Sentences with phrase «playing against the best attacking»

Admittedly, Liverpool's defensive shape for the opening 37 minutes was hardly archetypal, but when playing against the best attacking side in the league at home, I'd be surprised to find anyone who thought Agüero, Jesus, Silva and De Bruyme were not going to cause Liverpool problems.

Not exact matches

Mertesacker is the type that will win headers that go towards him, but if he has to move for it then he's in trouble, but he's very good at positioning himself so it's not that big a deal, though when he does get caught out it seems to stick in my head for a while, like against Anderlecht... Players like Koscielny and Gabriel are a lot more mobile, they move and attack the ball when it's played into their area.

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.

after our loss to everton i'm more confident now that we're going to win against man city we are going to want to bounce back and city missing key players like aguero, fernandinho, gundogan is a good time to play them and i want yaya toure to play we know that defensively he is useless so we can hit them on the counter attack!!

The Englishman can make runs down the flanks, catch on to quick through balls and would be better suited to play on the counter attack, which we may have to do against a team like Manchester City.

With Giroud against better teams we don't really have the option to play on the counter attack which has become part of the modern game.

If they are going to play an attacking football against Arsenal, that is good and what we want it to get an open space for our counter attacking play.

He ushered in an era of revolutionary quick passing sexy football at the club in which we played attractive attacking football won titles and could compete against the best teams in the world.

Their Defense played well for the most part against a complete Team Rasky attack.

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

Bellerin's pace could be a massive factor against their counter attacking as well, especially as he will be up against the pacy Arnautovic, and I think that he also helps to get the best from Theo Walcott down the right flank, so fingers crossed that he can play and will that ensure that the points are ours?

Ozil and Xhaka should be left on the bench in view of their defensive weaknesses against a side like Man City who are likely to dominate possession.Mertz should not be played as he simply does not have the pace to cope with the Man City front three.This may appear a defensive line up but a similar strategy worked well against Chelsea earlier this season and may do so against the most impressive attacking side in the league.

Arsenal are better off not having too much possession in order to win more, against Man United we must let them have the ball and play on the counter attack!

Fair enough against west brom we should have played better maybe if we attacked how we did against chelsea the pen wouldnt have mattered.

For the record he was the only decent sub to come on against Spurs, it's useless having 3/4 attacking players on when all they want to do is shoot and make rash decisions, whereas Giroud can make balls forward stick and bring our better players into play.

We played well against spurs, we dominated possession, we looked threatening on attack, we put in some good shots on target.

The Gunners need an early goal to quieten the home crowd and get the nerves jangling among the Monaco players so I expect to see an attacking line - up and despite how well the team played against West Ham on Saturday, I do not think that Wenger will stick with the same starting XI.

best formation is 4 -5-1, high pressure and fast counter attack, something like Klopp did with BvB seasons ago, Ozil vision, Walcott speed and Sanchez class can defeat anyone, passing is good but when opponent like Watford just sit and wait its hard to pass and score, start game with high pressure and fast counters than in second half start playing pass game, so with right balance it could be done, something we did against Liverpool last year on Emirates, first half high pressure and counter while in second half passing and controling game.

us scoring in the dying minutes wil keep the overall mood of the team good for UCL... This team played good attacking football but we need DM against Bayern... Case has been a bit poor lately but hopefully zidane trusts him and starts him...

Flamini played well in an attacking sense against Spurs....

Some may point to the fact that Chelsea only had 3 but if you assess the situation, Chelsea were never going to come out guns blazing at Arsenal, Chelsea thrive on controlling the game and counter attacks, having a free flowing game of attacking football is in Arsenal's best interest not Chelsea's and as such they would do everything to break up the play, seek for one off opportunities to get a goal and or get goals from set pieces and it worked like a charm against us.

I worry about Theo and Ozil playing in the same starting XI against a better attacking side though.

Chelsea do nt know how to play possession, attacking football against good clubs.

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

Flamini does nt have the ability to bring d ball out from defense to attack, he cant dictate the play nor launch attack from his position which is bad especially when you compare him to the way modern defensive midfielders plays this days... Things has evolved, good and modern coaches now prefers to have ball playing and technical defenders, we have that in koscieny and Gabriel, also our full backs are excellent with the ball, but Flamini is not, you can see all see how we kept on loosing possession against Liverpool.

Was this massive game against the most potent attack in the EPL really a good time to play someone in any position for the first time?

Transfer window, errors and loosing possession leading to goals, counter attacks leading to goals on account of our ever increasing high line, playing players out of position, loosing to top six teams away, hardly wins any game against the top six, our best players wanting out.

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.

The only thing we'll miss if he doesn't play in this big away game against Liverpool is his corner kick takings which are often accurately taken and if they are well utilized by Giroud or Kosielney or any other Gunner attacking the ball, it could fetch Arsenal a goal or two.

