Sentences with phrase «played against a defence»

We haven't yet played against a defence that sit deep (both Chelsea and Basel played high).

Perhaps playing against a defence against whom he has already scored a brace might stir up some form.

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.

I think he will play 4 at the back against us to solidify his defence.

Great hire by Chris Ballard, and I am looking forward to seeing those multiple formations / personnel groupings that defences hate to play against.

Not being forced into the team or to play on an injury will do the kid good and he is still remarkably good in tight situations and being able to pivot defence into attack which is something we sometimes struggle to do against high press teams.

With Luke Shaw sent off against West Ham for a quite needless second yellow, Rojo would be an able deputy on the left side of defence — switching from the central role he played against the Hammers.

The Dutchman was forced to play alongside Chris Smalling at the heart of United's defence during their Premier League season opener against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend and his performance was questioned by some in the media, who don't feel he is the long - term solution in that position.

To me the fact that we have a striker in Giroud that can not make runs beyond the defence allows teams to play a high line against us which makes our midfield struggle with space.

we played against untd B team, their defence was non existant, made from midfielders, attack not even need to adress, if you cant win this than you wont win anything, lack leadership ffs you play against teen players, and you need leadreship hahahahahahaha Wenger is only one to be blamed, if he loved Arsenal he would never let this happened

One of the other reasons we lost I believe was because we didn't play our best players of those who were available and played a midfielder in defence who hasn't played there before against the best team in England, yeah of course that doesn't mean we would have won.

I get what you're saying I really do and maybe just maybe with a little luck we could have got a positive result but firstly my argument is why would you pay # 50m for a striker and not play him and why would you play someone in defence that's never played there before against the best team in England, secondly we have had referee decisions go our way many times but that's just how it goes.

OG may well have scored 20 goals had he played 35 matches last season, but he has fluffed a lot of chances against tight defences.

If you think we will win with that midfield, playing 1 up front against the best defence in the league.

Even on a breakaway with 3 (Arsenal) against 2 (opposition) we will stop the play and pass the ball back to our «keeper (maybe a bit of an exaggeration) to allow the opposition to reorganise the defence.

Yeah absolutely right.We must play with a 442 but need a Top Quality DFM.Zhaka can not retain his place in the side any longer.How bad must he continue to play before he is dropped?Play AMN.The boy looks a very good prospect and deserves a chance.Ramsey continues to prove he is not anywhere near Jacks class and offers us nothing against a defence that sits and invites us on.

Speedy in attack and sensibly when in defence, the left sided defender, who can also play at centre back, has taken part in two Premier League matches, coming on as sub against Wolves and Wigan.

Now my final point is when you talk about Chelsea / Dortmund etc. playing against deep defences.

If taking Giroud off is making sense iyo I'd suggest to rewatch the last part of the match because Welbeck was nowhere all game and is not of any use in arial defence when under pressure against a super offensive playing Liverpool.

However he will come up against the leagues top defenders on a regular basis and experience what it's like to play in a defensive line fighting for Premier League safety, rather than alongside a more collective defence that includes the likes of Koscielny and Monreal.

The way that Wenger has Arsenal set up to play, usually anyway as we dominate possession against all but the biggest clubs we face, means that his power as a target man and his link up play are invaluable in breaking down stubborn defences and bringing the players around him into dangerous areas.

lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.

Coquelin did all the dirty work in midfield, tracking back, being the first defender and covering at the back to give time for the more forward players to come help and for the defence to organise (Mertesacker never found himself outrun... against City) breaking up plays and cleanly passing the ball forward!!

There is no top 4 finish for us, we mess everything up against Swansea, and our defence is as sh ** t as hell, look at spurs the way they played man u, strong in defence, dembele was fantastic not like xhaka lazy and always pass the ball backward sides.

If they were to play against Arsenal or City or Utd they would do a PSG on them, two lines defence, one fast striker and wait.

The line up will have a pretty comical defence but you still expect us to do well considering it's a weaker team at home we're playing against.

