Sentences with phrase «speculative effort»

Quick passes seem more precise though more speculative efforts still won't get through, and it's possible to draw defenders towards you then pass to a player in the clear.

Oxlade - Chamberlain, Emre Can and Firmino all had speculative efforts from distance go high or wide, and Salah dragged a shot off target when in some space down the right, but the dramatic moments were few and far between, with both sides waiting for the other to make a mistake, rather than press the action.

With the ball dropping for him well outside the box, Ibrahimovic lashed in the kind of volley that only he can — making a long - distance speculative effort look routine as he has done with so many of the best goals scored over the course of his career.

One might have thought the visitors would send in a few speculative efforts just for the hell of it, yet rather surprisingly they left him alone, content to see most of their attacks fizzle out harmlessly on the edge of the penalty area.

They laboured in the final third, with Ivan Rakitic's speculative effort off the post the closest they came to scoring in the opening 30 minutes.

In the last 20 minutes Chelsea defended resolutely, although there were a few moments of pure panic the defensive unit restricted Arsenal to largely speculative efforts and were rarely penetrated.

Yet as highlighted above, playing Coutinho as a wide forward, sating the expectations of those who dismiss his ability to find his team mates and judging him to be a scorer of fluke goals and taker of too many speculative efforts, appears to be an awkward compromise holding back rather than helping the player or his image.

In a fairly uneventful first half, the Argentine controlled a floating cross beautifully on the turn before steadying himself and curling a speculative effort above the floundering Freiburg keeper and into the top right corner.

On the speculative effort that was diverted in by Ox, I argue that Ospina could have done better by shouting to his teammates to leave the ball for him as he had it covered and he had clear sight of the flight of the ball.

Chances were scarce within the opening half hour of the tie; Palace winger Andros Townsend's early effort barely threatened to beat Joel Coleman who held on with comfort, before Tom Ince tried a speculative effort at the other end which was courageously blocked by a red and blue shirt on the edge of the area.

Then attacking midfielder Pedro Leon hit the bar from a speculative effort outside the area.

Petr Cech was the busiest man in a positive opening spell from Bournemouth, with the Gunners goalkeeper saving a speculative effort from Junior Stanislas before just making enough contact on a through ball to deny Wilson a run at goal or a penalty shout.

Ibe, one of two men restored to Howe's starting lineup following last weekend's 4 - 1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, unleashed a speculative effort from range which goalkeeper Ben Foster could only help into the right corner of the net.