Sentences with phrase «tight at the back»

Arsenal made very hard work of the first half, and with Palace playing it very tight at the back it was looking difficult to get the ball to lone striker Yaya Sanogo.

It could be argued that he needs to play regularly to adjust to the pace and style in Europe, but with the first - choice pairing of Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique keeping things tight at the back, it hasn't been easy for the Colombian to settle at the Nou Camp.

Crystal Palace, West Brom and Watford have all been tighter at the back than the ninth - placed Blues this term, while only Bournemouth, Norwich, Sunderland, Newcastle and Aston Villa have kept fewer clean sheets in the top - flight.

But being tight at the back.

Would like him to keep it tight at the back for us, a clean sheet will be crucial for us in france!

Wenger picked the team with those objectives in mind — hence starting both Arteta and Flamini to keep things tight at the back.

It's very important that we go to anfield, and treat this game as a final, let's be focus and keep it tight at the back!

Keep it tight at the back and try to put a ball behind their backline for Theo to run into.

Morten Olsen's best hope of making it out of Group B is if they can keep it tight at the back and alot therefore depends on Denmark captain Daniel Agger.

Mignolet has proved a huge success at Sunderland and Rodgers will hope that he can help keep things tight at the back as the Liverpool manager looks to put together a squad that can mount a genuine push for a coveted Champions League berth next term.

Mourinho will hope his usually reliable defence can once again keep things tight at the back following a nightmare start to the season that has seen Chelsea concede nine goals in four Premier League fixtures.

Back to his best in an energetic display at both ends of the pitch, Brazilian right - back Rafael da Silva was in fine form for Manchester United as he stood out as one of their best players, keeping things tight at the back and getting forward to good effect to set up the first goal for captain Wayne Rooney.

Liverpool may well be seeking a fresh central defensive option but it's worth noting that they've kept things tight at the back of late, keeping three Premier League clean sheets on the trot.

If we can score 3 or more in atleast 2 of those matches whilst keeping it tight at the back it will show we are capable.

Yes it is, keep it tight at the back, protect and create in the middle, and score «goals» in the opponents net.

Score first and keep things tight at the back and we stand a good chance.

In fairness, there's no doubt over Hazard's inclusion as he was crucial in Chelsea's win at Bournemouth, and he's joined by two teammates in defensive duo Antonio Rudiger and Cesar Azpilicueta who kept things tight at the back at the Vitality Stadium to ensure that the Blues left with all three points.

The French tactician has explained what he believes it will take to keep the Spanish international quiet, but time will tell as to whether or not his players can handle his strength, movement and general threat as Shkodran Mustafi and Laurent Koscielny will be tasked with keeping things tight at the back.

Despite the occasion and Van Dijk's lack of playing time in recent weeks, Klopp has opted to start him against the Toffees as he will hope that his latest signing can make an immediate impact and help keep things tight at the back.

It promises to be an open and exciting game between these two sides given the attacking quality that they both possess, and it could be even more exciting now that Kompany is not in the equation to keep things tight at the back for the hosts.

«We scored some great goals, kept it tight at the back and everybody stuck to their jobs.

Man City are tight at the back this season but are spending 50mil for LAPORTE.

I'm happy the OX will play tbh and if he plays TW on the other win and A S as a striker I think it's 3 or 4 and just play very tight at the back and I would have PC playing

In turn, as they hope to keep things tight at the back and avoid giving the Serie A champions the chance to find away goals of their own, Tottenham would have been hoping to have Toby Alderweireld back.

Arsenal's defence have been back to their miserly self recently, but the Foxes have also been keeping tighter at the back in recent games, but I still think there will be lots of goals in this, but Arsenal score more?

Keeping it tight at the back will be crucial, not to conceed any away goals from monaco, this would give them belief and momentum going into the second leg in front!

Kept things tight at the back and Wilfried Bony under wraps with some crucial interventions.

Surely keeping it tight at the back, was the order of the day?

Interestingly enough we scored in each of our group stage games and won all our games where we didn't concede, so if we deploy Cech on goal and make it tight at the back, we'll be up for it against any side!

If we are going to use this as a springboard we'll have to keep it tight at the back and be more efficient going forward — against City we could easily have dominated more if our passing and play had been on point.

«Sometimes when you don't score you can pay for it, but even when we had scored we were keeping tight at the back and defending properly.

Keep it tight at the back, and defend well for the 90 minutes.

Lets keep it tight at the back and not take villa for granted!

They conceded 42 goals in 38 Premier League games, significantly more than the top three which may have bridged the gap if they were tighter at the back while with the Champions League also in mind, they'll have to be better defensively.

The Spaniard was steady as usual down the left flank and played his defensive role well to keep Arsenal tight at the back.

They say great attacks win you games and great defences win you titles, and that's certainly true of United at their peak, who were able to grind out narrow wins even when not at their best due to having the likes of Jaap Stam, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic keeping things tight at the back for all those years.

I support our young and exciting defender calum chambers to hold it down at the back with gibbs «bosscielny» and «big» mert to make it tight at the back for us guys against chelsea!

Spuds rely on hard work & keeping tight at the back to draw or win the game.

Had problems dealing with Diego Costa and struggled in key moments as City weren't able to keep it tight at the back.

Shut outs breed confidence throughout the team and players like Ozil and Sanches responded accordingly.The message is clear to AW.Keep it tight at the back and the talented attacking players at Arsenal will produce the goods.

Not to mention the fact that United do not play with natural full - backs at full - back — courtesy of two 30 plus - year - old former wingers Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia, there is something comforting about the system in place that keeps them tight at the back more than most.

Steve Bruce's side are up in fourth, but Leeds can get something here if they keep it tight at the back.

We kept things tight at the back.

Only four times in their eleven matches so far have they seen their net bulge more than once proving they can be tight at the back and respond well to conceding.

Let's hope we can be tighter at the back and win the game by perhaps two or three goals to one.

If we can keep it tight at the back, hopefully the forwards will get one or two chances in a game and take them, so the clean sheet is always important.

However, he was commanding for the most part, both in keeping it tight at the back and pushing forward to build attacks.

The Eagles were generally able to keep things tight at the back in the first half of this term but have struggled to do so in 2016, with 16 goals conceded in their last seven league encounters.

Barcelona have become more functional this season, playing 4 -4-2 as well as 4 -3-3, and tighter at the back.

Leicester City have scored an awful lot of goals for a side that has maintained an inferior possession rate over their opponents, and have also been incredibly tight at the back.