Sentences with phrase «of aerial balls»

On a final note, Loris Karius put in a decent performance, and dealt well, for the most part, with a number of aerial balls — something he struggled with initially.

(5) talking of aerial balls and flying Loops... Lately, mert have found it unable to Jump.

He protected the ball and linked up well with the speedier players; won most of the aerial balls and had a couple of good looks at goal.

Playing a lone striker in that environment is just about the dumbest thing you could do... he would become isolated very quickly, the threat of an aerial ball against Stoke becomes almost comical, Stoke have height in spades — attempting to beat them in the air sounds just about as stupid as attempting to out pass Barcelona.

From kick off it appeared Cech was aiming his goal kicks to our master of aerial ball control Theo, even though he made fair attempts to win headers, which led to attacks on either flanks.

Not exact matches

Pogba is an amazing talent, good reader of the game, has the physique, good with the ball at his feet, a mean shot fro outside, lots of speed and more than decent aerial game.

West Ham are notably good on aerial balls and the Gunners must force the West Ham side into change of plan when they nullify their style of play.

The visitors must embark on 50 - 50 challenges if with clear intentions of winning it especially the aerial balls which can be crucial mostly in midfield in the entire course of the game.

I have also noticed in a couple of games now that Xhaka is actually not that good winning aerial duels, although his passing and through balls are excellent.

Per reads the game spectacularly well, probably better than anyone we have, but one slight misjudgement and he can not recover and is out of the game, I also feel he should be more potent in the air, whenever he loses an aerial ball I get so frustrated, he should be winning any crosses into our box, and should also cause havoc from corners, but he does not.

But unfortunately, Mr wenger went for Lucas Perez who has no aerial game and lacks balance and strength to hold up the ball, he also does not take enough touches of the ball and appears slow in the Premier league.

I still don't see how he is a super sub.He's labelled as a super sub just because of this season.Those matches when he scored he was supposed to be played because we needed an aerial presence.A lot of those matches had he started we could've won because we needed aerial presence.But the thing is that his abilities don't suit him as a super sub.I mean he holds up the ball well and is great in the air and that's just about it.He's actually the one one who needs service and who needs players around him to open up defences for him to receive the pass and not vice versa.Super subs actually provide they are not the one's to be provided for.In Giroud's case he was supposed to start in those in matches as Sanchez was not up to the task in aerial battles.Giroud will not be able to affect a match if the opponents are as good in the air.

If Chelsea could swing a deal for Reid in January, they would have a much more agile player capable of pressing higher in his back line, as well as being more than capable of dealing with aerial balls as he showed today.

the club need an upgrade in that position cos if Sanchez can score that number of goals in his first season in that position (something Giroud hasn't done in how many seasons) then we should be looking for a player in the frame of PEA who can also use his head as well as win aerial balls and destroy defences with those guys behind him

They resorted to aerial balls from wide areas and from around the centre of the pitch, hoping to maximize on their height advantage.

@lucia Just watched a compilation» Mustafi v Burnley» Dude never loses sight of the ball and is an aerial monster... We no doubt will soon be seeing him bangin in headers from set pieces, with ease.

In this situation you graze on the radius of your tether, Get lacazette for 50m and a ball playing box box midfielder but I still do feel in premier league you need a tall, pacy, and a skillful stiker thats auba or Mbappe but a midget like lacazette or griezman we lose the aerial battles in the attack,

That's three players guaranteed that won't win the aerial ball you can also add Ramsey and bellerin to that list, what differs is bellerin is a gem and he's one of us, so I won't accept losing him or having him lose confidence in a WC year he deserves better so stop mentioning mahrez..

As for the corner issue which led to the goal, it was really a corner, our zonal marking is not the best type of clearing aerial balls, wenger has spent 20 years to know it doesn't really work.

But he also expects Arsene Wenger to set the Gunners up to make the most of the stature, strength and aerial ability of the big French centre forward by playing the «long ball» game.

My only uncertainty with Ospina is his lack of size when it comes to aerial balls.

Still, by virtue of the fact they'll probably win the majority of aerial challenges — often to knock the ball down rather than going for goal — they must be considered a threat».

One of my main issues with Per is that he doesn't win nearly as many aerial balls as he should... He seems to always be waiting for the ball to come to him rather than attacking crosses... The same ball watching that all of our defenders are prone to and the cause of many dropped points this season...

If we have good memories xhaka played well in his first nld derby because he played as a cm and not a dm.he can not protect the defense but he has good attacking qualities of passing and shooting which he is among the best in the world in doing.He will also addd stee to our midfield and deal with the aerial balls.

CB) Emre Can 6 — Can was relatively comfortable on the ball, which is why he is in this role, but Wimbledon looked to target his lack of aerial prowess.

