Sentences with phrase «to stretch defences»

He sees his ability to stretch defence as a vital component of being a striker.

This has the effect of stretching a defence and forcing centre backs to have to make a decision if they are going to track him.

We must use width to stretch their defence as a compact game would play right into their hands.

That leaves Antonio Conte light up front with summer signing Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi battling for playing time, and so adding Vardy, who knows how to score goals, can stretch defences with his pace and movement and will work tirelessly for the team, something that Conte will love, would seem like a perfect solution.

I think Walcott will really stretch defences now as teams have to respect the threat, allowing Ozil and Thomas to wreck havoc.

After Welbeck came on and stretched the defence Giroud had more freedom and started to have more say and when a cross came to him he provided a great assist.

Lacacette would suit Arsenal's style of play better than Giroud since we don't have the type of wingers that the French team have that can make full use of Giroud's strengths but with Lacacette's blistering pace we wouldn't need to since he can stretch defences like Wellbeck and create his own goal scoring opportunities.

I think there's a lot more balance when you have one side playing a more traditional role as a winger and stretching defences creating more space.

So who knows either Walcott can run into or atleast stretch their defence, providing or creating some space for our wingers Alexis, and Ox.

Weigl playing this pass so early in the build up takes the midfield out of the game and means the left - back, Rodriguez, has to push out quickly to engage with Dembele which stretches the defence.

Having someone to overlap and stretch the defence out wide should free up hs game.

I expect Lacazette to start tonight's match on the bench, with a view to starting him against the Red Devils, and I think Welbeck will get the nod ahead of Olivier Giroud for his ability to stretch the defence with his movement.

On his day he is as dangerous as they come and even without the ball he can stretch defences as they simply must account for his threat in behind...

Harrying, pressing, stretching defences, linking up play really well and also tracking back to help our defenders are great qualities.

They park the bus and you put Giroud on??? Get some pace in there to stretch the defence.

In a game like the one at St James» Park on Tuesday, when Chelsea need a man to stay wide, stretch the defence and open up the pitch with speed and dribbling, the Colombian would have been ideal.

That was the first time in a long time that Walcott played as a proper winger.I loved the way he stretched their defence

Our left wing will never have width without a natural left footer there, thus you NEED to play Ox or Theo on the right to stretch the defence.

«He's not the most natural finisher, and he will frustrate the life out of a lot of people but he stretches defences with his pace and movement every day of the week.

Walcott is very much missed in this team, Like it or not...... He can stretch a defence and really put pressure on giroud!

Finally we have a striker getting in behind and stretching defences, and generally causing a lot of problems.

Committing the extra number or two in a tighter midfield with Sanchez tirelessly working to stretch the defence should work wonders against teams who employ this tactic, and if the quick combinations pay off and break the lines there will be loads of space in other areas to hurt the opposition.

The Egyptian international would be able to stretch defences and offer a different dynamic in attack, opening up spaces for the likes of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez to flourish even more so.

He has all the attributes to play centrally; the spontaneity to produce something out of nothing, the ability to run behind and stretch defences, excellent dribbling in 1v1 situations and sharp finishing.

Love him or hate him, rate him or knock him, even when he doesn't have the ball at his feet he stretches defences as good as any player in the world as his threat in behind simply must be accounted for.

We don't need Benzema though, we already have a target man, what we need is a striker in the mould of Aubameyang / Aguero, someone who can stretch defences and also run past through them, Walcott isn't good enough to be that striker.

Liverpool still attacking through the middle, stretching the defence with the full - backs high.

The difference Daniel Sturridge makes to the Liverpool team when he plays is phenomenal, stretching defences, creating space, and punishing teams.

Lingard has been better than rashford and martial this season, zlatan have a very poor conversion rate and lingard plays better when good players around him and zlatan have not put in a world class performance this season and zlatan do not have any assist in epl, zlatan often coming very deep and offering very little threat in behind to stretch defence.

Iwobi might not be the most gifted player, but he does have pace and much like Welbeck, Wenger likes to use him out wide left to stretch defences, and it was he who picked up the pace of our front line when he came on as a late sub, and he who made the great pass that Laca failed to convert late on.