We need some midfielders that can be strong and battle for us!!!! al our midfield are forward thinking and there is such a big hole from them and the back 4, It does not matter who we have playing at the back we will always get attacked with goals against us with the style of midfielders we have, Let get some steel in the middle of the park, Lets bring in some players that other teams feel fear playing against us, Look back at our best teams and we have always had players that will get back and cover and can tackle and win balls in the middle of the park, So many of our midfield now can, t even get back never mind win the ball back when we need it, It is NOT about the price of players it is all about buying players that can balance a good strong team, At time we need to buy a player who is not a star but is good at doing what we need him to do,

«I think we played our best game of the season, in terms of what we demand from ourselves with the quality of our attack, how early we won the ball back, how consistent we were throughout the game, the number of chances we created, and all that considering the opposition we were playing against.

Laurent Koscielny is definitely not playing as he completes a three match suspension, but despite that I think that our BFG will make that back three of Arsenal work much better, just as he did against Chelsea and all their attacking threat in the Wembley FA cup final.

We need to play serious football and attack well like we did against Zagreb, and then we have a good chance of keeping our hopes alive for the league.»

Hahaha.Which game were you watching?I'll give credit for fhe comeback and goals but defensively and even in attack especially the 1st half we were garbage.I strongly warned against not playing a defensive midfielder in this match and I believe we could've won had Coquelin started or come on when we were 3 - 2 up.The only real positive in this match is Maitland Nikes though at times I thought his positional sense was garbage.He stood his ground very well and defended very well in 1 v 1's.

Atletico Doesn't Play Well Than Us But They Are Better Defensively And Counter Attacks So What We Need Is To Play Our Game To Hold Them Perfectly Like What Real Madrid Uses To Do.we went in The Last 16 As Underdogs Against Milan But What Happened At The End Of The Day?

Walcott though limited would be very confident against Man united Cech (No word he has shocked me, Wow this guy is too great for a team with wenger as coach) Bellerin (He really has to improve his attacking side nd try to take on defenders) Chambers (Hez really good against de big guns & always gud in de middle of de park) Kos (Hez been a bit de-moltivated due to wengers lack of ambition hope Man u will do) Mon (link - up with walcott on the left would be breath of fresh air) Coq (great tackler, stamina & power) Ramsey (great passer of de ball, professional & great stamina) Sanchez (on the right, so he won't always play predictably) Walcott (thats where he was effective the last time against man u) Welbeck (Pace, goals & trickery) Giroud (Power, bully, link - up & goals) 4 -4-2 formation

A 4 -3-3 system is favoured by Barca, Real Madrid and Man City and Bayern, the top four teams in Europe.It suits the attacking philosophy of Arsene Wenger which is to his credit.Unfortunately we do not have the top quality defenders these teams have nor a dominant DM.Nevertheless it is the best system for our current team which is top heavy in attacking midfielders hence the need to play Ozil and Mik in wide positions.In my opinion the most balanced central midfield would consist of Elneny, Ramsay and Wilshere.Elneny was first class against Watford yet was left out against an average Milan side to accommodate the ever present Xhaka who will no doubt feature against CSK.

«When we play against other Mexican teams, we have a good running attack.

Against a team like Bayern, the key would be that EVERY player plays to the best of his ability attacking and defensively..

Walcott, well we've seen how dangerous he is when playing upfront especially against teams that like to press and attack.

1 big reason is: We tend to play better against teams that play attacking — like Leicester City.

His all important headed effort gave us the lead in the first leg, while his acrobatic finish in the second proved to be nothing more than a consolation.Regardless, Giroud is still the holder of an impressive record, despite many Arsenal fans feeling he's nowhere near good enough to be playing for the club.Few strikers get the better of Manuel Neuer — a player widely regarded as the best goalkeeeper in the game — and even fewer score against him with regularity condolence to the families affected by the Paris terror attack - the whole world let's pray that no more life goes down

When you start a 19 yr old kid who has never played for the 1st team before at the most intimidating atmosphere in all of Europe against the best counter attacking team in Europe, when our whole team is embarrassingly out of form, what do you expect to happen?

I wud set up as the usual 4 / 2/3 / 1 but with the attacking players rotating around alot with chadli looking so good in the free roam system wen he was the best player on the pitch against Milan and Kane looking like a better passer every game it wud often play more of a 4 / 2/2 / 2.

Whereas Napoli like to attack and can leave lanes open, the tendency of the ball to stay on the ground in this system feels like it wouldn't play as well against a resolute and well - organized defensive group.

Asked to play at left - back against one of the fastest players in the league, Klavan did well, and while he didn't get forward enough, it's unfair to ask the Estonian Maldini to attack, when he's clearly got his niche locked down.

He guided holland 1976 world cup final where they lost against Germany in the final but not before Holland stunned the world with their new brand of football called «total football» where players could interchange positions and Cruyff was the great benefactor as he was equally good playing on the wings or in central attacking areas.

Marco Benassi (5.5): Started well against his former team and played a good first - half but his second - half performance was non-existent and he was indirectly responsible for Torino's equaliser as he wasted a good attack.

They will want to show more in attack however and given how central Katy Mclean was again against France, it will be well worth keeping a close eye on Emily Scott and her ability to kickstart England's offensive play.

The Blues had the lion's share of possession against Palace, but Tony Pulis has got the Eagles playing well and the visitors showed courage and determination as they kept attacking Chelsea.