Sentences with phrase «performance in midfield»

Henderson was given the MOTM award at full time for his excellent performance in midfield with many calling it «Gerrardesque».

But I would like to hear his thoughts about Ramseys performance in the midfield.

Wilfred Ndidi had a captain performance in the midfield dovetailing nicely with captain Ogenyi Onazi, with Onazi allowing him the space to push further up the pitch, where he can be deadly with his shooting abilities.

A close call between the winger and Can, who set the platform with a monstrous performance in midfield.

And Ramsey, who is much - maligned on here, also gave a masterful performance in midfield.

Given that the Gunners secured a 5 - 1 win over West Ham United on Saturday, with some impressive performances in midfield in particular, it's debatable as to whether or not they perhaps deserved the nod instead.

Having been an ever - present for Conte this season, his tenacious and powerful performances in midfield have been an integral part of Chelsea's success and so his award is certainly well deserved.

Fine on paper, but it wasn't his performances in midfield that set the world on fire last season, was it?

Jack and Xhaka could then have more licence to move about the pitch with a little less pressure and both players put in good performances in midfield.

Arsenal have been hit with injuries in defence while Mikel Arteta has been criticised for his performances in midfield.

Not exact matches

The Gunners defence has been fortified by the return of Laurent Koscielny, and against the Hammers Arsenal played with two defensive midfielders in Flamini and Coquelin and Wenger has been very pleased with the recent performances.

Considering Arsenal's tight schedule, the duo are not going to play every game and with a few more performances like the one against Hull, Mohammed Elneny may well rise above the pecking order in central midfield before the start of next season.

Here are a few select tweets from fans praising the midfielder for his performance this evening as his side all but booked their place in the next round of the competition.

It's very unfortunate news for Coquelin if this does turn out to be the case, because the French midfielder has clearly put in some well recognised performances to keep Granit Xhaka out of the starting eleven.

The name of Francis Coquelin has been on the lips of many an Arsenal fan in recent weeks, especially since his disciplined and destructive performance at the heart of the Gunners midfield helped to produce our first big away win in a long time.

Yes but it needed to be done, whilst it can be argued whether he would be able to produce the same performances he does now in 4 years time, the whole idea i would presume would be to let the younger midfielders learn from such a talented individual now with the eventual hope that they would be able to surpass or perhaps match his ability, plus its always a good thing to have experienced players of such calibre around the squad, like barca with Xavi he may not be able to perform to the level he was in his heyday, but every once an again produces a moment of magic when you need it on account of the experience.

and as i mentioned yesterday the notion that Coquelīn will get injured is hypothetical and even without any clear competition from anyone in the team for his position he still produced performances that put him in the top 10 defensive midfielders in Europe despite playing half a season..

Young Frenchman Kurt Zouma can ply his trade in the centre of defence but may be more valuable as a defensive midfielder, following a string of accomplished performances in this position last term.

Back in February, Alexis Sanchez scored both the goals for Arsenal against Hull City in a 2 - 0 win at the Emirates Stadium, but it was Oxlade - Chamberlain's performance in central midfield that stood out.

This confidence was clearly on show when the Gunners dismantled Man United in the space of 20 minutes at the weekend, and our midfield general was not surprised by their performance.

The 22 - year - old scored seven goals in 39 appearances from midfield last season, while he's got four in 13 so far this year as well as offering plenty more in midfield with his energetic, tenacious and stylish performances on a consistent basis.

Unfortunately for Arsene Wenger his selection options in central midfield have suddenly disappeared at the worst possible time, so with Cazorla, Xhaka, Ramsey and Elneny all unavailable, so the Frenchman has had to put his faith in Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain and you would think that his performance and effectiveness in the middle will be a key factor in the outcome of this hugely important Londo0n derby.

if he's able to shake off those lapses, poor performances and increase his influence in our game at least offensively (Assists and few goals), linking - up with the midfield and counter attacking... man we will have a fantastic season cause Sanchez is picking up... but Ozil, please WAKE UP!!

Xhaka can not tackle which is amazing considering he is supposed to be a defensive midfielder, Ramsey lacks discipline which he has always done and regards himself as up there with Messi & Neymar which is he is nowhere near, both of them lack the athleticism which is necessary in their positions in today's game as could be seen from Sundays performance they were completely outplayed some fairly average players on the Liverpool side.

