Sentences with phrase «midfield trio»

Such was the dominant performance of CSKA's supremely talented midfield, all three were going to make up the RFN TOTW midfield trio, but Aleksandr Golovin was omitted due to his penalty miss (despite that brilliant goal).

Their midfield trio of Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Ivan Perisic have all scored in the opening two matches, and will worry Spain.

Italy's first half performance was comfortable - with the midfield trio of Pirlo, Marchisio and Thiago Motta running the show and the front line of Balotelli - Cassano were provided with constant ammunition.

Figuring out the correct midfield trio for this tie may pose as a dilemma for Enrique.

Having forward Theo Walcott and Robin Van Persie fit and available is a huge plus for Arsenal chief Arsene Wenger, but for me there is too much onus on the midfield trio of Aaron Ramsey and Mikel Arteta, who simply must hold their own in the middle of the park, and especially Alex Song.

The same can not be said for the Gunners who go to Wales with a makeshift back - four, a midfield trio who are steadily improving but are by no means a finished article, and a forward line that has struggled for the past month.

Our midfield trio of Arteta, Diaby & Cazorla were struggling to read each other as passes went astray and attacks simply weren't being formulated.

Our midfield trio of Arteta, Cazorla & Wilshere promised so much, but is delivering so little.

The team were functioning well, with Lampard, Essien and Claude Makelele forming a midfield trio which possessed athleticism, strength and goals.

Xavi, Keita and Cesc made the midfield trio.

Apart from the midfield trio of Xavi, Busquets and Iniesta and also Messi upfront every other positions looks still vacant.

Sam Allardyce went with Mohammed Diame, Kevin Nola and Gary O'Neil in a midfield trio set up to make it congested for Gareth Bale.

Their attempts to play through their central midfield trio — Kevin McDonald, Tom Cairney and Stefan Johansen — were being stifled and Brentford were threatening.

With Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic and Andres Iniesta above the youngster in the midfield trio, Gomes may well be seeking a move away from the Nou Camp himself.

This was not the case and by the end of the first half it was clear that Arsenal's midfield trio was being over-run by a hardworking Sunderland midfield, another particularly poor performance from Denilson will be a delight for the returning Aaron Ramsey who was on the bench after returning from loan spells with Nottingham Forest and hometown club Cardiff.

Robin Van Persie started for Manchester United, and Arsenal were boasting a midfield trio worthy of any world - class team.

The Birmingham manager is beginning to see what a season full of hard graft can do on a squad which isn't the strongest by any stretch of the imagination, with McLeish expected to once again be without Midfield trio Alex Hleb, Barry Ferguson and Craig Gardner at the weekend, while the sight of Richard Fahey and David Bentley leaving Goodison in midweek, Birmingham earning a creditable 1 - 1 draw away to Everton on Wednesday, with knocks will have been sore on the eyes.

In that game, the midfield trio of Cazorla, Arteta and Coquelin started.....

Up to nine players could leave north London this summer, with midfield trio Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini and Tomas Rosicky already told that their contracts will not be renewed when they expire at the end of the campaign.

Overwhelmed by a flux of technical players — small, cowardly and lacking in physical presence, Mr Wenger has a job on his hands to roughen up his midfield trio.

Marco Parolo (5.5): Had sparks early on and like much of his team he fell apart as the game went on, albeit he was the best of the midfield trio.

They still can't get their midfield trio working and can't wring the best from Pogba.

I expect him to excel in both roles, however the thought of the likes of Marchisio, Khedira and Lemina forming a dynamic midfield trio, with Pjanic playing in the hole supporting Dybala in front of him, and Higuain in front of him, is truly a sexy thought.

For me Arshavin or Diaby, they both doesn't fit in the midfield trio or winger role.They are more like scoring Hleb, playing behind striker attracting defenders, creating space, dynamic with their runs or pure finishing and with minimal defensive responsibilities.A 4 -3-1-2 CF players.

Schalke were pressing well with Farfan & Affelay on each flank, and our midfield trio of Arteta, Cazorla & Wilshere were looking jaded.

Napoli are reportedly set on scouring the transfer market for midfielders to add to an already strong midfield trio they already...

Where Hull have struggled is in midfield, where Tom Huddlestone has been attempting to hold together a central midfield trio that doesn't quite match his quality.

Franck Kessie, Lucas Biglia, and Giacomo Bonaventura formed the midfield trio, and the trident attack consisted of Suso, Andre Silva, and Hakan Calhanoglu.

With Fab and Song unavailable the midfield trio is likely to be Diaby, Nasri and Denilson.

French pundits believe that PSG's neatly balanced midfield trio of Verratti, Thiago Motta and Blaise Matuidi will give them the edge in their quarter - final against Chelsea, and if Motta supplies the brains and Matuidi the lungs in that triumvirate, Verratti is the wildly and erratically pumping heart.

Particularly when facing up against PSG, whose midfield trio, even if they are without the potentially injured Blaise Matuidi, can dominate most opponents.

The Cottagers tried to make their central midfield trio count, but ended up being beaten from the flanks, as it finished Spurs 3 Fulham 1 at the Lane.

In a midfield trio alongside Daniele De Rossi and Kevin Strootman, it gives Roma the perfect balance of a sitting / defensive midfielder, a deep - lying playmaker and an energetic all rounder.

Arsenal weren't quite at their fluent best against Marseille, but the French side were quite defensive and looked to squeeze Arsenal's attacking midfield trio of Wilshere, Ozil and Rosicky.

The midfield trio of Sandro sitting deep, with Moussa Dembele operating just in front of him and Clint Dempsey working the inside right channel were superb.

my advice is do nt have him in the squad for blackburn, if we are being realistic here we should not even need him a midfield trio of diaby, arteta and cazorla would be good enough we do nt want to burn him out especially with bayern coming up

The midfield trio might see Alex Oxlade Chamberlain start alongside Arteta and Cazorla after the English midfielder returned from injury this week.

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.

If this midfield trio can stay fit, then there is no reason why the beautiful game employed by the Gunners can't continue to blossom.

Arsenal's midfield trio of Arteta, Ramsey & Wilshere looked boosted by the Englishman's return.

Gomez and Moreno have been impressive on either side while Emre Can and Wijnaldum, along with Henderson, has become the regular midfield trio for this campaign, so far.

Within a midfield trio, the roles are typically distributed evenly among a destroyer, a supporting passer or box - to - box player, and a creator.

His return allowed Arsene Wenger to play a midfield trio with a rare quality: three players who could pass, tackle and cover for each other in each midfield role, a sentiment supported by Zonal Marking's tactical piece about the game.

A midfield trio featuring Pirlo, Marchisio and Pogba, and Vidal as the trequartista.

The Spurs midfield trio, however, made a total of five tackles between them, with Paulinho winning 4 out of 4, and Mousa Dembele making just one, and Sandro not making a tackle in his brief encounter with the Liverpool midfield.

What is astounding of this Spurs midfield display is that the Spurs midfield trio are there to intimidate, and Liverpool's midfield three are there to play neat football and keep hold of possession, today, Liverpool did both to outstanding effect.

@Barca — our midfield trio of SONG, FABs and ARSHAVIN is better than any midfield u could ever put out there.

Only Kouyate of the midfield trio had a decent game in my opinion, but up front we were totally lacking in ideas.

The Blades were under the cosh for the majority of the game, with Pochettino's side even reaching up to 85 % possession at times as the midfield trio of Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane and Andros Townsend probed for an opener.

Spurs» midfield trio pales in comparison of Brendan Rodgers» Liverpool side.