a chance in a Touré - like midfield role alongside a more disciplined holding player.

Markovic will be playing wide left with Adam Lallana taking central midfield role alongside captain Jordan Henderson.

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.

Rashford and Martial to start upfront with Rooney, Lingard, Mata to play in midfield roles alongside Carrick while Blind, Smalling, Borthwick - Jackson and Valencia to make the back four.

Not exact matches

With the emergence of Francis Coquelin as Arsenal's first - choice defensive midfielder and with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla, who has grown accustomed to playing a deeper role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - team.

Play Wilshere ahead of Ramsey that's all I'm asking for, put him in the centre alongside either LeCoq or Elneny so we can see if he will thrive in the deep midfield role.

ANY attacking minded midfielder would struggle playing alongside Flamini that's a FACT, Aaron had to play roles that aren't part of his strength because no other midfielder was available, blame the manager NOT the player.

The England international could be set for a role alongside Francis Coquelin in the midfield berth, although Santi Cazorla has been instrumental in all things positive this year.

With Milner in a more advanced role, Emre Can moves into midfield alongside Jordan Henderson, a role he has been tipped to play in the future despite largely playing in defence in 2014/15.

The emergence of Francis Coquelin in the holding role just in front of the back four during the second half of last season might tempt Wenger into bringing in another midfielder to play alongside the 24 - year - old rather than to replace him.

Eric Dier, 22, who joined Spurs from Sporting Lisbon in the summer of 2014 has excelled since being deployed as a defensive - midfielder and is thriving in his new role alongside Moussa Dembele.

Perhaps adding Matuidi to the team to play alongside Nemanja Matic and Pogba in a midfield three might finally see Mourinho and Pogba get to grips with the best role to play him in.

The pair could line - up alongside each other as Cazorla will be hoping his performances for the Gunners will earn him a start in Vicente del Bosque starting XI and the 30 - year - old has been speaking about playing in a more deeper midfield role for the national team:

If you've watched the last few games Santi has been playing in a more deeper role of midfield alongside Coq.

The Ox has also been done well as a central midfielder this term, but Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey are also proving their worth in central roles now, and will almost certainly line up alongside each other on Sunday.

Although not the same type of player, it could be that the classy and intelligent midfielder would be a realistic contender to take on that creative role alongside the likes of Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic and Andres Iniesta.

Playing in a slightly more advanced midfield role, this seems the only way that Wayne Rooney could have any hope of playing alongside Barcelona's awesome front three «MSN».

Our midfield no longer picks itself, but I expect Wenger to opt for the most defensive approach of fielding Francis Coquelin alongside new signing Granit Xhaka from the start of the match, and possibly even playing Mohamed Elneny in a box - to - box role to stop our opponents from trying to over-run us on the break.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain was also extremely impressive in an experimental central midfield role, and I would seriously consider him to play alongside Francis Coquelin in the pivot, with his range of passing and vision excelling this weekend.

I hope that Rice enters the manager's plans, perhaps filling a defensive midfield role protecting the defence, possibly alongside Obiang who has not been at his best recently, but in my view would be preferable to Noble and Kouyate.

With Toni Kroos reportedly unsettled at Real Madrid, Pogba may be required to take up a deeper role alongside Luka Modric and Casemiro, bringing the ball forward, creating chances with long balls and short passes and ensuring one of Europe's most individually dangerous midfields doesn't lose any of its sense of deterrent.

With the recent spate of injuries and suspensions plaguing Roma's midfield, Paredes has been gifted more playing time, logging 433 minutes in his last five appearances for the Giallorossi, including back - to - back full 90s, where he played in the double pivot alongside De Rossi, a role to which he seems perfectly suited.

Daley Blind's start to the year saw him in central midfield alongside Wayne Rooney where he looked to play the Michael Carrick role of keeping possession with his calm and effective passing game.

With no midfielders getting alongside or ahead of him Andy becomes a massive luxury player whose role, quite frankly, becomes almost pointless particularly when, as was the case, Kevin Nolan was off his game.

Technically he can play in Busquests role as a ball winning midfielder and may form a lethal combination alongside the likes of Xavi, Iniesta and Cesc.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set to return after being ineligible for the League Cup final, and the Armenian is likely to feature alongside Mesut Ozil in an attacking midfield role with Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang leading the line.

Birmingham deployed James McFadden on the left of midfield in support of Christian Benitez and Cameron Jerome, Martin Paterson played in a wide role alongside David Nugent and Steven Fletcher for Burnley, while Sunderland managed to accommodate Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones and Fraizer Campbell in their line - up towards the end of the season.

His defensive work alongside Eric Dier which plays a major role in Pochettino's intense pressing style of play often goes unnoticed and the 19 - year old does his fair share of dirty work in the middle, stifling and dispossessing the opposition, get involved in midfield tussles and the like.

I am not sure about Elneny with Jack or Santi because Elneny still looks a bit more go forward at times compared to Le Coq's more disciplined holding style, and I think both Santi and Jack would require that specific disciplined midfield minder to let them fully express themselves in their role alongside.