Sentences with phrase «threat on the counter attack»

However, as they showed against Barca, Atleti are more than capable of doing so and will be a threat on the counter attack at a raucous Calderon with an in - form Fernando Torres and Antoine Griezmann leading their charge.

With the way we expect the game to go though, it might be the pace and threat on the counter attack that is more important and Welbeck does offer this.

In turn, the Argentine tactician responded with a switch at half - time and it resulted in his side becoming a bigger threat on the counter attack.

And if Koscielny is fit, he can start ahead of Mert since Watford pose a threat on counter attacks.

The First Leg In the first leg of the tie, Liverpool produced a good performance, soaking up sustained periods of pressure from the home side before offering a threat on the counter attack.

I am all over Villa who I always say are a dangerous threat on the counter attack.

They will have their work cut out for them on Saturday facing Romelu Lukaku and a West Brom side who do offer great threat on the counter attack.

Stoke, who introduced former Southampton striker Peter Crouch at the interval, remained a threat on the counter attack, and a last - ditch challenge from Jack Stephens was required to divert over Choupo - Moting's close - range attempt.

Forest introduced the pace of Paul Anderson and Nathan Tyson in an attempt to freshen their approach and provide a greater threat on the counter attack, Tyson shooting wide at the near post from a narrow angle after latching onto a through ball with two minutes left.

Real Madrid can not take Kashima Antlers lightly as they will be playing pretty much at home and will pose threat on counter attacks.

Not exact matches

With the likes of Zaha (who I rate), they will pose more of threat than WBA on the counter attack.

For example, against Pullis type teams we may want Ramsey who will make the penetrating late runs into the box against a team that sits back and defends, we may want to start with Ramsey against a team like Chelsea to get the 1st goal but then Coquelin coming on to sit and defend while relying on long passes from Xhaka and the threat from our tank Seo and Bellerin / Ox... More counter attacking.

Coq and Ramsey can help nullify any counter attacking threat they may play and also we have enough to hit them on the counter too... Theo scores today, anyone should put a bet on that...

That defensive strength and their speed and threat on the break is sure to shape their tactics today, so I expect Mark Hughes to set them up as a solid unit that will hope to hurt us on the counter attack and they will be greatly helped in that by the return of Marko Arnautovic.

They are usually very efficient in converting these chances from counter attack but on that day they were lacking a striker with pace (costa and remy both out) and the only player that posed constant threat to manures inexperienced back 4 was Hazard.

why do we never look at the opposition and assess where the threat comes from and set up accordingly, stoke plays deep with direct balls to creative players, liverpool plays high press counter attacking football why arent we more fluid based on the team we face?

Everton at home on the other hand will play attacking football, Baines and Coleman constantly push forward, having a major counter attacking threat with pace would frighten them into sitting back more, alleviating pressure from our defence and making us a lot more threatening on the break.

What I don't understand is the tactics, counter attacking football works well against sides who are comfortable on the ball and struggle to either gain width, that aren't direct enough in their attack or have no aerial threat.

They had to keep a lid on things, careful of 50 / 50s... At least we still had an attack which posed a threat on the counter and the team had confidence in being patient, a trait which should be admired and not slandered.

After going down to 10 men we had to bring on Gabriel and although Giroud has been in good form and has a lot of plus points, his pace and counter attacking threat are not among them.

I do not want to see a limping Arsenal tomorrow, we need to be rampant and play with spirit and purpose, we need to be aware of their Villa attacking threat, we need to be organised and stop letting our defence exposed to counters, we need to control the game and impose our tempo, we need to show class and convert our opportunities... no need having 20 attempts on goal if we can't score one.

With two wingers in Alexis Sanchez and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain available for selection, the flanks would be a huge threat, dragging Palace midfielders wide and leaving enough space in the middle for Ozil and Santi to roam freely, with the wingers also useful on the counter against an attacking Crystal Palace side.

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