Sentences with phrase «passes over defences»

Cazorla can do a very good job standing in for Özil, but Ramsey can't be adequately replaced, we need him this weekend — he needs to be in form too, he's popped us for good goals but hasn't been playing great, but a few of his lobbed passes over defences have been masterful.

Both mustafi and xhaka are renowned for playin precise long passes over a defence.

Danilo D'Ambrosio — 7: When he plays quick passes over the defence and makes those attacking runs, he makes Ivan twice the player.

Not exact matches

Royal Navy frigate HMS Westminster was sent to monitor four Russian vessels over the weekend as they passed close to British waters, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, and will stay with the warships as they head north.

Never going to threaten playing that deep, defence shambolic all over the place, clueless going forward, passing sideways, wenger said plenty of possession but you can have 100 % possession passing amongst yourself all match, we know for sure now time for change.

And yes, the bog - standard CB pass out of defence the world over will find a player who is likely to be pressurised and yes the ball does come back again.

Looked up your man Elneny and must say he has one hell of a pass on him, he fires the ball across midfield and over defence like a Petit or an Alonso.

He may have only registered one assist to go with his goal but that was largely the fault of his misfiring team mates as the Gunner created almost 50 chances throughout the tournament and his passing accuracy of over 90 percent was not too shabby either for a player trying to break down some very stubborn defences.

Yes — absolutely — no defence on the right wing at all — Shlupp / Zaha doing the same passing move there over and over and over again and Bellerin still doesn't learn.

After seeing a couple of games where he featured and also the one for england he's got it all for me... 1) He has the physical ability to offer the kind of game that our Giroud offers (back to the net: deflecting, relaying passes and 1 - 2 touches) but also 2) Pace, mobility and technical agility to offer so much more: dribbling past opponents (creating space), running / turning over defences either to lay down the killing pass to a better placed player or finishing a through ball from our over talented midfield and all that with speed and 3) Tactical awareness, willingness to defend players if asked (like the game Man U-Real Madrid in the CL) and could provide support not only in the air on corners!!

Not only was their defence having a nightmare trying to deal with the pace, movement and passing fluency of the Gunners, but Chelsea could not get anything going the other way either, with Diego Costa cutting an increasingly frustrating figure up front and finally picking up a yellow card when his anger boiled over.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

A really tidy display from the midfielder as he swept things up in front of his defence and kept Arsenal ticking over with some good passes forward too.

This win for Arsenal over Premier League rivals Manchester United saw a great all round performance from the Gunners, both in attack and defence and there were lots of candidates for the Man of the Match, such as Petr Cech who made three crucial saves, Alexis Sanchez for his two great goals and Theo Walcott for his best game at centre forward, but for me it was Mesut Ozil who stood out with his sublime passing, movement, vision and work rate.

Time and again, England fail to break down the stubborn Norwegian defence; time and again, hands meet hips; time and again, the wrong pass sails over the wrong head.

Straight away, van Persie had a chance to make his manager look like a genius, but after collecting a fantastic long pass from Wesley Sneijder over the top of the German defence, he shot straight at Manuel Neuer.

After 25 minutes, he clipped a long pass over the Italian defence: the flight drew Angelo Peruzzi from his goal, the dip sent him scrambling back, and the spin took the ball perfectly onto Wright's left foot.

He also positively affected the transition and attacking phases; functioning as a release valve when his teammates came under pressure as well as making forays into the attacking third wherein he would participate in incisive passing sequences and discompose defences with splendid chipped balls over the top.

Even when he does decide to take a chance with a pass designed to split a defence or find a runner over the top he either hits it with such technical precision, or the risk is so thoroughly calculated, that it usually comes off in one way or another.

Kroos is an essential part in the Germany team and he will keep things ticking over in midfield and picking out the passes to unlock defences as the reigning champions look to defend their World Cup crown.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain continued his good run of form by contributing another assist as he clipped an excellent pass over the top of the Stoke defence, but it still needed a lot of finishing from Mesut Ozil.

In both their league and European victories over Guardiola's men, Liverpool denied time and space to City's defence and midfield, cutting off passing lanes as they looked to build from the back and robbing key creators, such as Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva, of the breathing space they become deadly within.

Danny Williams tried an inventive lob over the top to breach a static Hornets defence, but the pass was eventually too long and bounced out of reach of the chasing Depoitre.

Whether it's whipped crosses from out wide, defence - splitting passes from deep, little dinks over the top from central areas or curling free - kicks, the Kobe - native is capable of every trick in the book.

Substitute Charly Musonda skimmed a fantastic pass over the Brighton defence, and Victor Moses snuck in to slip the ball past Ryan.

Dembele opened up the Leganes defence with a clever pass into Messi and after the ball bounced up off his chest he flicked it over Cuellar for his third La Liga hat - trick of the season.

With half time approaching, Ozil drifted into space about 30 yards out from goal and clipped a beautiful pass over the top of the defence for Alexis.

Gyokeres came close to adding a third for the Seagulls when he latched onto a perfectly - weighted pass over Stoke's defence, but the Swede's ferocious drive with the outside of his right foot cannoned back off the post.

The ingenious scooped pass of Aaron Ramsey over the away side's static defence found the Ivorian attacker and he slipped his shot beneath the body of Asmir Begovic to make the score 1 - 0.

His passing and movement in midfield kept things ticking over and, importantly, he offers a way out for the defence if they're in trouble on the ball.

Lazar Markovic — 6 Can link up play well down the right, and found Lallana with an excellent scooped pass over the City defence in the first half.

It was Hayes, who demanded that the messages be passed over to the defence and that, in his words, «blew the prosecution case out of the water».