Sentences with phrase «push defensive lines»

Pushing our defensive line slightly higher closes the gap between the last line and our holding mids....

They can push their defensive line higher to reduce the space between the midfield and the defence.»

Sensing the gap between his defence and midfield and the space Zavarov was enjoying, Aragonés pushed his defensive line higher up the pitch, squeezing out space.

For the opening 20 minutes, Newcastle failed to push their defensive line up to a position closer to the halfway line than their own goal, and they didn't complete a single pass in the opposition third.

Not exact matches

That means they'll have to be able to push the big guys on the interior of the Patriots» defensive line off the ball.

Ok can this side work against chelsea, i think it can but i would be a little more defensive in the middle, by taking out ozil and pushing cazorla behind the striker and add Hayden / Coquelin beside Flamini, we can carry on Ozil in the last 20 minutes, Chelsea defensive players hates a pacey forward line, so they will be committing lot of fouls and their backs will be occupied.

With Mathieu Flamini sitting in front of the defensive line, the four midfielders should have more chance of being able to control the centre of the pitch and stop the talented and powerful Chelae players from getting too much pressure and pushing the Gunners back towards our own penalty area.

The Eagles have a truly fearsome defense keyed by one of the league's most imposing defensive lines, and thus the Falcons are going to have to fight even harder than usual to push down the field.

While their defensive depth was pushed to the limits, the Kings got some much - needed offense from their bottom two lines.

«I've never seen the kind of push and penetration from a defensive line that we had in overtime,» Schottenheimer said.

A two - touchdown favorite, they fell by two touchdowns because their offensive line couldn't get any sort of consistent push on the Red Raiders» defensive front and their secondary couldn't prevent a less - than - explosive offense from ripping off explosive passes downfield.

Villa pushed forward in search of an equaliser thereafter, but there was no way through a stubborn defensive line from the Canaries as they held on to secure three crucial points in their bid to avoid relegation.

With the counter attacking threat removed Chelsea would have had the luxury to move up their defensive line pushing us further back.

Despite the opposition consistently pushing forward to attempt to get some points on the board, the opposition struggled to break through a strong defensive line.

With the Japanese international having seemingly shaken off the injuries that have somewhat plagued his début season at Old Trafford it seems as though fans are seeing what is close to the best of the former Dortmund man and Chelsea's at times somewhat erratic defensive line will have to avoid pushing up too far as Kagawa would punish them in very much the same manner Scott Parker and Gylfi Sigurdsson did to Arsenal in last weekend's North London derby, with their clever reverse passes splitting the Gunners» flatfooted less than athletic defence for both Spurs goals.

With Michu's main strength being running onto a through pass played by one of Swansea's more gifted ball players such as Britton or de Guzman there may be no better opponent to play against than Arsenal with their main problem in defence as seen at White Hart Lane last week is keeping a stable and aware defensive line once they have pushed up further out of their own half.

The idea was presumably to stop Napoli from playing out from the back, but since Wolfsburg's defensive line didn't push up behind their holding midfielders, perhaps worried about Gonzalo Higuain looking to run in behind, it only succeeded in leaving Marek Hamsik in acres of space.

On the other hand, Wolfsburg wanted to deny Napoli time and space to pick out passes from the back so pushed higher upfield, but still wanted to deny Higuain space behind them though so their defensive line sat deeper, resulting in them being too stretched from front to back.

Personally, I felt the defensive line was high enough, as it was, but perhaps what Klopp is alluding to is Ragnar Klavan in particular not pushing up.

His control of possession and incisive passing would complement Neustädter's defensive role, allowing more license for the forward line to push further up the pitch.

The defensive line pushed up high to limit the space their midfielders had to cover.

If a midfield featuring Rooney, and an attack starring Ibrahimovic, won't do their fair share of defensive labour, then the defence may have to come to them and push high up the pitch to close the gap between rearguard and the front - line.

In Eric Bailly, Mourinho has already signed his first defensive addition to the squad at Old Trafford, and as a bold and aggressive ball - playing centre - back he could be just what's required to help the back line operate further forward, pushing up to the half - way line.