He proved that the other
night against a defence which included two players from Italy's best team, Juventus — he didn't look bad, did he?
Not exact matches
The Barcelona front three will surely be too much for this Arsenal
defence to handle — Per Mertesacker up
against the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez on the
night is surely going to put fear into their fans» faces.
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.
He had to marshal a makeshift back four in their European qualifier
against Switzerland last
night, with young Chelsea midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah as his partner in central
defence and Chambers did it well.
Real Madrid looked a shadow of their usual selves in
defence without Sergio Ramos
against Juventus on Wednesday
night, and they have a real scare ahead.
Mourinho's habit of trying to park the bus
against top teams in away games is certain to come into play, and so the injury to Alexandre Lacazette last
night is a big blow to Arsenal's chances of breaking down the United
defence.
The mighty Arsenal kept their third clean sheet in a row
against the supposedly unbeatable Bayern Munich last
night, and there is no doubt that the victory was built on the
defence.
By most accounts, Dzeko was the man of the match
against Shakhtar, finding the winning goal in the tie with the outside of his right boot, forcing Shakhtar's
defence into taking a red card to keep his sprints past their defensive line at bay and very nearly finding yet another curling finish to ice the cake that
night.
However, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan (who seems to come alive on Europa League
nights) and Mesut Ozil teeing up Lacazette, the Gunners should have enough quality to carve out a first - leg advantage
against an elderly CSKA
defence.
As head coach of Wanderers (Crystal Palace were at one stage chasing him) since the clubs inception and his background as a player in charge of the
defence, this Arsenal game
against the Wanderers will be a very different one from the one
against Sydney FC on Thursday
night.
In Jerome Thomas, Chris Brunt, James Morrison and the emerging talent of Graham Dorrans, West Brom have the most fluent, dynamic and potent midfield in the league — but
against Premier League midfields and
defences they won't be afforded the sort of space and time generously gifted to them by Newcastle on Monday
night.
When the opposition has a
defence as feeble and useless as Reading did on Monday
night, you can guarantee most sides will be able to score
against them.
The
night's other game sees Peter Wright prepares for this weekend's
defence of his UK Open title
against Northern Irish star Daryl Gurney, who has yet to claim victory this season.
On Wednesday
night Fankaty Dabo, Matt Miazga, and Mason Mount for the first time all started, whilst Charlie Colkett came on as a sub, in Vitesse» fixture
against Swift Boys in the first match in the
defence of the Dutch Cup they famously won in Rotterdam back in April.
The north London club had been hot on the trail of their local rivals after having won their previous nine outings, but it was not meant to be their
night against a resilient Hammers
defence.
Afzal Amin was suspended last
night as Tory candidate for Dudley North amid reports that he urged the English
Defence League to march
against the creation of a new mosque.
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