Sentences with phrase «penalty area at»

He was at it again at Old Trafford on Monday night, his persistence and ability to arrive Scholes - like in the penalty area at the vital time bringing United's equaliser against Chelsea.

Tony Pulis» teams have I believe, got away with American Football style blocking in the penalty area at set pieces for some years.

Well done to Mike Dean who appears to have started a one - man crusade against holding in the penalty area at corners.

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They will flood the opposing penalty area at every opportunity and try to capitalise on their height and strength.

What is the point of having a penalty area at all (other than determining a specific area where goalkeepers than handle the ball)?

Not exact matches

When the midfield trio of Cazorla / Wilshere / Ramsey have the ball at the edge of the opposing penalty area, you can be sure it's going to end up back at one of our CB's and be played out wide for aimless crosses with nobody there except the opposing goalkeeper.

His link - up play was tidy and fluid, but his confidence in the penalty area is clearly at rock bottom.

Pre-Season doesn't mean that you stand and watch as a ball breaks out of your penalty area and continue to watch as your opponent is allowed to have a shot at your goal without anyone bothering to close him down... Pathetic defending... again!!

ball retreat on mass to their penalty area therefore we have at least.

Reminds me of gervinho, looks better at finishing and passing, we need players like these who go direct at the defenders, we only have ox and sanchez who does this and sometimes iwobi, which gets us goals, fouls in or around the penalty area.

Like me, he makes late runs in the penalty area and he showed that with aplomb for the second goal at AC Milan last week.

Yes it happened at a bad time for a team that played well but went on to lose but how can anyone justify putting their hands on an opponent in the penalty area?

If he can learn to pass more often he wouldn't need to change his style at all because defenders will be too afraid to tackle when he's doing one twos in the penalty area.

Costa was fortunate not to be sent - off himself as he raised his hands in the face of Laurent Koscielny twice in the penalty area and also kicked out at Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain later on in the game.

Im not doubting the ambition of some of our players look at a player like flamini he's aggressive, commanding and likes to throw him self at the opposition but how many times do you clench your bum when you see him near our penalty area?

Grujic could have lashed wildly at the ball first time, but took his time and calmly picked his spot through a congested penalty area.

Stoke, who have already beaten Chelsea and Manchester City at the Britannia Stadium this season, were much the better side in the early stages of the match and they thoroughly deserved their lead, which was doubled less than 10 minutes later by a powerful effort from outside the penalty area from Marko Arnautovic.

Sorry for continually being ignorant and missing the point («your» point to be precise)-- but playing one - twos with Alexis in the opposition penalty area in the Copa and being deployed at the head of Juve's midfield diamond is not convincing me that his coaches / managers see his best position as a disciplined holding midfield player.

At the risk of repeating what you have said, it is unbelievably frustrating to see an Arsenal counter attack with superior numbers and they then start a tika - taka just outside the opposition penalty area to allow the defence to regroup.

He wrote in his own report: «Following the award of a penalty kick against his team in approx. 92nd min, Mr Wenger left his technical area to confront me in disagreement at the decision.

The second we put Podolski, Campbell, Ox on all I wanted was for Ox, Sanchez and Campbell to make some direct runs towards the penalty area and it to somehow land at Podolski's feet so that he could shoot.

Fouls and misconduct are penalised as follows: Direct free kick A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following seven offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force: • kicks or attempts to kick an opponent • trips or attempts to trip an opponent • jumps at an opponent • charges an opponent • strikes or attempts to strike an opponent • pushes an opponent • tackles an opponent A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following three offences: • holds an opponent • spits at an opponent • handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)

Ok so Aston Villa were the underdogs but look at the fuss made out of a possible disallowed penalty and free kick outside the area for AV on the BBC, when Ozil was clearly brought down inside the penalty area, but didn't make a fuss about it, got up and carried on, Bellerin was smacked by Agbonlahor with what looked like a forearm smash, or possibly an elbow in head and was down for a while, when the ball was on it's way, but hadn't even reached him and we weren't even allowed a replay by the BBC, let alone a comment on a possible penalty / free kick / yellow card.

The pressure finally paid off when a bouncing ball in the penalty area which finally came to Oxlade - Chamberlain who put our hearts at rest by firing it under the crossbar.

Arsenal players must learn the art of shooting at the penalty area.

