Sentences with phrase «midfielders open the game»

Not exact matches

That sloppy pass by the central midfielder cost Arsenal the game and a very similar one against Leicester City in the opening EPL match almost cost us points as well.

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.

The big score not just only because WH played open game or individual inspiration from Alexis, but mainly because our quick transition at midfield axis.

But the home side had put us under real pressure for most of the game and must have felt they had been mugged being 2 - 0 down at halftime, especially after our former midfielder Alex Song had produced a thunderbolt of a volley in the opening minutes.

The Czech midfielder showed straight away why Paul Merson had said before the game that he should play every week, smashing a brilliant opening goal just a minute and 12 seconds after the kick off, the quickest ever against the spuds in the Premier League.

Former Celtic midfielder Massimo Donati scored the only goal of the game as Juventus fell to an opening match defeat at Bari.

The Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey may have only played a couple of half games for the Gunners since returning from his hamstring injury sustained in our opening match against Liverpool, but he is certain to start tonight for Wales against Serbia in the crucial World Cup Qualifying game.

While Lambert and Lovren featured when the two sides previously met on the opening day of the season, it will be ex-captain Lallana's first game against his former club, and the midfielder has previously spoken of his regret over how his time with the Saints ended.

The frustration is our defenders / midfielders pop in a goal and our strikers have failed to kill the games to go two nil up and open up the opponents.

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.

The Daily Mail reported on Monday that Red's boss Jurgen Klopp had included the midfielder in the club's 25 - man squad, ahead of Liverpool's opening group game with Sevilla on 13th September.

... Yes when they went down to 10 but before that it was an unbelievably open game... Hate mourinho but in the end he had players to control the midfield with raw power and capitalized on appalling defensive errors... Latter nothing to do with wenger former is everything yo do with wenger...

Even though the Arsenal and Wales midfielder was supposed to be back before the international break and has already returned to training after being out with a hamstring injury since the opening game of the Premier League season, Aaron Ramsey will not be fit enough to feature on Saturday when Swansea City and their new manager Bob Bradley come to north London.

Having a defence first minded midfielder with the skillset to back it up has really opened up our game to play with a lot more attacking freedoms while feeling a lot less vulnerable to counter attacks.

Mathieu Flamini was brought in for free from Marseille at the age of 20, despite his tender age, Flamini played in 20 games in his opening season, and when he left after 4 seasons at the end of his contract, it was a bitter blow as he had become the main man in defensive midfield.

I expect us to dominate this game throughout and with the pace and midfield options we have now, we should find it fairly easy to open up Palace regardless of their approach.

Best way to play teams like Burnley who pack the bus is to get 3 of our best players Alexis, Ozil and Iwobi play the quick passing game from the wings thereby drawing 5 players from the opposition to them leaving the other end of the pitch open for a long ball towards an on - rushing player (Bellerin or Monreal) to pounce on and probably score themselves or a pass to any available midfielders to pounce and shot.

The Panamanian midfielder scooped up the ball inside the penalty box and found an open Aguilar who beat Jesse Gonzalez for the game's first goal.

The nineteen year - old has a pretty good match away at Bastia, and he grew into the game as it went on, with the holding midfielder looking solid in the opening stages, but gave away a couple or needless free - kicks, and have the ball away a couple of times in the middle of the park.

Arteta was never a Defensive midfielder and his presence there has been so costly.I can't blame him.Had we packed the bus and gave no spaces for Chelsea to run into we could have avoided early goals.Eto a 35 year old scores curlers and Giroud at 25 runs aimlessly on the pitch waiting for a pay check from the fans at the weekend.This a joke.Tactically Mourinho packed the bus at the Emirates Wenger stupidly with no game plan opens up play and the damage is collosal.

Cheikhou Kouyate was a midfield driving force demonstrating a power and energy that has largely been missing from his game in recent times, and with the ball at their feet the combination of Arnautovic, Michail Antonio, Joao Mario and Javier Hernandez always looked threatening and capable of opening up the Watford defence.