Interestingly he has played as a left midfielder as well in the centre of defence, and could well relish a role in the 3 -4-2-1 formation which Wenger tried out on Monday night against Middlesbrough.

I agree and even though the Community Shield against Chelsea next weekend is not that important in the grans scheme of things I think we need to show that last weekend was a blip and just as a fast start in the Premier League is important I think a strong start to our Emirates Cup would be handy so let's not have some inexperienced young midfielder playing on the right of defence.

And let Wishere play deep in front of defence alongside Ramsy and let's see hw it'll look like against Manchester United

It's that kind of play that made us much harder to defend against especially when Ramsey and Alexiswere poping up behind opponents defences on either side.

These teams have good defences and often play counter attack football against us.

Bellerin was the provider again a few minutes later as he ran rampage against the tiring defence and played a peach of a ball for Giroud to tap in.

Giroud is clearly a weapon off the bench against stubborn defences and Alexis is better suited to defenses that play out the back.

Then, you may understand WHY our defence struggled against an Everton team that have played together all last Season, on their own turf, and having rested for a week.

Mourinho's habit of trying to park the bus against top teams in away games is certain to come into play, and so the injury to Alexandre Lacazette last night is a big blow to Arsenal's chances of breaking down the United defence.

Well Coquelin cant do it all alone, like the Man city game we need to work together each man covering up for the other Man's mistake, But I feel it would be down to attacking play, we need to be clinical it has cost us a lot in recent years against chelsea, remember the 5 - 3 thumping at the bridge, we were clinical on that day, so even if we get caught, if we attack it would be the best form of defence, then we end up outscoring them, We need our Attackers to really work hard and really finish any chances created.

In the games against Bayern Munich when Koscielny never played a full 90 minutes, Bielik would have slotted in well into the defence as a good substitute.

I can see cesc split opening our defence when he plays against us.

At Boro» Chambers will get regular playing time for the season, whilst also picking up plenty of experience playing up against the league's most competitive strikers in a defence where he could be a key man.

Ramsey was our best player but he should never have played out wide especially against a good defence like Chelsea.

The way Chambers has adapted to playing in the centre of defence, I would not mind seeing the 19 - year old given a go there, but time is short and running out fast, with just the games against Everton, Besiktas and Leicester City coming before the summer transfer window slams shut.

On Morata, I have never really seen him play but I saw him the run he made against Bayern which led to their second goal and for most parts in the game, he threatened Bayern's defence..

In my opinion arsenal best performance of the season in epl was because of 3 reasons 1 - very fast defence in the presence of gabriel 2 - elneny direct play and his 96 % accuracy He leaves sanchez, ozil and iwobi to do the job he just give them the ball ana cover them 3 - the absence of giroud on the pitch, giroud style of play doesn't make gaps in the opposition defence and he also has a terribel pass accuracy and also no dribbling skills I think in his absence we had very good performance against everton and watford

After a solid performance against Lithuania, Phil Jones is a good candidate to continue as part of the defence, having played in a back three for Manchester United this season.

Against the run of play a slightly tired defence allowed an attack.

I know that it is preseason but this team is very weak we are weak in the Midfield area and the wing if a team put pressure on us we have nowhere to go lack of skill technical ability passing Vision in the Midfield what it we were playing against Tottenham Hotspur do you think Sanchez would make the defence bellerin or mustafi we still need at least three player

We had composure, pace, campact, defence by numbers, width and overall great football against Shitty we didn't have any of that against the Spuds and once again lastnight when we were playing a defensive game.

He made a decent start from the front row and challenged Sebastian Vettel into the first corner, but his teammate wasn't playing nice and put up a tough defence against the Finn, dropping him back to fourth.

Cazorla 6 — Lots of the ball and some decent play against a determined and hard working defence but no real cutting edge.

Five reasons: 1) our defence lacks organisation when key personal are missing (although having regular back line will help stop this); 2) we still play the old tiki taka rule game which doesn't work so well against the bigger teams; 3) we will have key injuries to players at the wrong times; 4) too many suicidal back passes in midfield against better opposition picks us off; 5) jury still out on Lacazette