Elneny not only played well at cb, but also showed the benefit of shooting at goal from outside the penalty area.

For the game against Everton I would go with Kosc Debuchy, Merts, Kosc, Monreal Flamini, Ramsey Sanchez, Özil, Ox Campbell At least you will have players in the team that will have a go at the Everton defence and not pass the ball out wide from just outside the penalty area again and again ad nauseaAt least you will have players in the team that will have a go at the Everton defence and not pass the ball out wide from just outside the penalty area again and again ad nauseaat the Everton defence and not pass the ball out wide from just outside the penalty area again and again ad nauseam.

Standing at barely six feet, Ospina simply does not have the physical presence to command his penalty area and this is a big problem especially in England as the level of physicality is very high.

Wenger suggested in the pre-match preview on Arsenal.com that, despite surrendering a two goal lead from a dominant first half performance at West Ham and allowing Andy Carroll the freedom of the penalty area to punish us with a quickfire hat - trick and then struggling badly to get back into the game, Arsenal were not far off producing their best.

The nerves in their side are palpable and they were only saved a damaging feat at Brighton by a daft tackle in the penalty area that allowed Rooney to bag a late leveller.

Walcott or Ox on the right, and Sachez on the left, get some width into our game, at least until level with the penalty area, than come inside if there's room, draw their defence out of the middle to creat some space.

Real Sociedad's used the player more in an attacking role — emphasised by the 74 touches he's taken in the opposition penalty area this season — and while it leaves him exposed at times when it comes to defending, his pace can get him out of trouble.

If that wasn't enough, there was also an attacking side to his game that racked up an impressive thirteen career goals - including one at international level - and his forays into the opposition's penalty area could lead to all sorts of confusion and indirectly led to Teddy Sheringham's late equaliser against Bayern Munich in the 1999 European Cup Final.

In quick succession Higuain forced a good save out of Navas from the top of the penalty area, then Chiellini, who had come forward on that play, played Juan Cuadrado clear through at the six yard box only to see the Colombian nudge it wide, leaving Juve with a goalless night and a mountain to climb in eight days.

Mata also being a dead ball specialist could bring David De Gea into action should United as they have done at times this season give away any sloppy free kicks in and around their own penalty area.

If anything the goal rallied United who decided to step out of their own penalty area and have a go at our wealthy neighbours.

At the penalty area, he is able to relax and score comfortably which makes him a great scoring talent and can fit well among Real Madrid players.

Gyokeres was a whisker away from converting at the back post when Bjordal drilled a low ball across the face of the penalty area, and Sanchez came to his team's rescue moments later, when he got the smallest of touches to divert James's stinging drive onto the crossbar.

Andrew Talbot almost earned a share of the spoils for Chesterfield when he made a late run into the penalty area in stoppage - time but he could only shoot straight at goalkeeper Ryan Boot.

The Brazilian attacker was a constant threat in the penalty area, most often holding a position at the top of the box and thereby being left unmarked.

There was a flashpoint with 20 minutes left when Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi, who was already on a yellow card, appeared to kick out at Reina after being felled by the Napoli keeper when he came for a high ball in the penalty area.

A cornerstone of the Juventus back line since joining in 2005, his height makes him a threat at set pieces in the opposition's penalty area.

A referee can ignore serious foul play, claiming he's allowing advantage, he can whistle a foul or ignore one in the penalty area and caution or eject a player according to his own agenda without having to justify it at all as we all are well aware.

United were also knocked out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Final on penalties at Carlisle and when Swindon won at Elland Road in April, Leeds slipped out of the promotion spots for the first time in eight months.

He will not be the team's spokesman to the officials, the man to get around the team and deliver Tony Adams style teamtalks or the one in the penalty area in the 87th minute shouting at his team mates to keep their focus and defend for their lives.

Following a pair of changes at the hour mark, Doyle would earn a freekick just outside the penalty area.

Clichy shooting from 35 yards is not the answer, but I remember Chamakh having the ball at his feet in the area and with quicker thought processes he could have got the shot away but hesitated and nothing came of it (apart from the penalty appeal).

Vermaelen slid in on Belhanda at the far right edge of the penalty area and the Moroccan went down in a heap.

Sunderland are extremely strong at corners where they can get their centre backs up, but they also do a good job of positioning themselves to cover the penalty area.