Sentences with phrase «playing excellent ball»

This Team is playing excellent ball right now and any Team that comes their way when the Playoffs begin are going to be shaking their head over their draw..
«We just played excellent ball the whole second half.»
Played an excellent ball through to Suarez for his second goal.

Not exact matches

He also possesses great ball playing skills which means his distribution is excellent.
His goal yesterday was well taken and his run to get on to Ozil's through ball was excellent but it was also typical of his play throughout the game.
He is everything you want in an Eriksen backup: excellent passing, high quality through balls, can play anyhwere on midfield except DM, works very hard, shoots a lot and can even beat his man from time to time.
They're efficient scorers who can also play off the ball and they play excellent defense that has been rewarded by All - Defense team selections.
With some help with batting average on balls in play, he can be an excellent bat off the bench.
if you are going to cut it at barca, you better be excellent in pocession, ball skills in tight space... he did not cut it, problem is we need the same skill set in our style of play, alexis would fit most systems, we rely on ball handling, crisp passing, small spaces, now he is struggling....
His link - up play was excellent and he constantly wanted the ball.
It's a shame really how people are so plastic over here.We seem to change our views so easily.Why can't people just make up their minds?It's like people don't have stance.As I've been saying and will keep saying we have many good players but as good as they are they're overrated.We've just compromised as a club.There are problems in every single role in the team, from defence to attack.Yet these problems will constantly be ignored.Some players are cleary not good enough but say it and the stats lovers will come out.The main problem wrong with the team is the centre.The other problem is Wenger and his misuse of players.I for one don't really rate Ramsey - Xhaka partnership in a sense that it's defensively weak with Xhaka not good enough defensively and Ramsey very inconsistent.The only player excellent defensively in the centre in Arsenal's team is Coquelin and I think he should be playing though many won'tsee why.Look how easily the balls went through the midfield.Coquelin should be partnered with another CM in our current team.People shouldn't deceive themselves Xhaka that Xhaka isn't a DM.He's just not good defensively admit it.We need a DM more than a CM in my opinion or a hybrid like Sanches or Jankto.
Personally I thought when Perez got to play for us he did an excellent job and in the most part looked dangerous when he had the ball.
Which takes away from any excellent save he's made as he's put the ball back into play.
He was indeed excellent, getting his huge frame in the way when necessary, as well as linking up the play under pressure from Liverpool's high press when the hosts had the ball.
Girouds hold up play excellent??? he does nt have a hold up play, he gets the ball and offlloads it immediately — not my interpretation of hold up play.
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.
But let's get one thing straight that does not mean ramsey is a class act etc etc far from it he is bang average and yes wenger is purely playing him becuase of his work rate nothing else, the guy is clumsy, dilly dallys on the ball too often slowing things down if it wasn't for the excellent bellerin the right hand side would be non existent.
At least Cazorla can play in as a deep - lying playmaker with excellent close ball control
The assist came from Koo Ja - Cheol, who played the Bayer Leverkusen man in with an excellent through ball, making the subsequent shot a simple one - on - one chance for the Koreans» biggest star.
if you watch that match again you will notice ozil tracking back often pressuring the ball, this is not the ozil of last year, to me he was excellent today, give chelsea credit, the have a strong back 4, if you only need a point, its pretty close to certain, terry's interview was revealing, he said they played way to open in the 1st half, just decided to shut it down the second half, he praised arsenal as a very good squad on the ball, was a decent result, tired of loosing to them,
This idea a DM doesn't need ball - playing skills is complete and utter nonsense, a starting DM for Arsenal needs to be excellent out of possession when we have the ball, and great with the ball at his feet.
We produced a few mose moments like that throughout the first half but it was a counter attack that led to the second, with Sanchez micking the ball and Bellerin playing it up to the excellent Iwobi for him to score on his first EPL start.
The players u see today erforming extraordinarily for their teams today may turn out to be shadows cuz of Wenger's playing tactics and methods (slow ball possession football with no killer instinct and no excellent wing play)
His excellent defending has earned him rave reviews all season, but this time it was the Belgian's ball - playing ability which stood out as he started attack after attack.
