Sentences with phrase «players against pressure»

Before we became financially buoyant enough to hold on to our players against pressure to sell from other clubs, we were actually a selling club and we lost a lot of our star players due to that.

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It is the same tactics Tottenham use against bigger side... They just sit back absorb the pressure and hit them on counter because they have quality attacking players such that Dele, Kane, Erikson Dembele....

Maybe having the pressure off, with not many people in the football world giving us much chance against the miserly Monaco defence, is keeping the players relaxed and hopeful rather than tense and nervous.

The pressures of his job mean that for him it's no longer about pitting his wits against different teams, different coaches, but about television revenue, long trips before Premiership games and tired players.

Sanchez is a player under particular pressure to put in a big performance against Liverpool, with the Chile international yet to really get going since his January move from Arsenal.

Tottenham aren't going to want to see any of their top players leave this summer, but with the pressure of being unable to match wage offers from rivals coupled with their track record of failing to win major silverware, it could all count against them if United really do come knocking.

I don't understand... This is a must win game as man city is unlikely to lead to a result... Yet no style or pressure or ideas against a hapless team... 30 mins and not a shot on goal... Ramsey and giroud and mert are championship level players and no more... In fact am not sure giroud is even that level....

It could possibly go the other way and work against us, with the pressure of defending the famous trophy getting to the players.

Adding players like Costa who had won the league against real and barca with atletico, fabregas also won the league and several other trophies, as well as matic who won the portuguese league meant that across the pitch they had winners who were used to that pressure mentally and the joys of success, we can see we're closer now with players like cech, sanchez and ozil but we need more.

For the love of Thor, put some players in who can beat their men and put some pressure against manure.

Arsenal play with fire by passing the ball around too much especially in our third, it invites the opposition to push up and put pressure, something which Arsenal are known to fold against, especially playing players out of position like Monreal.

Especially a player like Sanchez, I mean the guy was instrumental for his country in the Copa America Tournament and scored the winning penalty against Argentina in the final... no pressure really!

Arsene and the players could take a lot of pressure off their shoulders by just getting one victory against one top team.

Thierry Henry has said it all, that there's is a problem in arsenal, there was a time he don't even relate with his teams mate and he question why Sanchez will remain at arsenal after the display against Liverpool, I have said it before the big issue on ground is not money that the player are demanding but the ambition of the club... henry also said, when u are playing for arsenal u are comfortable whether u are playing well or not because there's no pressure on u....

We have too many diminutive players who crumble under real pressure against the top sides.

Whilst I am a regular participant in political protests and demonstrations — I believe it is right to protest against something you see as being wrong, but I think people need to remember that when players are struggling with form and confidence and the team is under great pressure, then as a supporter of your team it is more appropriate to get behind the team during the match.

And while they travel to Dortmund on the last day, the Germans would have sealed top spot and would probably play the youth and fringe players, while we would travel to Turkey, under serious pressure to get a result against a Galatasaray team playing for pride and under no pressure.

So while the Arsenal players are aware of us having this great record against our next opponents, Nacho Monreal has admitted to Arsenal Player that we are under real pressure to produce a perfect game in order to not let another record slip.

So even though Man City are direct Premier League rivals to Arsenal, I was glad to see them beat Southampton at St. Mary's today, because it puts the pressure on Jose Mourinho and his players, especially as they could only manage a point against Sunderland.

The pressure and the expectations did seem to be weighing on the players for a while but it could just have been that everything was going against us, including the injury list and the decisions of referees as well as our problems in front of goal.

Arsene Wenger must be feeling that the whole world is against him at the minute, with an aggressive media and pressure from a small number of vocal Arsenal fans as well, so his is in need of a bit of support from the people who owe him the most, the Arsenal players themselves.

I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years

But we still need to complete the job in the FA cup and beat Aston Villa in the final at Wembley to give us a real trophy to celebrate, although Arsene Wenger reckons that the pressure and expectation on him and his players is nothing like it was against Hull City a year ago.

Keeping the players against their will is something that will ease the pressure on him for now, until another season of failure unfolds and he then has a huge problem next summer.

Koscielny was part of an Arsenal back four that was under pressure against Tottenham and could not stop Harry Kane from scoring but he did make four interceptions and eight clearances to help him remain the league's most in form player.

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

our players have to get really exhausted as though its a war to win big games, we as fans are always under too much pressure coz we always think of that goal the opponents gonna score against us

The options available to Arsene Wenger when selecting his Arsenal line up for today's game against Sunderland at the Emirates stadium are smaller than they have been all season and with three key players in Alexis Sanchez, Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin being on the injury list and after the Gunners» recent struggles in the league, what should have been an easy three points is now looking like a tough and pressure filled match.

