Sentences with phrase «than a replacement defender»

When Vincent Kompany limped off with yet another muscle injury after 15 minutes, Guardiola decided to introduce striker Gabriel Jesus rather than a replacement defender.

Not exact matches

Koscielny has probably been the most used player for Arsenal this campaign and I really think Wenger should keep his best defender fresh for the Cup final, especially now that the team has a more than worthy replacement in the Brazilian Gabriel, who has been impressive so far.

Gabriel also looks more like a makeshift defender rather than a true replacement of Per, who is finally paying the price of his mistakes.

Jose Mourinho may want to retain the defender's services rather than be forced into finding another replacement, but it's difficult to keep hold of an unhappy player once he has made his mind up.

We on the other hand sold 2 of our defenders and brought in replacements, this isn't to say that they will be worse than our defense last year our Chelsea's defense this year but to go out on a limb and say our defense is better than Chelsea's isn't a sensible claim to make.

Land Rover recently said that it is possible that the Defender replacement, DC 100 concept, can be ready for launch earlier than expected.