Not exact matches
«We have been led to believe that Ibrahimovic will play further and further away from the
box in order totouch the
ball more, leaving the striker position for Edi to fill, which was the case
several times at the end of 2014 - 15.
His crossing was poor and he overhit
several balls from out wide with striker Eric Choupo Moting
in good position
in the
box.
In the other box he had good chances to pass earlier or shot on several occasions but lost the ball in the crow
In the other
box he had good chances to pass earlier or shot on
several occasions but lost the
ball in the crow
in the crowd.
He made some great runs, drew defenders, won the
ball back
several times, held the
ball under pressure and got it to guys with good shooting chances, and was generally
in great position when the
ball came
in the
box.
Of course there are
several other common concerns, like Monreal playing against any top competition, since he proved last year, especially against Bayern, that he will give any class player his dominant foot
in and around the
box time and time again, or that we still haven't found anyone, other than the mopey Ozil, that can distribute the
ball from deeper lying positions, minus the occasional gem from Xhaka, which means that we still spend way too much time trying to pass the
ball into the net, but I'll save that for another time
He only faced one shot on target, but also raced off his line
several times to beat strikers to dangerous through
balls and was a commanding presence on the few occasions Genoa got the
ball into the air
in the
box.
Jay Rodriguez struck an 89th - minute equaliser from the spot after Dean adjudged Calum Chambers to have handled the
ball in the
box, provoking furious protests from Wenger, goalkeeper Petr Cech and
several other Gunners players.
It was Smalling who lost Ings for Burnley's equaliser but Evans looked a shadow of his former self once more as there were
several occasions where the pair got mixed up and the
ball broke to Ings or Ashley Barnes
in the
box.