Sentences with phrase «of midfield for»

Rafael's return gave the opportunity for Valencia to play in his favorite right wing; Anderson made his return to play in the centre of midfield for Scholes; Young was opted to play ahead of Nani and the impressive Rooney was replaced by Van Persie.

Ensure that Song and Diaby to keep to their defensive midfield roles of covering the back four and battling for control of the midfield for the 90 minutes.

Iborra, Ndidi and James will be there at the heart of the midfield for Leicester City against Chelsea while the trio of Mahrez, Vardy and Okazaki will be up to give the challenge back to the Chelsea defense.

Wijnaldum, Can and Coutinho will feature in the heart of the midfield for Liverpool while Mane, Salah and Firmino will be leading Liverpool from the upfront in the match against Bournemouth.

Abdoulaye Doucouré is a Mali - born French midfielder who operates in the centre of midfield for Watford.

Bellerin and Kolasinac will play as two wingbacks while Xhaka and Ramsey will feature in the heart of the midfield for Arsenal.

Bellerin and Kolasinac will play as two wing backs while Xhaka and Wilshere will feature in the heart of the midfield for Arsenal.

Our midfield is led by Atletico Madrid's Raul Garcia who was very influential on the right side of midfield for Diego Simeone's men in their hard - fought 2 - 0 win away at Valladolid.

Our main signing so far N'Golo Kante looks like he has been playing at the heart of our midfield for years.

Fabregas and Kante paired up in the heart of midfield for them.

Henderson was deployed to the right of midfield for most of that season.

Playing on the left hand side of midfield for a large proportion of his poor games hasn't been music to his ears.

If he does, then is is fantastic news for the Gunners, especially as he is only 23 - years old and Ramsey is just six months older, meaning Arsenal could have the two in the heart of our midfield for the next decade, growing and thriving together.

However, while Lassana Diarra is performing impressively in the heart of the midfield for OM, the Phoceens have been less than impressive in attack and may well opt to invest in their attack come the January window.

The 22 - year - old was an influential figure for the Ligue 1 champions last season, playing an important role in the heart of midfield for Leonardo Jardim's side in their title success and run to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

I would» t want any of them as the lynchpin of our midfield for a title challenge.

The Ox was never going to be able to do what Ozil does for Arsenal because he is a different type of player altogether, and even when he has played in the centre of midfield for us instead of on one of the flanks it has been in the box - to - box role rather than the number 10 position.

In fairness, Ritchie normally plays on the right - hand side of midfield for the Magpies, but had a go as a left wing - back today, and boy did it show...

He's got an eye for a pass too, so it's centre of midfield for me.»

Him and Pogba as box to box midfielder make an excellent combination for back of midfield for France.

Are we really going to criticise someone that could potentially be the hub of the midfield for 8 years plus?

but like someone said, why wouldnt sacrificing stability of midfield for two strikers make team more penetrative especially against defensive teams and if back four is tight, 4 man midfield is sufficient.wenger could try that!!

Wenger needs to grow some balls and drop one of the midfielders for the ox and play with two proper wide players.

Not exact matches

Man United are ready to offer $ 70m (# 51m) for the Stadio Olimpico duo and with Michael Carrick entering the latter stages of his career, Marouane Fellaini working more effectively in an advanced attacking role and loaned out midfielder Tom Cleverley likely to be sold outright, there is scope for strengthening this area of van Gaal's squad also.

When the midfield trio of Cazorla / Wilshere / Ramsey have the ball at the edge of the opposing penalty area, you can be sure it's going to end up back at one of our CB's and be played out wide for aimless crosses with nobody there except the opposing goalkeeper.

With the emergence of Francis Coquelin as Arsenal's first - choice defensive midfielder and with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and even Santi Cazorla, who has grown accustomed to playing a deeper role, fighting for a place alongside the young Frenchman, the Gunners captain will certainly find it difficult to get into the first - team.

Midfield Dm Coqulan 7.36 a contender for team of the year.

When Arsenal played with Arteta as defensive midfielder that situation never occurs he tends to control the flow and pace of Arsenal game with his passing and by holding his position, he also runs into space very well and always available for a pass.

If there is an area of the Barcelona squad which arguably needs addressing for the long - term future, it has to be their midfield.

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

It's like watching a couple of pub teams... Could end up 5 a piece... Need santi and coq back ASAP to fill midfield... But a 60m bid for a quality attacker would calm the nerves

Chelsea and Manchester United have both been mentioned as shock suitors for the possible signing of Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, according to the Daily Star.

Ozil and Sanchez (The Chilean basically carried us for the first half of the season when the keys of the team were given to the worse midfielder in the Arsenal squad, Jack Wilshere... He is tired and it is easy to see) have come to Arsenal to get paid because they know they will win f*ck all here.

The signing of Vidal would be a big help for the club, who have long struggled in their attempts to find a top class midfield player to replace the recently - retired club legend Paul Scholes.

Despite impressing on almost every opportunity, it appears the Old Lady's midfield is too strong for the player to break into and the club are said to be willing to listen to offers in the range of $ 20 million for the 23 - year - old, a price range that is right down Wenger's alley.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has a pretty daunting message for the rest of the Premier League regarding the club's new signing Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang.

After Xhaka we have no one of any real quality in central midfield, and even Xhaka himself isn't on the same level as a Santi, or Modric for example.

The best player on the pitch as Southampton beat Arsenal 2 - 0 at St. Mary's was midfielder Victor Wanyama, whose physicality and dominance in the centre of the pitch was much too much for the visitors to deal with.

Manchester City look to be leading the race to sign one of the world's most in - demand midfield players in this summer's transfer window, and a top target for their rivals Manchester United.

And by all accounts, the Switzerland international midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri is not really a part of the Spanish manager's plans for the club's future anyway.

Here are a few select tweets from fans praising the midfielder for his performance this evening as his side all but booked their place in the next round of the competition.

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My prediction is that a big money defensive midfielder was slated for purchase in the summer of this year.

News of the team was announced via the club's official Twitter account and there is a recall for influential midfielder Philippe Coutinho following his one - match domestic ban, while as expected summer signing Christian Benteke doesn't feature and there is a first start for the club for Belgian prospect Divock Origi.

However, if all our midfielders by some miracle were to be fit for the whole season, I don't see need for this defensive midfielder because of the new formation.

Wenger is not a 2 out and out wingers type of manager, Pires was never a left winger as he did exactly what Cazorla does for us right now, but Pires was a class above Cazorla, he was a false left winger go always cut infield all the time and congested the midfield, that's where his goals came from, get would cut inside and let Cole overlap.

With the midfield we have now or for the past 2 years and with Van Persie at the helm, we would have one the league in one of the past 2 seasons.

Barcelona don't exactly look short of options in midfield right now, but are often on the lookout for the best young talent due to their proud tradition of nurturing youth and building a team that can grow up together instead of simply splashing out on big - name signings.

We need to get a proper midfield driver in the side in the summer for when things are not going to plan, someone who can dribble down the middle of the park when its least obvious, this would surprise some of our opponents on occasions.

Our BFG is not saying that it will be easy by any means, but he reckons that as long as Francis Coquelin can do the same sort of job on the United and Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini that he did in March, then Arsenal will have the right recipe for success.