Sentences with phrase «opened their defence of»

BUT, what have we changed that makes us believe we can prize open the defences of those teams that go on the field with 1 objective only, and that is not to lose?

Not exact matches

The prospect of missiles flying across the Pacific has opened, yet again, the debate over joining the United States» ballistic missile defence system, as much for the prospect of intercepting missiles directed or misdirected toward Canada as for bolstering our North American alliance status.

I ask the Minister of National Defence, when exactly did the open competition he promised change and who exactly made the decision to do so?

OTTAWA — The country's new defence minister left the door open Wednesday for Canadian troops to join the U.S. in training Ukrainian forces and for an extension of the combat mission against the Islamic State.

Among numerous non-Catholic constructive responses to last Year's Islamic Open Letter «A Common Word» the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and Russia, Alexy II, has suggested that future dialogue be «on the doctrinal level, on important questions like God, Man and the world... and (on the practical level) on the defence of the role of religion in social life, the opposition of xenophobia and intolerance (and) the promotion of common initiatives for peace»

All the same it was a bit of a shock when the long - mooted Arsenal target Brede Hangerland flew above the Gunners defence to open the scoring in the 34th minute.

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.

Fabregas, who has been a shadow of his 2014 - 15 self for most of this season, proved that he still has the passing ability to slice open defences, by producing a glorious through ball for Costa, who squared for Oscar.

Last seaso, our defence really tried, twas coqzorla's injury that left us opened... We may buy the Holding guy but he shouldn't start ahead of Chambers...

This game contained, in brute list form: a remarkable opening goal from David Beckham (that has been almost completely forgotten by history, which says a lot about what was to follow); a spawny equaliser; Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira; a (correctly) disallowed Nicolas Anelka goal that was (wonderfully) celebrated for fully a minute and a half; Jaap Stam and Tony Adams; a (deserved) red card that involved the referee actively pursuing Keane, the better to take (onanistic) pleasure in the act of dismissal; extra-time; Arsenal pressure; a (hopelessly abject) foul from Phil Neville to concede a penalty; a surprisingly tepid missed penalty from Dennis Bergkamp; Peter Schmeichel saving; Peter Schmeichel barking; an unusually sleepy pass from Vieira; and then, that run, that finish, that goal, that winner, that completely stupid slalom through a stupified defence.

I think Wengers criticism of the defence after Tuesday night was hypocritical since he had opportunity to buy quality replacements during the transfer window which opens on 1st January he had 31 days to address this issue but he has failed again so he should be more critical of his own performance.

He is capable of anticipating ozil passes and use his sublime movement to open up defences.

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.

Nevertheless, Murphy was left generally unimpressed with what he saw, and as seen in the images below, there was a lack of shape and solidity about the Spurs defence throughout the opening stages of the game.

Yes but there's already enough offence in the team so I wud play debuchy to make sure of a tight defence in d opening game.

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.

Giroud will have his hands full against the excellent Shackell and Duff in the centre of their defence but if the big man can keep them busy it will allow the pace, power and silky skills of players like Alexis, Ozil, Cazorla, Ramsey and Welbeck to open them up.

Well our next game is against Hull City at home and should be mainly about us trying to break down a dogged defence, so perhaps the attacking threat of Chamberlain will be a bigger weapon than the passing and work rate of the Egyptian, who might not be in the best frame of mind after losing the AFCON final to Cameroon despite opening the scoring himself.

They haven't got off to the best of starts, with their defence being split open by a relatively simple run from Aguero...

Mourinho has seen his Stamford Bridge side begin their Premier League title defence in shocking fashion, losing four of their opening eight fixtures, and this has led to speculation that the Portuguese boss could be facing the sack.

Sanchez was the last man standing trying to force openings in the opposing defence while some of his team mates were content in passing the ball around without incision.

Manchester United are looking to move for Zenit St. Petersburg central defender Ezequiel Garay just months after they could've signed him for # 12 million from Benfica, report the Mirror, as manager Louis van Gaal looks to bolster a defence that has proved to be his side's Achilles heel during the opening weeks of the season.

Jose Mourinho has seen his side struggle in the defence of their Premier League title, losing three of their opening seven Premier League fixtures and sitting down in 15th place in the table, and the Blues boss is now apparently considering a January move for Algerian international Brahimi.

