Not exact matches
At the moment Santi offers more than Ozil in the form of
going forward as well as creating, making runs,
shots from outside the
box and defending.
Bellerin — obviously great pace, but regressed this past season as a crosser, dribbler and on the defensive end... likened him to a faster Alves type who didn't always run to the end - line and would cut back into the middle, beat defenders and take some
shots from outside the
box (we desperately need better shooters
from outside the
box on this squad)... wouldn't give up on him because he has a lot of potential but if Barcelona came calling and offered anything over $ 45 million and we are using a 3 - back
going forward he would be
gone so fast it would make his head spin
Unfortunately, a big name will not prevent a simple
shot from outside the 18 yard
box from going into your net ONLY your REFLEXES does.
At half - time you could feel that it wasn't
going to be our day, with our rivals forcing us to take many
shots from outside the
box, but thankfully we many to come through at the end.
Many of the
shots last night should not have counted as
shots since they were no - hopers
from outside the
box or no - hopers that were always
going to get blocked.
Liverpool lacked both creativity and patience: far too often, Liverpool would
shoot from outside of the
box (52pc of all
shots came
from outside of the
box): Chamberlain, Can, Gomez and Matip all immediately come to my mind when I
go over the chances, but the most remarkable thing about this game though is that despite Liverpool either getting or executing their tactics so wrong, Liverpool still managed to create enough chances to win, but under pressure, fluffed their lines, take a look at the chances below:
Sadio Mane, who started on the bench due to a slight ankle injury, was thrown on with 20 minutes to
go and forced Potters goalkeeper Jack Butland into a low save with a curling
shot from outside the
box.
Welbeck put the Gunners ahead ten minutes later, with a powerful
shot from just
outside the
box that glanced off of Maya Yoshida and
went looping over McCarthy.
Jairo Samperio
went close for the away side with a right footed
shot from outside the
box but Las Palmas were largely kept at arm's length.
Chamberlain had the first
go, when he literally robbed Cazorla and
shot from outside the
box, but Adam Federici made a fine save.
But to see Pjaca taking on defenders, combining with Higuain and the likes, even showing off a
shot from outside the
box that
went zooming just past the upper - right corner of the West Ham goal.
The hosts got their second chance in 30th minute, which
went abegging when Victor Perez right footed
shot from outside the
box was blocked by an Abahani defender.
Special praise should
go to Theo Walcott for an industrious performance which should have seen him add a goal to his assist, but he chose to inexplicably
shoot from outside the
box when clean through on goal and under no pressure.
Barton
went close to equalising in the second half of the tie as he
shot from just
outside the
box after cutting inside onto his left foot.
In 53rd minutes of the game,
from outside of the
box Bale made a speedy
shot but it
went outside of the crossbar.