Sentences with phrase «side dominating possession»

I have to say that for most of the second half it was the home side dominating possession.

As ever, Guardiola's side dominated possession — 66.4 % — but created little with it, managing just five shots in the entire game and only three on target.

The home side dominated possession early on and had a goal ruled out as Olivier Giroud headed home, only to be adjudged offside.

This is set to be another match where Jose Mourinho's side dominate the possession and territory and ultimately, they win the match.

A much - changed England side dominated possession but could not find a way through the massed ranks of Slovakia's defence.

The New Jersey side dominated possession and finished with 65 more passes than the Courage.

Not exact matches

Once again Arsenal dominated possession and passed the ball around blah blah blah, and still ended up on the losing side again.

Against other sides, or even at home where teams come to defend an we will dominate possession then yes play him as a no 10 but away from home.

The Gunners quickly exposed the Turkish side and dominated possession but with a real purpose.

Tottenham were looking the better side, and were dominating possession and peppering our goal — admittedly not with any particularly threatening efforts.

As seen in the pre-season friendly against Middlesborough last weekend, Di Matteo's side looked comfortable in possession in the first half and patiently built play from the back while dominating the tempo of the game.

Refusing to break rank, the Blues sat back and allowed United to dominate possession, which bore little reward for Louis van Gaal's side as Matic stepped in before any openings could present themselves.

Utterly dominated by the 12th placed side in La Liga both in terms of possession and clear - cut chances created, Manchester United limped to the finish line after a decent early start.

To their credit, Villa chased and harried whenever the Reds had the ball but, with Balotelli being well - marshalled by Senderos, the home side barely threatened despite dominating possession.

Utterly dominated by the 12th placed side in La Liga both in terms of possession and clear - cut chances...

But it was still nevertheless a disappointing performance for Slaven Bilic's side, as United dominated both possession and all the best chances of the contest.

We started to dominate possession and open the home side up.

Dominating possession in games is what sides in the Premier League are letting this Spurs attack do, while Spurs are registering much of the possession, the passing stats and the shots, it's rare that they find that cutting edge in front of goal.

Although Chelsea just edged the possession count, Manuel Pellegrini's side dominated all of the other significant statistical metrics, including shots on goal (14 to the visitors» 7) and it's not a stretch to say that we could have been 4 or 5 - 0 up and completely out of sight at half - time.

Last night, Liverpool once again dominated possession against their opponents West Brom but once again ended up on the losing side.

Blackburn dominated possession but couldn't breach an impeccably drilled back four, just how do you beat this Burnley side?

Though Guardiola's side don't have the best of defences you can certainly expect them to dominate possession, territory and the scoreboard.

Arch pragmatist Jose Mourinho can change his Manchester United team's outlook from game to game, sending out a side that dominates possession and attacks with relative freedom against weaker opposition one week and then converts them into one that sits back the next.

The home side was content to sit deep and allow Town to dominate possession.

In his defence, France did dominate possession and a lot of their attacking verve was through Franck Ribery on the opposite side of the pitch.

Despite dominating possession and generating a number of chances, a breakthrough proved elusive for the Reds, denying Brendan Rodgers» side a third straight Barclays Premier League win.

This has worked well on the attacking side; the team has taken more shots than all other German sides but Bayern, and has the strength to dominate possession.

Interestingly, Arsenal continued to dominate possession, averaging 58 % in the Premier League, but the balance of the side was perfect — Arsenal scored the highest number of goals and conceded the fewest.

But, after a couple of early chances for Porto, it was the visitors who dominated the possession, making the match a largely one - sided affair after the deadlock was broken in the 25th minute.

The home side stepped up the pressure, winning more free kicks in dangerous areas, and creating more chances, having dominated possession.

The away side responded well and dominated possession for spells in the first half but Roberto Firmino should have doubled the lead when he dragged wide just before the break.

The home side were limited to just 38 per cent possession, with City completely dominating the game.

Although Skrtel doesn't have many distinguishing features (he isn't particularly quick, strong or dominant in the air) he is a well - rounded centre - back who is adept in most situations, but operates better in a side that dominates possession and allows him to hold a high line, but as implied before, could see himself as fourth choice by the end of the season, and as far as fourth choice centre - backs go, they don't get much better.

The Premier League side were able to pick out a few counter attacking moves, but PSG were dominating possession, and looking the likelier of the two to score.

I'm not talking about possession football, one can have an attacking mindset without dominating the ball as clearly expressed by his early FC Porto and Chelsea sides.

Both players appear to thrive in different tactical systems — the Armenian looks at his best when charged with adding the precision to the sleek, efficient counter-attacks of Borussia Dortmund from the right flank — while the Swede played the role of attacking spearhead for a Paris Saint - Germain side that seeks to dominate possession of the ball, and therefore their opponents.