Rodgers will be hoping that return of the defensive midfielder can help add steel to Liverpool's backline and help them reduce the number
of goals being conceded this season.
A lot
of goals were conceded when we had teams running towards us with men too far upfield.
Not exact matches
Dunn
concedes that the low conversion rates and high bounce rate
are problematic but says that makes sense, given that the
goal of the start - up's website has
been to tell the Bonobos story.
Rather than
conceding that the higher expressions
of religion transcend the form and the imagery
of religion itself, it would
be wiser to note that such expressions
of religion
are fufillments
of a universal religious
goal.
Spurs have only
conceded like 5
goals the whole season... whoever plays upfront needs to
be at the very top
of their game... Sanchez
is the man.
referring decisions also go in our favour, for instance that dortmund
goal sanogo scored
was clearly offside, these things
are apart
of football, GREAT teams overcome these obstacles, GREAT teams do not crumble with 3 or 4
goal leads, GREAT teams do not
concede 3 +
goals in 40 mins REGULARLY, GREAT teams average more than one tackle every 90 mins, GREAT teams don't need more 7 clear cut chances to score, united have academy players in defence, in fact our defensive players
are 15x better but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have had an injury list just as long if not longer than ours but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have just gone through a managerial shift but VAN GAAL will get a result, so why on earth
are united in the title race and not arsenal?
Wenger
was asked today about our lack
of solidity at the back, which has
been highlighted by our recent games against Man United and Southampton when we
conceded early
goals and then tried to come back.
He
was involved or directly responsible for four
of our eight
conceded goals so far this season!
«It
was obviously a bit disappointing to go a
goal up and to
concede that
goal was a bit disappointing from our view, but to
be fair they did well and they deserved to get a point out
of the game.
The Gunner succumbed to their fourth successive away defeat in a row on Monday, whilst
conceding three
goals in each
of those losses, and pressure
is mounting on the manager.
With two wins in two games to start the La Liga campaign and four
goals scored with none
conceded, things
are going to plan on the pitch even if there have
been plenty
of distractions off it.
Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire league with good defensive stats, but this good news
was smashed by the
conceding 22 horrible
goals against the teams in the top five, 20
of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).
The only thing I would miss about AW
is the sight
of him struggling with his coat and complaining to the fourth Official whenever we
concede a
goal.
Yeah... 36 %
of Arsenal
's goals conceded are from headers I
'm pretty sure that
's the worst.
We can't sacrifice the club
's ambitions and wellbeing on the altar
of a player
's personal glory, it
's the business end
of the competition and Cech has the experience
of having won it, Ospina
conceded three
goals [home and away] against PSG, the only opposition on the level
of those we'll
be meeting from now on, three
goals against in the knockout stages
is bordering on disastrous as we all know how tight these affairs
are.
The first leg
was actually a disgraceful performance and I blame the players and Wenger for that awful show: the players because, as professionals, they should have
been able to control their emotion once they
conceded the first
goal and not throw curssion to the wind in porsuit
of equalizer.
Arsene Wenger
was obviously not happy that Arsenal dropped three points against one
of our direct rivals for fourth place, but although he rued the defensive «mistakes» he felt that his team
were tired but refused to blame anyone for the calamitous two
goals we
conceded.
The latest example
of this
is the first
goal conceded against Man City.
By the way Leicester
conceded the same number
of goals as Arsenal, as such its 3
goal advantage by itself can not explain why they
are champions.
The worry has to
be that our next game however
is a trip to Stamford Bridge, where we have
conceded 10
goals without reply in recent years, and we now have to go there and target all three points, otherwise any hopes
of winning that illustrious fourth Premier League title will
be gone for another season.
That same squad
was the best in the second half
of the 2014/2015 season in terms
of points tally and
goals conceded.
Back 3 Formation
is good and it
is giving good defensive shape for us... We
are looking more assured on defensive side
of our game...
Being attacking
is always good but you have to make sure that you
are not
conceding goal because as far as you
are not
conceding a
goal, you
are not loosing game....
Since Mathieu Flamini took over from Arteta as our cover for Coquelin, the Gunners have not lost a game, winning three
of the four and only
conceding two
goals, which
is even better when you remebre that three
of them
were away from home and Arsenal
were under serious pressure.
No sooner had we gone in front then we
were pegged back again,
conceding another
goal from a set - piece just a minute later, Steve Archibald continuing his annoying trait
of scoring in derby matches.
