Sentences with phrase «to soak up pressure»

That in itself is likely to have split opinion as many would argue that the manager should be soaking up the pressure for his players not throwing them under the bus as it were.

We can sit deeper and be more compact and defensively minded, while Ranieri's team will have to be more proative instead of soaking up pressure before launching a Vardy led counter attack.

They did, but the Serie A side soaked up the pressure with an arrogance, almost as if they were aware of what was coming, and were therefore happy to sit back.

I can understand why Arsene Wenger potentially wanted a quicker player in the main centre - forward role as the expectation would have been that Arsenal would be able to sit in a bit more and look to counter attack the hosts, but with the early goal, that plan was immediately thrown out the window as PSG were happy to be the team to soak up some pressure before releasing the pace of Cavani, Di Maria and the full - backs.

They just soaked up our pressure first half now think they'll come back into this.

But we need to remember some of those players are playing for a team which dominates games, others maybe on a team which soaks up pressure.

i have to agree with goonsquad8 everton were not crap infact the punditry keept saying how they were playing well fighting for a goal but we did our job soaked up the pressure battled then went out and grabbed a couple of goals to win the game thats it fact we just played them out of the game 3 pts ye muda fooking ha coyg

In a way I felt a bit sorry for the young Frenchman, as the tactics of West Ham to sit back and soak up pressure did not suit his game, so he tried to help us create things but his passing radar was not working too well.

On the other hand, you could say that Swansea's tactics of sitting back and soaking up pressure meant that Coquelin's usual reading of danger and breaking up the game was not really needed.

Ramsey and Elneny were picked to help soak up pressure, which they did, I have no problem people saying they want more from them but there was two more forwards on that pitch that done a whole lot less than they did, the reason for their (Ramsey Elneny) inclusion was a defensive standpoint, it's the offensive standpoint that completely let us down.

Anyone who just defends and soaks up the pressure against us 9 out of 10 times normally beat us..

With all this in mind it appears that even more focus than usual will be on the creative, attacking and scoring side of Arsenal's game, with the Eagles likely to sit back and soak up the pressure while hoping for a breakaway goal.

I think we could have done a better all round job by soaking up the pressure and counter attacking before retreating again.

It seems to happen every game now - maybe its energy conservation as it seemed against Everton or a counter-attacking game plan as it looked against City, we seemed intent on soaking up pressure.

I see us aiming to be more like that Bayern team of four years ago rather than being a tika taka.We look like we can mix it up if needed, this team can play long ball, short passes, and soak up pressure better than before.

I suppose that it did not matter in the end, as Arsenal were able to soak up the pressure from West Ham and record a vital away win that keeps the little run of results going and moves the Gunners above the Hammers in the Premier League table.

On 18 January 2015, Arsenal went away to the Etihad Stadium, and with Francis Coquelin playing in a three - man midfield and Santi Cazorla excelling in a central midfield role, Arsenal soaked up pressure and hit City on the break, winning 2 - 0.

But Forest soaked up the pressure and extended the lead from the penalty spot.

While there is no doubt United's game plan against Arsenal will have been to soak up pressure after securing an early two - goal lead, in no way will they have intended that their goalkeeper would require a record - equalling performance to secure their victory.

Milan soaked up pressure for an hour before striking to win 2 - 0 with Kevin - Prince Boateng and Sulley Ali Muntari.

Recall the proceedings at the useless petition hearing and how Dr. Bawumia soaked up the pressure for Akufo - Addo's sake.

It would not be too big a stretch of the imagination after all, because the last couple of years have seen Wenger employ a plan B of soaking up pressure and counter attacking.

The strategy for Arsenal was therefore to soak up pressure as long as they could.

Leeds were on the back foot for a short while as Derby County found their attacking edge after about 15 minutes, but Leeds were able to soak up the pressure with little problem.

Valverde's side were happy to soak up the pressure in the first 45 as they looked to rely on Messi and Iniesta to pull the strings going forward, however in the second half, everything changed.

We retreated again and tried to soak up pressure for almost 20 minutes.

But even when so - called bigger teams come to our place, they have been happy to sit behind the ball, soak up pressure and hit you on the counter attack and that sort of surprised me.

If Wolfsburg enjoyed a period of possession, it was only because Napoli had decided to soak up the pressure, before striking like a coiled viper.

Perhaps that is why their midfielder Jeremy Toulalan suggested this week, as reported by The Mirror, that it would be folly for Monaco to simply try to soak up pressure.

The Gunners decided to camp in their own half and soak up the pressure and with 20 minutes to go it looked their game plan was perfectly executed as Milan wre looking extremely frustrated.

As Arsenal are at home the onus will be on us to try and break down the Chelsea defence, and I am sure that Mourinho will set his team up to soak up the pressure as they did against Man United last weekend.

Defending from deep has also, incidently, allowed Arsenal to soak up pressure and break quickly on the counter-attack, a tactic which would have paid dividends against Manchester City if not for Gervinho's wastefulness in front of goal.

But Arsenal gradually resumed control and Arsenal starting asserting and looking for another goal, while it was Palace's turn to sit back and soak up the pressure, but to be honest neither keeper had been seriously tested since the goal.

Also must not be forgotten that Spain were by far superior to everyone else, the only way to stop them would be to soak up pressure and make the most of chances.

The team will have to get used to away fixtures where they will have to soak up pressure and hit the opposition on the break.

Our win over City last season was one of the high points and perhaps our best performance and it was based upon a compact and defensive style, as we showed for the first time in a long time that we could soak up pressure and hit teams on the break.

As for «no team retreats to soak up pressure» — what in the actual fuck are you saying!?

In the second half, Arsenal had nearly 80 % of the possession as Spurs sat back and soaked up the pressure, and to put it frankly they should have scored more than once in the time allotted.

United have some real pace and quality in their attack and will plan to soak up pressure and hit us on the break.

Regards this game, we obviously need to soak up their pressure and hit on the break....

«Wenger should tell the guys to soak up pressure, break quickly and make the most of the pace of Danny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez,» Parlour told the Evening Standard.

The second half proved to be a more cagey affair, with Serbia happy to soak up the pressure and hit Germany on the counter-attack.

The former Red Devils star was clearly left unimpressed by United's approach to the game at Anfield at the weekend, which saw them soak up pressure and play just for a point against one of their biggest rivals.

It was a slightly strange first half, with both sides needing to win you might have expected an open game but even though the home side's need was greater they seemed content to soak up pressure.

You give Mourinho a 2 - 0 lead and he will give you the ball and soak up the pressure and wait for the counter-attack.

We have better defensive protection with Coqueline, Elneny and Xanit — so we can soak up pressure, survive, and Spring fast attacks