Sentences with phrase «solid at the back»

The Gunners are not on the best run of form at the moment after a shock 3 - 1 defeat away to Swansea City, and could do with being more solid at the back after leaking goals in a worrying manner at the Liberty Stadium.

Everybody is concentrating on attacking players, bear in mind the best teams allways have solid defence which to be honest we ain't got if you are solid at the back you are less likely to loose games

Solid at the back and middle and the forwards / cam's can shuffle.

Yea, that's a right attitude from Lacazette it shows how intelligent he is... the team should come first and if we can stay solid at the back, it will really make a difference because we will score at least a goal...

Marking his Arsenal debut with a win and a clean sheet against his old club, Petr Cech looked rock solid at the back for the Gunners in this morale - boosting victory.

Anyway we can all now relax and look forward to seeing if the 24 - year old can settle quickly into the team and adapt to the rigours of the Premier League / Paulista himself sounds like he can not wait to get stuck in and try to make his new club as solid at the back and as hard to beat as he made Villarreal, who have not lost a game in their last 18 matches.

Cant we be offensive and still solid at the back like Spurs??

Still only 21, Robertson looks like having a great career ahead of him, showing plenty of ability going forward as well as looking solid at the back, making him a complete modern full - back.

However, they perhaps haven't been as solid at the back as he would like, which was seen against Palace, and so Varane could address that problem this summer with the pair knowing each other well from their previous stint together in the Spanish capital.

Chelsea and Spurs are very solid at the back and with the constant rotation and uncertainty over our best players up front I really don't see how we'll get past them.

Hopefully, Wenger has improved our Premier League odds by signing Lucas Pérez, to become our new goal scoring machine, and Shkodran Mustafi to partner Laurent Koscielny and ensure we're solid at the back.

I guess we expected them to sit back and let us play our game but they have been really solid at the back and pushed up front too which may have messed up our game plan.

His defending for Stoke's goal was also questionable, and although his efforts in Stoke's half deserve a mention — we need something more solid at the back right now.

I would like an arsenal team solid at the back with a strong backbone and good attacking prowress so my pick would be LEONARDO JARDIM.

With Alexis and Walcott / Ox, we'll have a good counterattack — we just have to stay solid at the back.

Although, that would mean a fairly attacking line - up and with the likes of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to deal with, he'd have to be prepared to do his fair share of tracking back to ensure United stay solid at the back against a very dangerous Liverpool side.

Jenks has been solid at the back and decent going forward the 10 times I've watched West Ham this season.

But we have made progress, not a season of progress, but since the new year we've become a lot more solid at the back, more exciting going forward, less dependant on Alexis and we've had the revelation of Coquelin.

De Vrij's centre - back partner against Spain, he was equally solid at the back, although wasn't able to match his teammates goalscoring achievement.

Solid at the back (lapses of concentration happen to all), but so toothless.

Although he is a decent stand - in who can keep things solid at the back and deliver a good cross, the Welshman's engine isn't powerfully enough to see him bomb up and down like Tottenham's no. 3.

Mustafi of course improved with Valencia and became rather solid at the back, as he came top of the leaderboard for the most successful tackles over the course of the season during his time in Spain.

The Away goal is what we need to be carefull of.We need a solid concentrated 90 minutes just as the first half against Palace.High tempo intensity and keeping solid at the back and we can win this game.KEEP THE FAITH

After we gave Chelski a good spanking last season in probably Conte's fifth or sixth game in charge he immediately re organised them and went through till the new year unbeaten.He had them very solid at the back and scoring goals for fun.And all this with a squad of players he inherited and their top striker Costa wanting Away.They ended up romping to the Premiere League Title scoring loads more goals and conceding far less than Wengers Arsenal.We by the way are treading water at best this season and would not bet on us finishing above Chelski even allowing for the season they are having.

If we can be solid at the back and hit them with long balls, get that 1st goal....

great performance, and fantastic result proud of the team and the fans who where simply brilliant loud all game... more of the same please solid at the back ans creative upfront.

The Frenchman was solid at the back for the most part — a couple of sloppy mistakes crept into his game — but his goal was obviously the game changer.

Yes, Koscielny was missed against the Scouser's and hopefully he should be ready for the trip to Leicester, but it's not as if Mertesacker or Gabriel were solid at the back and again, it's not as our best defensive set up never got hammered before, either!??

As soon as Arsenal get rock solid at the back they will be a force.

If they play like they did on Saturday they can match anyone although you wouldn't say they were solid at the back.

Our young core of players have enough UCL experience now and they must be more focused and solid at the back.

Yes, City had an off day but we still looked more solid at the back than when we play 4 at the back IMO.

There were a few who doubted him, but he has been very solid at the back and shown why he was worth the fee the club paid him for.

Manchester United have been solid at the back under the management of Jose Mourinho this season.

Saint - Etienne looked pretty solid at the back at home over the past few months, while Troyes have struggled to score goals on the road.

Rojo looked solid at the back and also ventured forward when he thought it was appropriate to do so.

Former Arsenal defender and MOTD2 pundit Martin Keown expands on his TV analysis of the Gunners» 5 - 0 win over Aston Villa and explains how manager Arsene Wenger adjusted his existing system in January, instead of bringing in new faces, to make his side more solid at the back.

Chelsea have been solid at the back and Alexis will likely be the major threat tomorrow.

A long injury layoff for the first team staple in Clyne at the start of the season led to a rotation between young Trent and converted center back Joe Gomez, the former seen as better going forward while the latter deemed more solid at the back.

But we were as solid at the back as we were efficient in front of goal and held on for another famous win.

He formed an impressive partnership with Blind and has been rock solid at the back.

He style of play was very compact, although with a small stature he could cope with physicality of Premier League with ease, Cole was very solid at the back and improved throughout his career going forward.

O'Connor's looked solid at the back.

He was solid at the back, had a great delivery from set plays, and just felt like he became someone you could «rely» on.

These two sides will both look to keep things solid at the back, which shouldn't be too hard considering the pair are awful going forward.

On their travels, they are on a five - match unbeaten streak of form with a W2 D3 record, but overall they have been rock solid at the back for the most part.

Danilo has featured in 31 games for the Primeira Liga side this season and has been solid at the back.

They have been pretty solid at the back as well with just the ten goals conceded in their fourteen fixtures at Anfield but they have shipped at least one in each of their last four.

The Blues haven't been rock solid at the back this season and both teams to score at 3/4 offers some big value in this one.

Adding to that is the fact that Chelsea have been solid at the back at Stamford Bridge.