The only concerns for me
were that AC Milan had too many opportunities within our penalty area (Ospina could have
conceded a penalty) and Welbeck, although hard working, loses it in front
of goal.
I have to say that we had such a poor reaction after going ahead, when we should have
been looking to bury Everton rather than dropping off, but that has
been symptomatic
of a lot
of our games this season — why, I
'm not sure, as we always
concede goals and then have to go on the offensive anyway.
Ospina
was the standout keeper, for every two
goals Ospina
conceded the likes
of Hart, De gea and Courtois let in three.
In addition 37 %
of goals conceded came in 11 %
of games indicating that the team
was not consistently shipping in
goals.
When you think
of the reason Pep couldn't make UCL finals with Bayern and MC
is coz
of the 3 +
goals he
is conceding.
Anyukov would have
been equally upset with the result as Zenit
conceded a 91st - minute
goal to Goncalves Oliveira to lose the first leg
of the last - 16 tie 1 - 0, after Domenico Criscito's late red card.
But we would give the likes
of Szczesny how many chances as ours FIRST TEAM keeper and even now we
are debating between selling him (4/5 season as number 1 keeper where he has made countless unforced errors leading to
goals conceded) or Ospina (who has
been with us ONE season and put in a decent shift good enough to
be Cech backup in my view)
Wenger and the Gunners will
be expecting a spirited showing from Swansea in their first match under new manager Bob Bradley, but they
are still on a terrible run
of six Premier League games without a win and in none
of those games have they kept a clean sheet,
conceding 12
goals while Arsenal have scored 14 in our last five.
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I think alto
of people need to have a look back at the game yes we should never have
conceded 3
goals to stoke but the ref
was poor they should definitely have had at least 2 players sent off Adam should have gone and crouch wasn't jumping for balls he
was continuously climbing players we
were being pulled and shoved by numerous stoke players but poor chambers gets the softest red card ever..........
Some
of the
goals we have
conceded come from the left side when Monreal
was on the pitch
were a result
of Iwobi leaving him exposed as a result
of his inexperience.
Man United have
conceded 10
goals in seven Premier League games and the loss
of veteran defender Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand has definitely
been a factor and youngsters Paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett have
been thrown in at the deep end to say the least.
There
was no repeat
of the 2 last minute
goals conceded during the league match.
The Reds have struggled this term after pushing Manchester City all the way to the end last season, and a major part
of their problem has
been conceding late
goals.
In fact if you take away the four
goals conceded to Liverpool on the opening day, when neither
of the first choice center backs
were available, our defence looks as strong if not stronger than Chelsea's.
As a result, it would surely require a player to head out first to make space for Werner, but having spent so heavily on their attack, it
's only logical that they address their issues at the other end
of the pitch given that they possess the worst defensive record
of the top seven Premier League sides this season having
conceded 36
goals in 27 games.
Again, it
was OUR horrible defense that let us down when the 2nd
goal was conceded, and it
was our team that could barley put shots on target for most
of the match.
It
was Ozil exchanges
of passes with Bellerin When he
was pressured by Leicester player that resulted in the corner we
conceded the first
goal from when the simple thing to do
is played the ball inside the field.
Most
of our
goals conceded hv bn thru counter attacks when everyone
is in the opposition half includong Merts...
Despite Guardiola's worries over his side's defence, they seem to
be coping pretty well so far, as City currently have the joint best defence in the whole
of the Premier League, with the Spaniard's side only
conceding 11
goals in just 16 games so far.
One
of those «same mistakes» that Barton
is likely to
be referring to
is in defence, as Liverpool still haven't managed to establish themselves as a consistent defensively - sound side,
conceding 18
goals in 13 league games, which
is the worst record
of the top seven sides.
Arsenal
was among the top five for most
of this decade in not
conceding goals.
If you look at the
goals we have
conceded since the start
of the season, [most
of them]
are headers in our box.
And speaking
of the tournament in South America, Ospina has
conceded just a single
goal in his three group games and there
was nothing he could do about that bullet header.
Liverpool
are yet to
concede a
goal in this campaign but they have hardly
been impressive at the other end
of the pitch.
The Vikings, despite a relegation,
are finding their groove in the non-checking ranks
of BUIHA, with two victories, no
goals conceded, and 100 % powerplay and penalty kill.