Sentences with phrase «on against a defence»

Either that, or reacting in the 75th minute with a couple of pacey subs going on against a defence that is already defending so deep they're practically in the crowd.

Prior to his red card against West Ham, he had played every game in Leicester's season, playing the full 90 minutes in 27 matches, and scoring 22 goals in 34 league appearances, laying on six assists and making 73 tackles, 16 interceptions and attempting 86 take ons against the defences of the Premier League.

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The fact that Canada might be included on the initial hit list had become a political sore spot for the administration, as U.S. critics of the move ridiculed it by zeroing on the idea of national - security tariffs against a peaceful next - door neighbour and defence ally.

Dr Barry Morgan, along with the incoming Children's Commissioner Professor Sally Holland and other prominent Welsh figures, urged politicians to repeal the legal defence of «reasonable punishment» when they vote on the Violence Against Women bill.

They should have been ready: when the Times, for instance, ran a piece headlined «critics attack Pope for his «myopic» views on condoms», their reporters had to fall back on old general statements on condoms, rather than having a vigorous defence against the latest attacks, based oncurrent scientific literature, to quote.

If they spent one guilder on the defence tax against the Turks, they should spend a hundred on schools.

Meanwhile, on the Franciscan front, a Leipzig man called Aveld had issued a piece against Luther and in defence of the papacy.

When campaigning against whaling gained momentum in the late 1970's, similar arguments were made in its defence that we now hear in support of live export: jobs depended on it; whaling underpinned regional economies; and what would local communities do instead?

I would have to agree, especially if it is a game when Arsenal are likely to be pushing hard against a determined defence with the opposing side hoping to hit us on the counter.

Not being forced into the team or to play on an injury will do the kid good and he is still remarkably good in tight situations and being able to pivot defence into attack which is something we sometimes struggle to do against high press teams.

With Luke Shaw sent off against West Ham for a quite needless second yellow, Rojo would be an able deputy on the left side of defence — switching from the central role he played against the Hammers.

He said it was to increase the aerial threat by having Welbeck and Giroud on but that sort of thing would usually work only in a game where you are pressing forward against a deep sitting defence.

A few misses do not matter as I feel that Lacca will score given enough opportunities, but if the Gunners insist on trying to walk the ball in then we could struggle against what is likely to be a determined and organised defence.

I agree with you that our defence is porous, against CSKA Moscow yesterday, cech try to save the first goal by parried the ball away, but mustafi was slow, nonchalant, looking for offside before CSKA player tap the rebound inside the net.we need to work on our defence if we are to go past athletico in semi's.

Even on a breakaway with 3 (Arsenal) against 2 (opposition) we will stop the play and pass the ball back to our «keeper (maybe a bit of an exaggeration) to allow the opposition to reorganise the defence.

Incidents like his failure to track back and give any help to the defence in the buiold up to the contentious penalty awarded against Hector Bellerin at Watford on Saturday do not help the German, though, and only make it easier to believe the report by Metro that people at Arsenal are becoming very concerned about Ozil.

As Arsenal are at home the onus will be on us to try and break down the Chelsea defence, and I am sure that Mourinho will set his team up to soak up the pressure as they did against Man United last weekend.

Let's see how Theo does on his own against a well drilled, experienced and not overly offensive defence..

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.

Yeah absolutely right.We must play with a 442 but need a Top Quality DFM.Zhaka can not retain his place in the side any longer.How bad must he continue to play before he is dropped?Play AMN.The boy looks a very good prospect and deserves a chance.Ramsey continues to prove he is not anywhere near Jacks class and offers us nothing against a defence that sits and invites us on.

Pentecost seemed to have everything on defence, 1SB against, 2CS including one at plate (I guess that's more on pitcher), 1 PB plus a HR hitting.

Danny Murphy dissected Tottenham's defensive performance against Liverpool on Saturday, and he ripped apart the four - man defence deployed by Mauricio Pochettino.

Speedy in attack and sensibly when in defence, the left sided defender, who can also play at centre back, has taken part in two Premier League matches, coming on as sub against Wolves and Wigan.

That pass with the outside of his boot after coming on against Sunderland on Wednesday was something very few players would even consider, let alone be able to pull off and with that sort of thing as well as his dribbling and vision, Rosicky can unlock the most stubborn of defences.

