Sentences with phrase «one's back to goal»
Like it is always when you play against Zlatan [Ibrahimovic], other strikers, these kinds of strikers — tall, good with their back to the goal — you have to avoid the crosses and you have to avoid the passes.
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I have also learnt a lot, in particular with my back to goal.
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With his back to goal as Forest failed to deal with a corner, the defender brought down the ball, turned and struck a sweet finish inside the top corner from 12 yards.
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With his back to the goal, Berget clumsily set up the early stage of Ismael Shradi's equalizer in New England which offset an otherwise mundane performance.
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While Wilshere is a very useful player in tight combinations, a situation that Arsenal admittedly face a lot, with his back to goal he usually makes the wrong decision.
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And for that, PSG is getting a player as magnetic in his jersey as he is out of it, as good with his back to goal as he is at Instagram — a player with his own Jordan brand basketball shoe.
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Then moments later, he managed to flick a header over the goalkeeper with his back to goal from a Mesut Ozil corner.
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This attitude may finally get him scoring at Spurs, rather than playing with his back to goal most of the time, where he can do minimal damage in terms of scoring goals himself.
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The guy plays with his back to goal and that is what he is paid to do.
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He scored 80 per cent of his goals like that, with his back to the goal.
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At which point he turned his back to the goal and back-heeled it in.
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Bobby Murdoch, a hero of Lisbon, brought reassurance when, with his back to goal, he controlled the ball in the air with his right foot and pivoted to hook a wonderful left-footer high beyond Rangers Goalkeeper Erik Sorensen.
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He isn't mobile, nor agile; he can't join the build-up as in contrast to Carroll he doesn't like to play with his back to the goal; nor he is able to press actively from up front.
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Arteta and Wilshere combined to set up Lukas Podolski, who, with his back to the goal, and Gallas for close company, turned and shot.
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After all, you're scoring with your back to goal.
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Often it is from a standing start in the middle third of the pitch with his back to goal.
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Arnie was a great help in correcting my weaknesses, particularly in receiving the ball and moving off the ball with my back to goal.
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It is difficult to play with your back to goal.
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Unlike Willian on the opposite side, who was able to turn away from his defender time and time again to create danger every time he received the ball; Loftus-Cheek's big build and lack of experience in such an advanced area made him much less dangerous getting the ball to his feet with his back to goal.
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Costa was a right nuisance to handle for the Everton defense all night, posing problems with his physicality and ability to play with his back to the goal.
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And, if he is up front, he constantly plays with his back to goal, trying to finesse the ball down in a hope to do something fantastic but never achieves even the first part of that task as he always ends up on his arse, flailing his arms about at the referee.
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It really was a wonderful goal in its creation, starting with a magnificent incisive pass from Winks out to Aurier down the flank, he whipped in a low cross which Llorente controlled with his back to goal, turning and firing past Perez in one sweet movement.
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He has the kind of game which is linked with his back to goal, protection (of the ball), so he gets hit a lot, sometimes that game demands as well more commitment and toughness.
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If the first was lucky, the second was sublime, Oscar expertly controlling Ashley Cole's pass with his back to goal before spinning and unleashing an unstoppable dipping curler into the top corner.
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The Serbian skipper gave his country the lead in Novi Sad on 33 minutes when he won an aerial challenge with the Israeli keeper and then, from a stationary position on the floor with his back to goal, skilfully hooked the loose, bouncing ball over his head and into the net.
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Being tall but also technically gifted means that Barkley is adept at playing with his back to goal as well as turning and running at pace.
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The bicycle kick is one of the most difficult techniques in soccer: a player has to jump up with his back to goal and connect with a cross or a clipped pass while horizontal in the air.
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Not exactly a target man, he is still a forward who can play with his back to goal but with the ball on the ground, although he does lack pace.
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With the scored tied at 1-1, El-Shaarawy demonstrated his enduring quality with a magical back heel, leaping to meet Ervin Zukanovic's cross with his back to goal, before flicking the ball past Nicola Leani.
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Sergi Roberto is very much in the now signature Barcelona midfielder mould — comfortable receiving the ball at pace into feet facing the goal or with his back to the goal, capable of gliding past one or two defenders at a time and an instinctive eye for a killer pass as well as knowing when a simple ball is needed to dictate the pace of a game.
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He's strong on the ball, capable of holding up the ball with his back to goal and brushing off defensive pressure, but frequently lays it off quickly to his teammates — either back to the midfielders behind him or to the sides, before moving into space to receive it back again.
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He struggles defensively, particularly with his back to the goal, and that is an area Pochettino will need to zone in on if he is to nurture him as the club's long-term replacement for Walker.
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Griezmann opened the scoring just after half time following a wonderful, rapid exchange with Luciano Vietto — receiving with his back to goal and flicking the ball first time into the Argentinian's path, spinning and sprinting into the six yard box to meet the return pass.
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