Therefore, I want Xhaka who is leader, physical, has height and is good aerial power and excellent passer of the ball.

He likes a player that can hold up the ball and likes at least the option of a big man fighting for aerial dominance.

However his value was realised when he was removed because we lost our aerial threat and a lot of balls went begging.

There were lots of sweets moments in that match; Sanchez perfect ball to Ozil, Holding's ball playing and aerial dominance, Xhaka's tantalizing forward passes and defensive awareness, Cazorla's technical excellence and nerve settling penalty goal, Ozil's run from midfield to create an option for Sanchez, Walcott was busy throughout, and Cech's outstanding saves....

It should be an element of our game we're well drilled at, considering the fact that we have two players who can put the ball on a dime (Santi, Ozil), the amount of free kicks we win in dangerous positions and the aerial threats in the squad.

STRENGTHS Dribbling = Very Strong Aerial Duels = Very Strong Ball interception = Very Strong Tackling = Strong Last season he was one of the best performing left back across Europe top 5 leagues (whoscored), the other was baba rahman who join Chelsea.

Christian Benteke (45 ′)-- 5.5 The big money striker showed fleeting moments of understanding with the returning Sturridge as he was often seen dropping deeper to win the aerial balls and knock it onto the advancing Sturridge.

Marouane Fellaini 7 — Looked after the ball, won the majority of his aerial battles and was generally solid in front of our back four.

He won a few aerial balls which pleasantly surprised me but he is in a slightly worrying run of form for me now.

Had Giround been on the field in the closing 10 minutes, the header made by Theo Walcott, and attempt to get on the end of the second ball by Sanchez in the 82nd minute may have been met by a more suitable aerial adversary to hurt Middlesbrough's defence.

He was solid in tackles and very comfortable on the ball during the course of the game, where he also showed his strength in aerial duels especially midway through the first half.

When Phase 3 is the result of a long Goal Kick by the Goalkeeper, the Center Backs will look to closely mark the Center Forward and challenge for the Aerial Ball in order to win back possession further up the pitch for a better Transition 2.

Surprisingly, Vermaelen, who many fans generally consider a fantastic jumper, and hence a great header of the ball, won only 55.6 % of his aerial duels, while Koscielny, the defender with a slim frame contested 101 aerial duels at the rate 3.06 per game, winning 62.

I even love aerial challenges for the ball, no doubt a result of the Tim Cahill gene * that means all Australians have kangaroo - powered legs regardless of their size.

Tangibly, they require athletically strong and hyper - mobile midfielders who enhance our defensive and offensive aerial game, have strong positional discipline to shield our defensive half - spaces and destroy play through disruptive tackling and anticipatory closing of passing lanes, have excellent ball control, dribbling and vertical passing vision and ability, and finally, they must be able to purposefully dominate moments of attacking transition and protect counter-attacks in defensive transition.

Dealt with a number of looping balls into the box, and remained confident with his aerial ability and clearances.

For all the qualities someone like Van Dijk possesses — pace, strength, aerial ability, and an impressive composure on the ball — the addition of the Dutchman would do little to quell Liverpool's concession of chances.

Raul García and Iñigo Lekue get forward and support the front three (whoever is chosen to flank Aduriz) as much as possible, with all designed to find the centrsl striker as effectively as possible, swinging balls early or driven across into dangerous positions in order to take advantage of his wonderful aerial prowess without putting too much stress on the 37 - year - old's legs.

The first is the delivery of the ball, the second is the size and aerial ability of the players receiving that ball and the third is the movement by that same group of players.

Ibrahimovic would fit the bill as a well - suited foil for the Frenchman at Old Trafford, for one season at least, given his aerial presence, skill at holding up the ball, playing with his back to goal and finding the runs of teammates with a lay - off into the box.

One of his noticeable flaws is his inability to handle the aerial balls, while he's not the most commanding of figures at the back, either.

Diaby: [7.5 / 10] Abou, who for some reason was benched for the Munich game, played a number of excellent aerial balls forward.

A couple of high balls into the Cambridge penalty area came to nothing as Falcao stood no chance in the aerial battles against the taller defenders.

On a slightly separate note, when defending, Liverpool could adopt a 4 -4-1-1 with their long ball / counter-attacking outlet being Benteke, with Sturridge running off of him — this would help with Benteke winning aerial balls and not having players to lay the ball off to as seen earlier this season in games like the 3 - 1 defeat at Old Trafford.

Shame he was one of the best strikers in the world feared by defenders, Going nowhere now, the system is not made for him at Chelsea, never will be, it has always been about play makers midfielders Only a striker like Drogba could fit in, or perhaps Lukaku who has the physical poweres to get aerial balls, torres needs space n ball in feet.