However he will come up against the leagues top defenders on a regular basis and experience what it's like to play in a defensive line fighting for Premier League safety, rather than alongside a more collective defence that includes the likes of Koscielny and Monreal.

lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.

Vossen ended a six - match goal drought on Saturday and will fancy his chances against a defence that shipped five goals against Arsenal on the same afternoon.

The lack of power in our defence compared to top teams will cost us dearly even burnley were willing to have a hotmail on Saturday bcse all teams coming to emirates know that there is a goal to be had against the likes of mert arteta flamini and Monreal

The defence will be the same as usual but Monreal will have a massive test on his hands against Wilfred Bony.

One main area that has been pinpointed as failing is defence, with van Gaal likely to have to call on youngsters Tom Thorpe or Paddy McNair against West Ham United on Saturday with Tyler Blackett, Jonny Evans, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling all out.

If they were to play against Arsenal or City or Utd they would do a PSG on them, two lines defence, one fast striker and wait.

Arsenal have done it again by putting all thier backs on coquelin's shoulder and now he gets injured who will replace him?flamini «can't pass the ball and leaves arsenal open», arteta «no chance and was one of main reasons arsenal drew 3 - 3 against andrelecht» and the other candidate wilshere «bullshit he can't defend properly and might as well leave the club» I would prefer Christoph Kramer who is tall, mobile and will provide cover for our defence and in the recent match against Australia he came on as a substitute and provided the basic cover Germany needed.

Sending on Coq and Chambers to shore up a defence at home against QPR is a joke.

But the German and his partner in central defence Laurent Koscielny might well have a tougher task on their hands tonight against Manchester United.

What they can possibly do, is to practice more on defence, taking care of the fact that we don't concede those type of goals again, specifically against Manchester United in the coming game, which will be the most crucial part.

It meant that Arsenal not only missed out on having a well recognised central defender against Liverpool, but that the Gunners were also largely unprepared in defence against Leicester as well.

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.

Like the boss did against Bayern to great effect, he may bring Giroud on in the second half after our speedy forwards have tired out the Barcelona defence.

Real blow with Kos — if DW was on with his speed and agility, against their aged defence, our defence might not have been under such pressure, and Kos may not have been injured.

It is no coincidence that this new found believe began against Tottenham, when Mustafi returned to the centre of defence after a long spell on the treatment table.

I agree and even though the Community Shield against Chelsea next weekend is not that important in the grans scheme of things I think we need to show that last weekend was a blip and just as a fast start in the Premier League is important I think a strong start to our Emirates Cup would be handy so let's not have some inexperienced young midfielder playing on the right of defence.

Problem is wenger and bould have no idea how to teach team to press... It's shocking managerial failure plus against well organised defences giroud offers minimal threat on the ground..

The 21 - year - old, who handed in a transfer request on Tuesday afternoon, starts against his former club as he will partner captain Phil Jagielka at the heart of the Toffees defence for the game against the Tykes.

It's that kind of play that made us much harder to defend against especially when Ramsey and Alexiswere poping up behind opponents defences on either side.

The fact is that the game against Chelsea on Sunday was tough and any player would have struggled to break their defence down.

Would Lacazette provide an upgrade on Giroud's ability to shield the ball from opposition defences, to come off the bench & have an immediate feel for the game to provide assists & goals, win headers against the far more physical Premier League defenders?

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.

In his defence, the curly - haired Manchester United badman at least picked on a worthy opponent when he decided to unleash his nasty side during the first half of Sunday's Premier League game against Leicester City.

Luis Muriel's pace on the counter-attack coupled with the likes of Franco Vazquez and Joaquin Correa will mean that Vincenzo Montella's side can cause United problems, but with Eric Bailly back in the heart of the defence after returning against Liverpool at the weekend, the hosts will hope to deal with them more efficiently.

Our defence cost us because the big teams sent out the calvary against us, with Giroud alone upfront, there were no consequences for going gung ho on us, u wouldn't go gung ho on Barcelona with Messi and Suarez, U wouldn't do that against Madrid either even if they sat back because it only takes one break away attack and ur one goal down already