Sentences with phrase «pushed up the pitch»

Once Liverpool went down to 10 men and Stirling filled in at left back we should have pushed up the pitch.
We did manage to create more chances and push up the pitch onto the Clarets much more, but unfortunately could not get that breakthrough goal.
First, too many players pushed up the pitch.
The second goal they scored only came because at that point in the game everybody in our team pushed up the pitch way too much, should have pushed up defense at 85 minutes not 70 minutes.
Hoddle claims that Kurzawa is great going forward, but will leave his side weak in defence as he looks to push up the pitch at every opportunity.
Almost the whole entire team is pushed up the pitch and its just asking to be punished.

Not exact matches

Translation: This may be the colleague who complains about pitching in on extra work, finishes the pot of coffee without making more, and sets up a print job to run 1,000 copies the morning she knows another teammate is pushing up against a deadline.
If the defence is pushed up that far off the pitch and a counter attack is launched, not much can be done to stop it.
If it wasn't followed up with this guy telling people to use products his company pushes as part of their «scientific» pitching program to find out if it's true.
We also need to stop pushing our full backs up so high up the pitch, that's why we got thrashed away to the big teams last season, notice how most of their goals were on the counter?
He had pushed his way up to the Series hero, pitcher Johnny Podres, congratulated him and said, «I want you to come down to Texas sometime and pitch for us.»
Arsenal's attack has been ineffective for most of the season so - far, slow and useless horizontal passing, no penetrating runs from attackers, and our defenders push wayyy to high up the pitch to try to facilitate the attack leaving acres of space for counter attacking teams to exploit.
He was doing it against West Ham too, I don't know why he does that, he gets so tight and pushes so high up the pitch time and time again and it never helps us or him..
They are pushed so high up with pitch because that is what they do every game, it's part of Wenger's tactical approach.
What really annoyed me is that again when we were chasing a goal we pushed both chambers and gibbs up the pitch and left kos and per to mark costa.
If Pirlo remains fit and takes up his natural deep - lying role then Montolivo will be pushed further up the pitch into a more natural advanced position.
Chris Taylor is doing his best to get that pitch total up, working a full count and pushing Verlander to seven pitches in this one at - bat.
But then Pirlo and Montolivo exchanged positions, with Pirlo pushing higher up the pitch, and Montolivo dropping back and exploiting the space on the left.
Wanyama was the holding CM and he allowed Schneiderlin to push forward, Schneiderlins done great in pressing higher up the pitch and worked well with Wanyama... don't forget that he made his name in the B2B role and not holding CM role ^.
Forwards were pushing high up the pitch pressing, then when city went past them the centre was easily bypassed.
If there were two defensive midfielders and the fullbacks didn't push so far up the pitch, compact the defence and midfield, pacy wingers and striker, 4 -4-1-1, I reckon Giroud would shine.
Great contribution from the other players too but sometimes on the pitch they seem as though they give up but not the listed players as they keep pushing and show that they want to win.
Back 4: pushing up again and leaving cbs exposed, (kos doing all the work as per may as well not be on the pitch).
Gronkowski wound up being active, though early reports indicated he may be on a pitch count to minimize the risk of re-injury as the Patriots make their push toward the playoffs.
Having got used to the idea of him being not quite ready to make his return to the pitch, a Sky Sports report has revealed that he is actually pushing for a place in the starting line - up against the spuds.
Yes, thats need to change even when he used to have Dick Law as transfer negotiator still was him doing it remotely send him out to close / push deal to the finish line and wenger has already price it not a selling club and end up loose a lot of new players they need to take power away from and have him concetrate on training / pitch he does not also get along with super agents, Raiola, Pini Zahavi, Mendes those represent big number of good players but now Sanllehi will take care that section
Heading into the second half, DLT kept their scoring boots on as they pushed higher up the pitch making the score line 2 - 4.
His finishing ability is excellent and by pushing him further up the pitch he can influence the game a much as he does at club level for Barcelona.
They were continuing to push high up the pitch and treating Claudio Ranieri's side like minnows, allowing them space to break into.
Alexis brings all sorts of problems to the Chelsea defence, who will push high up the pitch.
Mar 17, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; Vancouver Whitecaps forward Alphonso Davies (67) pushes the ball up the pitch against Atlanta United defender Franco Escobar (2) during the first half at Mercedes - Benz Stadium.
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.
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.
Wilfred Ndidi had a captain performance in the midfield dovetailing nicely with captain Ogenyi Onazi, with Onazi allowing him the space to push further up the pitch, where he can be deadly with his shooting abilities.
On the opposite flank, Kieran Trippier has been promoted to Mauricio Pochettino's first - choice right - back following Kyle Walker's move to Manchester City and, along with Davies, is expected to continue to implement his manager's vision of pushing full - backs high up the pitch and contribute to attacks.
GOAL: SPURS 1 - 2 CITY — CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN — 42 mins Despite being two down, City's second goal changed the atmosphere inside the stadium and our performance on the pitch as we stepped up a few levels and slowly but surely pushed the visitors back.
This can especially be a problem for Van Dijk if the rest of the side is struggling — in the same way a frustrated forward may drop ever deeper when his side struggles on the ball, Van Dijk can push ever higher up the pitch if the players ahead of him are struggling to influence the game.
However, their ability to cross is not the only reason Puel instructs them to push high up the pitch in attacks, and it is also not the reason why they could become Leicester's most important players.
Defended well, and Mkhitaryan's goal was far from his fault, he pushed high up the pitch as he is instructed to do, and it was unfortunate we lost the goal in midfield.
However, if the last game's tactics are anything to go by, we will see Chadli push further up the pitch and Kane dropping a little deeper to make plays and look for rebounds to shoot.
So far we've seen Jose Mourinho start him in his favoured central midfield before deciding he wasn't yet ready and pushing him further up the pitch to play off the striker, without great success.
Can dropped into RCB, Sakho stayed at LCB and Moreno and Clyne pushed up as WBs, hoping to stretch the pitch as wide as possible.
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.
Stambouli will be playing the Etienne Capoue role, holding back whilst other push higher up the pitch.
The Blues know that pushing too high up the pitch will open up space for Mo Salah and Sadio Mane to exploit, and they will almost certainly end up sitting deep to counter this, especially with the scores level.
I noticed a sharp improvement in his performance when he was pushed further up the pitch.
Mesut Özil pushed up higher up the pitch, Alexandre Lacazette and Danny Welbeck dropped off him before making dangerous diagonal runs, and Aaron Ramsey was everywhere, pushing behind Arter and Gosling.
Rather than push more jokes about its narrative formulas, Pitch Perfect 3 proceeds with a halfhearted, ginned - up rivalry between the Bellas and an intimidating, snobby rock band, the filmmakers» ideas of which are downright bizarre: girl - group rhyming names (Chastity, Calamity, etc.) and circa - 2004 punk - pop.
Rep. Rob Bryan (R - Mecklenburg) pushed hard for months behind closed doors to pitch a proposal to his colleagues that would have created an «achievement school district» in which some of North Carolina's lowest performing schools would be placed, teachers and staff at those schools could be fired, and the schools would be subject to the management of for - profit (or not - for - profit, too) charter school operators tasked with bringing them up into the ranks of the state's top performers.
The attractive space also includes a dash painted to match the seat stitching, available keyless entry and standard push - button start, and the ability to call up a whole bunch of vehicle info (such as pitch and roll) on the display screen.
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