Sentences with phrase «opposition backline»

The box to box engine of Ramsey is the crucial ingredient that keeps the opposition backline guessing, much like Lampard did so often for Chelsea, arriving late on the scene and not being picked up till it was too late.
They stifle the opposition backline into losing the ball, once they lose the ball around the final third.

Not exact matches

hello... am not a manager, tactician or anything... but to stop city you need to crowd the midfield... there is no way we will beat city with lacazette isolated upfront, sanchez chasing shadows trying to press city backline instead of playing deep to nullyfy them getting the ball into dangerous areas... city fullbacks or wingbacks (delph and walker) unlike other fullbacks they tend to carry the ball infield hence outnumbering opposition in midfield thereby giving de bryne and silva ample time to pick runners in sane and sterling..
He won 16 of his 23 attempted tackles, including the 4 successful tackles he made in the FA Cup quarterfinal clash against the Red Devils, taking up good positions ahead of the backline and preventing the opposition from posing any real threat to David Ospina's goal.
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