In midfield, United started with Marouane Fellaini, who scored the opening goal in the closing stages of a tepid first half, set up by the 32 - year old German veteran Bastian Schweinsteiger who started his first game for Manchester United in over a year.

(Reuters)- Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey's injury could have been prevented, Wales manager Chris Coleman has said, adding he was surprised the Euro 2016 semi-finalist was rushed back for the opening Premier League game against Liverpool.

You might expect the midfield to be super over-crowded but it was an open and free - flowing game.

The 25 - year - old attacking midfielder started the 2014 World Cup winners» opening game of Group D and played well, especially in the first half, at the Signal Iduna Park.

A knock to Khedira saw Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan come on into Germany's midfield and the game opened up approaching the hour mark.

The Brazilian attacking midfielder is a wonderful talent and had made a rampaging start to the season, scoring five goals and registering five assists in his opening 13 Premier League games.

Although Bastian Schweinsteiger's midfield partner — and fellow new signing — Morgan Schneiderlin may have stole the headlines with his winning goal against Club America in United's opening pre-season game, the German still showed what he will bring to the Premier League next season with a fine second half display.

Arteta: [7/10] Mikel did very well in the opening minutes of both halves, dictating play and controlling the tempo of the game across the midfield.

Giggs named a strong team for the opening game of the China Cup with only Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey missing from the usual starting line - up, as the new boss gave Everton defender Williams the skipper's armband.

Top tier, competitive Serie A games usually have an incredibly dense and compact midfield presence but today's game looked like such an open and long game and that's what really took a heavy toll on Inter.

Having impressed for the East London club in midfield during a game against Arsenal on the opening day of the season, West Ham United sensation Reece Oxford is reportedly the target of Manchester United # 8m bid, as per The Times.

Jozy Altidore suggested the Reds could do with a creative midfielder or winger to open up games, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them go down that route.

Postecoglou's concept of taking the game to our opponents is refreshing but the fact is we have too few players who can take the ball from the back, and few midfielders and wide players who can take on opponents and open up defences.

England's outstanding attacking talent, Wayne Rooney, will miss the opening two games through suspension, while the brightest young midfield prospect since Paul Gascoigne, Jack Wilshere, has ongoing injury problems and his club Arsenal can not confirm that he will play again this season.

The game threatened to wildly open up as Cavani and Iwobi had opportunities to score the winner, before Arsene Wenger decided he was happy with the point and brought on Mohamed Elneny on to shut off the midfield.

During the second half it was similar but understandably a little better â $ «more movement to try and instigate an Arsenal come back, which they succeeded in, and trying to break through Chelseaâ $ ™ s back four in what turned out to be the opposite of what people predicted â $ «free, open - flow game and not cagey, territorial battles that relied on midfield compactness and tight marking.

Firstly, the 26 - year old creative midfielder did not feature in the squad for Tottenham in their opening game of the Premier league season, which they lost to Newcastle.

Uruguay began the competition as predicted by playing in a 3 -4-1-2 but after a dour goalless draw with France in their opening game they shifted to a flat back four, with Jorge Fucile shuffling along to left - back from central defence, Alvaro Pereira pushed forward from left wing - back into a genuine left - midfield role and Edinson Cavani brought in on the right side of the attack in place of playmaker Ignacio González.

Nemanja Matic was impressive in midfield and as well as suppying the pass from which Hazard opened the scoring, the Serbian made 10 ball recoveries, two more than N'Golo Kante who enjoyed another fine game for the Blues.

Reece Oxford was deployed in a defensive midfield capacity for the opening game at Arsenal last season and was magnificent.

Then there's always the possibility, grim as it may be, that England will try to build a defense - first midfield and rely solely on its attackers to break open games with very little help.

In game, midfielders and defenders now work together to cover open space and close down attacks, while players can also now move several players once, sending them into different areas, opening up more goal - scoring possibilities than ever before.