What we do have up front is the pace and energy of Alexis Sanchez, Oxlade - Chamberlain and Alex Iwobi and I assume the Chilean will play through the middle, with Mesut Ozil looking to open up the PSG defence.

Watching Henry picking up the ball just inside the opponents half, then running at the defence, going round a player, heading towards the edge of the box, opening up his body and you just knew the ball was going to curl inside the far post.

Rashford (and maybe Martial or Lingard) could surprise us, just like he did last year... With this kind of scenario, I guess playing Giroud upfront makes sense, to shake their defence and open spaces for Sanchez, Ozil and Walcott.

And the Pelicans defence made some of the most egregious errors you're ever going to see: shooters left wide open, cutters given runway paths to the basket and so on.

When was the last time we split a defence open with a pin point pass from the centre of the pitch the way Fabregas used too 3 times a game?

Chelsea have started their defence of the Premier League title in average fashion, conceding seven goals in their opening three games, and already finding themselves five points off leaders Man City.

The Egyptian international would be able to stretch defences and offer a different dynamic in attack, opening up spaces for the likes of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez to flourish even more so.

Louis van Gaal is keen to strengthen his defence and knows Vlaar well from his time in charge of the Dutch national team but his opening offer may well be deemed as insulting by Aston Villa.

The 29 - year - old shone under Mourinho at Real Madrid earlier in his career, and has the ability to open up defences with his creativity and passing that perhaps some of this Red Devils squad lack.

As for the centre of the park, Rambo's desire to get forward has left our central defence open all too often.

We don't struggle to create chances or open up defences of our opponent whenever Jacky or santi is playing...... others make Arsenal boring and easy to predict....

Quality of end product This was the big one for me because believe it or not we opened up the West Ham defence ALOT.

We began the second half much like the first, creating much of the best opportunities, but Nacho Monreal is not having the best time stopping Barrow from putting our defence under pressure, and the game remains open.

Alan Shearer has claimed that Southampton pinpointed weaknesses in Arsenal's defence this weekend, and Charlie Austin highlighted their failings with him goal in the opening minutes of the match,

Elneny, Coquelin are DMs, Ramsey is box - to - box, Xhaka is a bit of DM, box - to - box n deeplying playmaker but he cnt open up defences the way Cazorla does not just with his passes but also movement n dribbles.

Considering United have one of the stingiest defences in England, the game was surprisingly open early on.

In a rare bit of impressive play from the Russians, they were able to prise the Slovakian defence open to halve their deficit.

The way that the Arsenal defence has been playing since that opening Premier League game of the season, when a combination of our inexperienced and youthful defensive pairing Holding and Chambers and the impressive Liverpool attack saw us ship four goals in about 20 minutes, you would think that they had been playing together for years.

we have a very incompetent person for a manager.Even if we manage to get the better of manure due to their open play and weaker defence.

In their absence, Chambers partnered Brazilian Gabriel Paulista at the heart of the Gunners defence and the former struggled with the presence of Reds striker Christian Benteke in the opening 45 minutes and had the likes of Petr Cech and Francis Coquelin to thank for saving his blushes at times.

The pattern of the game continued largely as it had done in the opening period, with an attack v defence feeling about proceedings.

Cheikhou Kouyate was a midfield driving force demonstrating a power and energy that has largely been missing from his game in recent times, and with the ball at their feet the combination of Arnautovic, Michail Antonio, Joao Mario and Javier Hernandez always looked threatening and capable of opening up the Watford defence.

The Arsenal took on a new shape in the opening stages of the second - half with Elneny dropping into the centre of the defence to give us more of a 5 -4-1 formation.

I don't think all we need is a central defender.We also need a world class striker that can produce goals from really slim chances.A play maker that delivers.Enough of chances made and goals not scored.Arsenal always faces teams ready to defend cos f their attacking style of play.We need a striker that will peel open any defence.

Four goals in the opening 30 minutes set Chelsea on our way to an impressive victory at the home of one of the WSL's meanest defences...

The former Wolverhampton Wanderers man has created goal scoring opportunities for his team mates on ten occasions from open play this season, so will be a key man in terms of breaking down the Man United defence

Their defence was far more compact than that of City, whose wide - open spaces must have looked particularly tempting to Pointer if only he could have received a ground pass to prove it.