Man City beat Bristol City 3 - 2 to advance into the League Cup final tonight, with fans praising key midfielder Kevin De Bruyne following the Belgian's performance in the win.

Bosnian midfielder Muhamed Besic moved to Everton after an eye - catching performance at the World Cup, but there was a moment in the Wales Bosnia games yesterday that caused most viewers to question the quality of their vision.

Indeed, the Burnley midfielder showered the centre - back with some glowing praise following his performance against Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

However, this campaign has seen the midfield ace criticised for his performances and it was always likely that manager Brendan Rodgers would start using the veteran less and less in his starting XI.

Like the article says, the performances he put in against Barcelona were exceptional (not many players in the world can say that they outplayed the Barcelona midfield).

Elneny in his first season slightly outperformed Xhaka in his first season.To me he's far better.He has improved so much this season and I hope he won't be benched.He's a defensive midfielder but people confuse him to be a box to box player just because he's everywhere.He's really good in 1v1's and is usually positionally excellent.His passing is also very good.I look forward to seeing him build on his performances and have a break out season.

The France midfielder had been one of the stars of the Gunners» solid start to the season, and backed that up with a match - winning performance in his country's opening World Cup qualifier against Finland.

And even though Ozil started this season a bit slowly after his exploits in helping Germany to win the World Cup in Brazil this summer, the star midfielder had been integral to our two best performances and results so far, against Aston Villa and Galatasaray.

Ramsey performance had improved this season, its high time we reap our patience from Rambo, he was under rated in the team but he is doing great job with his energy, running box to box, making an interception and tackles, he made less mistake as can be compared with two to four years back, let arsenal tie him down with new and improve wages asap, I prefer him to overrated Paul pogba in our midfield.

The teenage midfielder impressed everyone at the club in the pre-season with his performances and was penciled for bigger things.

The injury - plagued midfielder has seen a resurgence like no other which started in the Europa League but now has seen the Englishmen become a regular starter and put together a string of impressive performances.

Midfield — Coquelin, had a serious impact, put in a brilliant performance and at times has been the first name on the team - sheet for us.

For those who are not all that aware of Sotiris Ninis its worth noting that the talented Albanian born adaptable midfielder is considered the hottest prospect in Greece right now, which admittedly isn't saying a great deal but I would imagine Sir Alex Ferguson will have done his homework on the Panathinaikos star who's performances helped the Athens club secure the double last term.

Against Bayern Munich in February, he put in a superb performance, dribbling past ten players — as much as the entire team of the Gunners» Bundesliga opposition — and he could prove a thrilling player for England in both central midfield and on the wing.

In turn, a big performance from him will be needed against Sevilla to try and boss things in midfield and Mourinho will expect him to stand up and deliveIn turn, a big performance from him will be needed against Sevilla to try and boss things in midfield and Mourinho will expect him to stand up and delivein midfield and Mourinho will expect him to stand up and deliver.

Ramsey is a central midfield player that rarely offers an above average performance and yet we choose to play him out on the wing ahead of the in - form Ox or letting Sanchez slot back out wide to let Giroud up front.

And Rodgers has also been impressed with the performances of attacking midfielder Davy Klaassen and will also look to see about including him in any deal that cab be struck for Veltman.

Currently in talks over a new deal in Turin, Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba is potentially the most exciting young midfielder in Europe and will be looking for a big performance as his side host Swedish champions Malmo, looking to improve on their poor recent record on the continental stage.

Yet the Spaniard has shown the Spanish giants just what they are missing by putting in assured midfield performances and bringing balance to the German side's midfield.

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«I would say that some of his performances are the best I have seen from any Welsh midfielder in my time as a manager.

I still remember his central midfield performance vs AC Milan in the Champions League, he was AWESOME!

The headline reads «Aaron Ramsey is the best midfielder I've seen», yet in the article Coleman says «I would say that some of his performances are the best I have seen from any Welsh midfielder in my time as a manager».

He produced an especially eye - catching performance and, in both his physical strength and range of passing, Wenger does finally seem to have found a player with the presence and potential to develop into something resembling his great central midfielders of the Past.

Conversely West Ham never posed a threat to our back line in circumstances attributable to defensive midfield performance.