But as well as ability to pull a stunning solo effort out of the hat, it is also more difficult to score a great goal at an important time; when the pressure is on, that's when the best players do their stuff; playing against better quality of opposition means you have to do something a bit more special, and to have the guts to try it.

i was not surprised that england lost against iceland, even before the euros started i knew hodgson, s selection will come back to haunt him, he took players that were just back from long injuries not match fit / sharp, also due to media pressure he selected players he shouldn, t have (vardy, rashford) it undermined all the good work done during the qualifications, why on earth just before the tournament would hodgson change tactics, formations, players that served him so well even though it was an easy group they still managed to go unbeaten, i know people laugh when wenger talks about cohesion, continuity....

With the pressure on us mounting to finally get that league title, we'll need players who step up and Alexis was the best against Burnley.

Arsenal play on a Monday night yet again after watching all our closest rivals gain points over the weekend, so the pressure is on our out of form players to get all three points against Middlesbrough tonight.

And putting players under a bit of needless pressure that against better opposition — well..

It gave us fans something to celebrate and the performance proved that the players have got rid of that building pressure to win a trophy that nearly saw us throw away another chance against Hull City at Wembley a year ago.

This is so true our players where flat footed against City, actually we can't play with any team that puts pressure on us when we have the ball that's how teams beat us.

Arsenal are a successful club and will always be seriously last season was not that bad for the past 21 years we remind a the top four no club in England had achieved that 21 years on the trot I believe we needed a new look at ourselves and the reason why we have not won it we have not won the premier league in the past 12 years while clubs such Leicester have won it having said that we were the only team to have won them home and away we seem to be a little short at every term in one stage opponents literally broke our players and some were very viciously broken every one ganged against us and we crumbled to the pressure we need to assert our self by winning lower tear competitions and grow to be strong and fight it hard and give other teams what we were giving Firstly we need to unite and create a fortress at the emirate stadium become the twelfth team player once we get the fundamentals right I know and guarantee we will win it all we need to plant our feet in the ground we need unite become one strong unit

Coming up against these experience and talented players, it would have even been understandable if the pressure weighed too heavily on Saúl.

Giggs told Sky Sports: «When you look at Bale and the physical specimen he is, he is always going to be putting his body under pressure, especially with the sort of challenges he comes up against from other players.»

Chelsea players eased the pressure on manager Antonio Conte with a 2 - 0 win against Hull at the weekend, but Tim Sherwood believes that the jury is still out on the Italian as he struggles to implement his style of play at Stamford Bridge.

After suffering a shock defeat on opening day against Swansea, Louis van Gaal and Manchester United are in immense pressure to sign top players.

«We don't have pressure like in the first game, because we play against the best team in the world,» the defender told Arsenal Player.

However, the Serbian boss did not succumb under that pressure and said that the player is still not physically ready to feature from the start and only gave him another 20 minutes against Palermo in the following weekend.

If a player is encouraged — and the pressure at some clubs can be heavy and unpleasant — to play against his wishes it can have an adverse effect on his concentration.

Alexis didn't get much credit for his performance against City but he was taking a lot of pressure off the other Arsenal players because City were paying him so much attention.

on whether they should have put Jesus Navas under more pressure... When you come up against players and they're on a yellow card, you realise within the game and you know who to attack.

Henderson and Coutinho have both had one title challenge under their belt from 2013/14, but even then, it was Henderson, whose composure waned at precisely the wrong moment, making a tackle in the dying minutes of Liverpool's home fixture against fellow title challengers Manchester City, that showed how much expectation and pressure can cloud, confuddle and contort the mind and judgement of any player.

There are plenty of players who can ping the ball around the pitch, especially against a side as defensive as Galati who hardly sent anyone upfield to put pressure on the ball in the areas where Rooney received it, but how many can unlock defences in the way Rooney can, score spectacular goals or just make things happen in the final third?

Arsenal lost their second leg of Champions League round of 16 tie against Bayern Munich 5 - 1 making it their worst European aggregate defeat of 10 - 2 and both players and the manager have been under massive pressure since that result.

Oxford head coach James Wade has relished putting his players under pressure this season with games against Aviva Premiership clubs and a fortnight out from their trip to Twickenha...

High - stakes lawsuits, including ones filed by former players against the NFL, have added to the pressure to come up with methods for diagnosing and tracking the disorder in living people, but such efforts have just crossed the starting line, researchers said last week at a traumatic brain injury conference in Washington, D.C. Only in the past month or so have they arrived at a consensus about what CTE looks like in postmortem brain tissue, findings presented this week in Washington, D.C., at the American Academy of Neurology meeting.