However, Oxford quickly responded with further pressure, keeping the ball just out of Harvard's reach as blues back Louis Maddison made excellent plays in holding the ball before shooting it up field to his team mates.
Xhaka 7 Played with more than his usual composure and sent a couple of excellent long balls to the strikers.
With an immeasurably excellent close control, a capacity to play with both feet and a tendency to pick up the ball from deep, drive forward, give a pass and continue to move forward, he'd fit in very well with the likes of Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané.
And Tom is excellent on the ball and can play a specific role — he can play according to the manager's needs.
Online comments by former West Ham academy product Rio Ferdinand about John Stones and the criticism and heckles shouted out by nervous Everton fans during games at their young, ball - playing centre - back may rankle but there is little doubt that his former club can provide an excellent platform for players that fit the mould.
He passed the ball brilliantly, brought other players into play and ultimately scored an excellent goal as a reward.
Bale was doing excellent work to receive the ball short over the halfway line and coming inside, whilst Aaron Lennon was stretching the play out on the right.
Bonucci: 7.5 An excellent performance from the center back, who kept Gómez under wraps and played lots of accurate balls into the attack, including a pre-assist to Pereyra's goal.
A classy ball - playing centre - back, Carvalho struck up excellent partnerships with the more combative John Terry in London and then Pepe in Madrid.
Tangibly, they require athletically strong and hyper - mobile midfielders who enhance our defensive and offensive aerial game, have strong positional discipline to shield our defensive half - spaces and destroy play through disruptive tackling and anticipatory closing of passing lanes, have excellent ball control, dribbling and vertical passing vision and ability, and finally, they must be able to purposefully dominate moments of attacking transition and protect counter-attacks in defensive transition.
The Gunners were starting to look more lively, and just ten minutes later, Giroud played the ball out wide to Podolski, who turned his man to put in an excellent cross.
The early goal certainly helped in this regard — it was no surprise that it took a transition for Liverpool to score and it was excellent play from both Moreno and Ings, as well Lucas to win the ball in the first place, to go 1 - 0 up.
The final score fell to Dylan Pugh when excellent play from Lloyd Davies moved the ball wide for the scrum half to touchdown in the corner.
Unfortunately, once the excellent (again) James McCarthy went off we spent ages just running after the ball like kids playing 11 - a-side for the first time.
Wilshere has had an up - and - down start to the season, combining some excellent play with a lack of awareness at times, but as Rosicky says he certainly has something special and his confidence on the ball can not be questioned.
Arteta — look at the way he plays as DMF with his ball control and excellent positioning.
Andrei Arshavin played a through ball between the centre halves, where Walcott had made an excellent run.
Other than the final ball, I thought our play was excellent.
In the 64th minute, Gündoğan played an excellent through ball to De Bruyne who fired a good shot on goal, but ter Stegen was there to make an equally good save.
Secondly Samir Nasri on the left, as someone mentioned excellent controlled possession of the ball, wonderful, unlike some supposedly best winger in the world right now, who would just push the ball down the byline and run like a madman and then produce a cross which half the time wont bear anything even if crouch was playing.
He wasn't finished however, as just a few minutes later he pressed Paolo Cannavaro high up the pitch, turning the ball over before playing an excellent pass to Sami Khedira to secure the win.
With Roberto Martinez emphasising possession, Everton are excellent at keeping play and recycling the ball.
The ball - playing midfielder enjoyed an excellent Euro 2016 campaign, but ended it on a low after his missed penalty against Poland cost Switzerland the chance to progress to the quarter - finals.
Diaby: [7.5 / 10] Abou, who for some reason was benched for the Munich game, played a number of excellent aerial balls forward.
Nor is Coquelin a controller, but in a pressing system, he would be excellent at winning the ball back in high positions and quickly shifting the ball to Özil et al as Arsenal countered, much like the first goal against Manchester United (and the eagle - eyed among us will note Cazorla had no influence in the move for the first goal before coming into play for Arsenal's second).
I have played fairly regularly with the Lords and Commons Tennis Club, which is an excellent place to mix with colleagues in a more informal setting and to direct the frustrations of Westminster on to the fluffy yellow ball.
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