Sentences with phrase «poor defending»

It's easy to blame AW and / or coaches for poor defending but those 2 goals are nothing to do with poor coaching just rank poor play — you can not be bullied in the air as a defender in the PL.

We'd looked in the Spurs vs Burnley match preview at the Clarets poor defending of set pieces.

Norwich weren't done yet, and they made most of poor defending again, to level the scores in an enthralling ancounter.

Some poor defending from a corner allowed defender Nemanja Vidic to head home midway through the first half before uproar ensued as Nani tapped home United's second despite handling the ball moments earlier, an act which had led Spurs goalkeeper Gomes to believe that referee Mark Clattenburg had whistled for a free - kick in their favour.

Poor defending had repeatedly combined with a match being played without shape or discipline, and in the 34th minute, it again contributed, this time when Brighton scored their second.

And, the Nigerian doubled Rovers» lead, with a neat finish, owing to some poor defending from United.

Latif Salifu capitalises on poor defending to slot the ball into the back of the net on the stroke of halftime.

The defeat reignited the Premier League title race with Chelsea's lead over Tottenham cut to four points and Neville and Carragher, who highlighted some poor defending from the Blues and in particular David Luiz on Monday Night Football, have questioned the timing of the announcement, saying Terry could still be needed for the run - in.

Poor defending cost Inter Milan as the Italian giants suffered their second straight Europa League defeat, 3 - 1 at Sparta Prague.

Then some more poor defending from the increasingly poor Boyata, allowing Cavani to lash a dipper just over the bar from distance.

Norwich weren't done yet, and made most of Arsenal's poor defending, to score the equalizer.

Chelsea seemed on course to win it, but poor defending cost them again.

Schurrle and Branislav Ivanovic undid their good work for the goal with some poor defending.

One of the consistent themes throughout the aforementioned seasons was poor defending, both individually and as a unit.

Unfortunately this has an effect on how Lovren is perceived, he is not helped by the poor defending shown by Moreno.

Poor defending and a blind belief that Arsenal are the best attacking team ever to have existed without being able to perform when necessary.

It was all a case of what might have been for Blackburn as they let several points slip from their grasp through poor defending.

After a combination of ridiculously poor defending and excellent attacking prowess, Reading found themselves three goals to the good within just twenty minutes.

Once again, all the good work done in the attack was undone by Liverpool's poor defending.

Arguably we created zero chances, and only poor defending by Stoke allowed Falcao the opportunity to equalize.

Poor finishing an poor defending.

The Swansea goal was largely down to poor defending from Bacary, and he seemed lethargic in the air towards the end too.

A combination of poor defending and a back heel from Gradel allowed Grabban to rush towards goal after five minutes but the diving Guzan saved his low shot.

But their hard work was undone seven minutes later when poor defending was emphatically punished by Suarez.

Poor defending from The Latics allowed Cazorla to head the ball through to Podolski, who chipped the oncoming goalkeeper to put the game to bed.

Ronaldo scored in all six of his group stage matches but poor defending from the Spanish giants saw them finish runners - up to Tottenham Hotspur in their group.

And they were made to pay for their profligacy and poor defending when Pizarro stretched to turn home a loose ball after a corner wasn't properly cleared in injury time.

First, Le Fondre rounded Wojciech Szczesny, and 5 minutes later, more poor defending resulted in Jimmy Kebe slotting the ball past Szczesny into the corner of the net.

It was some poor defending that led to the chance, but Walcott still had to stay calm and he lashed it in confidently to ease the fears that had been growing.

It was typically poor defending from The Gunners.

With the overall poor defending in the prem he is guaranteed 25 goals.

Saul's goal came during this phase but it was a case of exceptionally poor defending by Bayern.

Klopp was left to contemplate another match where failing to capitalise cost him dearly, as did poor defending.

The 27 - year - old's second, in the 58th minute, was equally impressive but came amid Borisov's poor defending.

The two sides shared half chances in the final half - hour before Young dramatically won the game in added time, the full - back firing home after some poor defending from Chesterfield.

Although we got off to a great start by scoring first, a second goal for us might have made a difference,» said O'Neill who lamented the poor defending that enabled Denmark to take control of the second leg.

Brighton took advantage of that as Lewis Dunk and Glenn Murray capitalised on poor defending to put the hosts two goals ahead, with Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang scoring a first - half consolation in a 2 - 1 loss.

In the end, it was poor defending from Baines» late corner that allowed Fellaini to score, showing the need for more work on set pieces at Bodymoor ahead of the visit of West Ham to Villa Park next Sunday.

It was poor defending again, and once more Azpilicueta was too late with his goal line clearance.

Poor defending from Bournemouth who forgot to mark the Brazilian and Gabriel obliged with a clean header past Boruc.

Former Ghana U-20 star Latif Salifu capitalise on poor defending to slot the ball into the back of the net on the stroke of halftime.

Poor defending presented the former Real player with his second on 48 minutes, as Aymen Abdennour failed to cut out Yuri Berchiche's left - wing cross and Di Maria turned home via another deflection with the ball creeping past Mandanda.

Spurs struggled over the line at White Hart Lane today to beat Sunderland 1 - 0 courtesy of a second half Harry Kane goal, who capitalised on some poor defending from the Black Cats back line.

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West Ham were also guilty of poor defending.

The goal further emphasised Sweden's poor defending with Ibrahimovic being assigned to mark Shevchenko seeming a miss match as centre forwards are not generally known for their marking abilities.

The Swedish lead did not last long as Shevchenko took advantage of poor defending from Sweden, beating Mellberg to the ball and heading it into the back of the net.

Nelson Haedo Valdez capitalized on poor defending and miscommunication from the Galaxy by nodding in Andrea Ivanschitz's long free kick.

But their hard work was undone seven minutes later when poor defending from Federico Fazio was emphatically punished by Suarez, who finally scored his first Champions League goal of the season.

Poor defending at set piece, poor at attacking set pieces, and always getting caught in counter attack.