Sentences with phrase «opening our defence up»

I expect us to come away with a 3 - 2 win, with our need to get forward opening our defence up also.

Not exact matches

Just imagine how OG would be feeling when in last game he opened up the stubborn sunderland defence and then he is dropped this game.

Villa's luck ran out in the ninth minute when Pablo Hernandez's pass opened up the visitors» defence and Routledge rounded Guzan to open the scoring.

Arsenal is also lacking natural dribblers like Hazard to open up packed defence.

Our defence does have frailties, and you could argue that if we were stronger at the back we could free up another player for our midfield or attack, and that could potentially open us up to win many more matches.

If we fail to get an early goal, this could well turn into a scrappy affair, but Theo Walcott loves to open up defences in midweek, and I can see him breaking through in the opening 45 minutes, and the game should be much more open from then on.

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.

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.

Also I liked how Walcott stayed out wide to make the pitch bigger opening up some gaps in defence.

It'd be very interesting to see just how many goals as United with an attacking line up as strong as this would score in a season, however despite going all guns blazing up front, United would appear to be left very open in defence.

Instead the poor performance opened up more opportunities for the opposition than we would've liked and on more than one occasion Petr Cech was left vulnerable by the Arsenal defence.

Wilshere still has a keen eye for finding those key balls which can open up defences, and could be a huge plus for our squad, but is he ready for first - team football again?

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.

The deal would see a large cash source open up to United who in turn would, says the report, reinvest the money into their much maligned defence.

This team is clueless about how to open up a defence, in particular when JW is playing.

I would go for a more pacey attack, one to get in behind City's defence and open them up with quick passing and clever movement, that's their weakness — I'd start Alexis as striker.

«Mesut created 77 chances for his team - mates last year» Stats can be very misleading.Watch the team play, compare them to a couple years back (Fab, nasri era)... and suddenly you discover that your stat is crap.This team seriously lack creativity.Its been a while.The team needs a master passer.The Fabegas, Xavi, Yaya, Jorge Resurrección Merodio (Koke) type.A master passer to open up defences..

The former Gunner had a fairly simple job after Tottenham Hotspur's Christen Eriksen opened up the Turkey defence with a good low cross.

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.

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.

People say you need Ozil to open up defences, which is true, but he is more needed against weak opponents that sit really deep.

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....

The one that opened up the defence was iwobi.

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 struggle to create chances or open up defences because we don't have people like jack or santi in midfield...... we relied so much on Sanchez last season to produce magic because our midfield players are shit.....

Fairly even enough overall if you ask me, we have more goals they have meaner defence, but on our day we can defend dogged like we've seen and on their day they can open teams right up.

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.

Prove is in the pudding, take a look at this video, he opens up defences not unlike M. Laudrup in his best days.

The first goal has to come early to open the game up against what will be an 8 - man defence lobbing the ball to Deeney.

Having a defence first minded midfielder with the skillset to back it up has really opened up our game to play with a lot more attacking freedoms while feeling a lot less vulnerable to counter attacks.

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.

and open up their defence at will.

As Welbeck can spin in behind defences, press from the front and compete in the air, he opens up a few more possibilities in this system than Giroud does.

Liverpool have the attacking talent to open up this leaky Leicester defence and pick up three points in their race to finish in the top four this season.

They pushed forward but couldn't find the killer ball to open up this defence.

He is technically adept at opening up defences, has good control and is quick.

The Gunners were aided by Hull going to down to ten men in the first half, but for the vast majority of the game, they looked in complete control and were ready to open up the home defence when needed.

Could that open up their tight defence for the visit of Chelsea?

Arsenal have the goals in them on home soil to open up what has been a poor Newcastle defence recently.

Ntcham opened up the Hibees defence with a perfectly - weighted through ball and defender Lewis Stevenson had to put in a saving tackle on Callum McGregor to prevent the Hoops midfielder getting a shot in on keeper Ofir Marciano.

But so far today, the Saints midfield had lacked the incision or guile to open up Liverpool's defence.

One of the rarest traits that Firmino has up sleeve is his movement, which can open up the tightest of defences.

Unfortunately, Giroud's goal didn't open up Villa's visibly shaky defence thereafter.

Hull have not been faring all that well since their drop down a tier and are struggling to pick up victories because their defence has been wide open.

I fully expect United to open up Stoke's defence much like they did against Leicester City just over a week ago, which will send United into the international break in high spirits, readying themselves for a clash with Liverpool at Anfield when league football returns for us on Monday 17th October 2016.

In these areas, going past the first man then draws the defence in and opens up lanes for others.

While his excellent movement did open the Bournemouth defence up at times, the player was sloppy in possession and left a brilliant chance a-begging when he overran the ball.

Booty, who had pulled the strings for Town all afternoon, drove over halfway and rode a challenge before seeing the defence open up in front of him.