Sentences with phrase «straight at the defender»

As usual Arsenal start putting the pressure on as the clock ticks down, but Iwobi hits it straight at a defender and Lacazette tried to score from an impossible angle instead of cutting it back, and the Gunners are running out of time very quickly.

The Ligue 1 striker is incredibly direct, and prefers to run straight at defenders rather than hold up the ball for his teammates.

Not exact matches

The Blues centre - forward was heavily involved in the incident which led to Gunners defender Gabriel Paulista being shown a straight red card on the stroke of half - time at Stamford Bridge as he reacted to an apparent kick from the Brazilian as the pair continued their argument following an incident seconds earlier.

I for one would go and get him straight away as Ben Yedder is an all round striker a bag of tricks he plays in a lower team and scored a bag full of goals which means he fought hard against better defenders to get his goals Ben Yedder can come at you from any direction with either foot and score and he is good at set pieces two I would be ecstatically delighted if we sign him up as we would have our own Mahrez

They went through that centre like butter at times, straight through to our defenders.

I'm sure I» am wasting my time trying to get you folk to actually «watch «his game.Basically a defender who doesn't know how to defend, unable to read the game, hopeless at set pieces and only wins the ball in the air when it is directed straight at him.

His pass completion and shooting accuracy is actually a little better than Giroud's but how many of those shots are straight at the keeper or into a defender?

And at times when he's taking risks he also takes a hugely clever risk by giving a certain defender the ball, directly before we close it down and winning it in area that puts them straight on the back foot.

Moreover, Vanney started long - time TFC defender Ashtone Morgan as a left back for the second straight time and for the first time at BMO Field since 2015, and in my opinion, he played one of his best games in a TFC shirt.

With United fans going into a social media meltdown at the start of the season due to the lack of an experience central defender coming in, most would have been calling for a straight - jacket if you have suggested that with Romero in goal and Smalling and Blind at CB, the only one goal conceded in three games would be from a Michael Carrick O.G.

The two sides traded goals from Liam Millar and Ethan Laird in the early stages of an engrossing first half, but it looked to be advantage United at the start of the second when defender Rhys Williams was shown a straight red card.

Home defender Benjamin Henrichs, still to open his account for his boyhood club, drove an effort straight at Dortmund's under - siege Swiss goalkeeper as the half - hour mark loomed.

In the 61st minute Cerny made a fine save down at his left - hand post from an Edouard volley after Maryhill defender Jordan Turnbull inadvertently headed a clearance straight to the striker 14 yards from goal.

Marco Asensio was next to try his luck but his shot was blocked by a Malaga defender while at the other end, Rolan put in teasing cross to find Brown Ideye but the Nigerian's shot was straight at Navas.

However, the referee was in no doubt the next time Ronaldo was involved in an altercation and brandished a straight red card at the Portuguese for kicking out at Cordoba defender Edimar.

He ran straight at Chelsea's wall of defenders, even fell, but picked himself up to smash one past Petr Cech.

Despite Inter's early domination of the ball, Mandzukic could have given Juve the lead as early as the eighth minute when a Cuadrado cross wormed its way through a crowd of defenders, but the Croat shot straight at Inter keeper Samir Handanovic from close range.

The Estonia defender got on the end of a nod - down by fellow center back Dejan Lovren to grab the winner at Turf Moor, sealing Liverpool's third straight win and cementing fourth place in the standings for Juergen Klopp's side.

Within the opening 10 minutes the Uruguayan had nutmegged two defenders, swivelled past another inside the box before over-hitting his cross, and taken up an excellent position to collect Oussama Assaidi's cross before shooting straight at Anzhi goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov.

He also produced a moment of magic, when he ran straight at Chelsea's defence, ghosting past two defenders, and even falling in the process, to rifle past Cech.