Sentences with phrase «start in the midfield alongside»

The 25 - year old is expected to start in the midfield alongside Elneny after making a substitute appearance in the Gunner's 3 - 1 win over Koln last Thursday.

Paulinho, who, like, Vertonghen returned late from the World Cup, starts in midfield alongside Algeria international Nabil Bentaleb.

Well it's entirely plausible that Klopp thinks he can fit Oxlade - Chamberlain into our starting XI, maybe as a wing - back, or maybe he's planning to drop Can, Lallana and Wijnaldum and start him in midfield alongside Coutinho.

Neymar Jr will be back for the Bayern Munich clash having been rested over the weekend while Angel Di Maria might also start in midfield alongside Verrati and Rabiot.

Ever Banega and Kondobia to start in midfield alongside Chilian Gary medel.

Michael Carrick is set to start in midfield alongside Marouane Fellaini and Henrik Mikhitaryan while Mata, Lingard and Wayne Rooney to start behind Ibrahimovic or Marcus Rashford.

Gunners do have most of their top players to choose from including the new signing of Granit Xhaka who is expected to start in midfield alongside fit again Jack Wilshere.

Not exact matches

The question of who should start alongside Francis Coquelin in the Arsenal central midfield when our Premier League campaign kicks off again with the visit of Watford on Saturday will be a very easy one to answer if the rumours about Aaron Ramsey having suffered a setback to his return from injury are correct.

The Spanish playmaker, who missed the 1 - 0 victory over Crystal Palace last weekend with an ankle problem, was initially named in the starting XI for the game at the Etihad Stadium and was set to forge an exciting midfield trio alongside Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne.

The pair could line - up alongside each other as Cazorla will be hoping his performances for the Gunners will earn him a start in Vicente del Bosque starting XI and the 30 - year - old has been speaking about playing in a more deeper midfield role for the national team:

Our midfield no longer picks itself, but I expect Wenger to opt for the most defensive approach of fielding Francis Coquelin alongside new signing Granit Xhaka from the start of the match, and possibly even playing Mohamed Elneny in a box - to - box role to stop our opponents from trying to over-run us on the break.

Fact is Ramsey is limited when he plays alongside Flam, and it's normal because any midfielder who's past 35 shouldn't be starting as the main DM in a league that's so physically demanding as the PL.

Jack Wilshere, who played against Anderlecht in midweek after shaking off what looked like a serious ankle injury during Hull City's game, should start alongside Ramsey in what will be a 3 - man midfield.

Felix Wiedwald starts in goal, with Conor Shaughnessy coming into defence alongside Gaetano Berardi, Pontus Jansson and Laurens De Bock, whilst new signing Adam Forshaw starts alongside Ronaldo Vieira in midfield.

A draw would be a perfectly good result for Madrid and I think we can see that with the starting line up Zidane has picked for today, with Kovacevic alongside Modric in the centre of midfield to add plenty of strength and make it difficult for Barca to play their usual fluent style of football.

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Then, having started the 2016 - 17 season alongside new arrival Victor Wanyama in midfield, he found a home as part of a back three alongside Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen within a 3 -4-2-1 formation.

Daley Blind's start to the year saw him in central midfield alongside Wayne Rooney where he looked to play the Michael Carrick role of keeping possession with his calm and effective passing game.

Anderson is likely to come back in the starting line - up alongside Michael Carrick in central midfield.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain's future remains unresolved, with Chelsea and Liverpool said to be interested in the England winger, and he was by far Arsenal's most impressive performer, with 17 - year - old Joe Willock starting alongside him in midfield.

The 23 - year - old midfielder has struggled to hold down first - team football alongside the likes of Ronaldo and Benzema, especially since the arrival of Mateo Kovacic from Inter over the summer, having started in seven of his nine La Liga appearances so far this term.

In the absence of Matty James — a metronome all season alongside Danny Drinkwater — Dean Hammond enjoyed a start at the base of the midfield.

The Liverpool legend, who is the only English player to make the starting XI, is deployed in midfield alongside Barcelona duo Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.

• Toni Kroos, starting alongside Khedira in Germany's midfield, faced Buffon, Barzagli and Chiellini in the UEFA EURO 2016 quarter - finals.

Neymar, Messi and Suarez will start while Arda Turan is set to start in place of Ivan Rakitic alongside Iniesta and Sergio Busquest in midfield.

Ronaldo, Bale should start upfront alongside either Benzema or Morata while Kroos and Kovacic to keep their places in midfield.

The club's Belgian - born Brazilian playmaker Andreas Pereira started up front while Paddy McNair, who has played at centre - back and right - back for the first - team at times over the last two years, took up position alongside Love in midfield.

Rashford and Martial to start upfront with Rooney, Lingard, Mata to play in midfield roles alongside Carrick while Blind, Smalling, Borthwick - Jackson and Valencia to make the back four.

Fabregas, who started alongside N'Golo Kante in midfield, scored the only goal of the game five minutes before the break, curling a brilliant effort beyond Jordan Pickford after exchanging passes with Willian.

He should be available to start in this game, and he's likely to play alongside Eden Hazard and Pedro in an impressive three man attacking midfield.

Since Santi Cazorla has taken - up a regular starting spot alongside Francis Coquelin at the base of midfield Wenger has been deploying a natural centre - midfielder in form of Aaron Ramsey on the right - hand side of his attack.

Last season's PFA and FWA Player of the Year has started both of our Premier League matches so far, playing alongside a different partner in each match; Cesc Fabregas in the defeat against Burnley followed by Tiemoue Bakayoko in last weekend's win at Tottenham, with David Luiz also part of the midfield on that occasion.

Aaron Lennon came in for Scott Arfield for his first start in Burnley colours but the other change, Sam Vokes for Ashley Westwood, meant a change of formation to 4 -4-2 with Vokes partnering Ashley Barnes up front and Jeff Hendrick alongside Jack Cork in the centre of midfield.

At the start of the 2004 - 05 season, Aquilani finally cemented his place in Roma's midfield alongside Daniele De Rossi.

Kante started in a strong three - man midfield alongside Paul Pogba and Blaise Matuidi for France, who took a first - half lead through Anthony Martial.

Ander Herrera looks certain to start alongside Nemanja Matic in midfield to give Pogba the freedom to get forward and make the sort of devastating run that created United's second goal for Romelu Lukaku.

The other is Carles Aleñá, a ridiculously talented midfielder who's having an amazing start to the season, and given he played a lot of minutes in preseason and seems to have Valverde's trust, he'll probably start alongside Sergi Roberto and André Gomes in midfield.

Manchester United are likely to start with Fellaini in the central midfield role alongside Paul Pogba while Rooney set to return.