Sentences with phrase «up against defenders»

The reason for the goalless scoreline can't be far fetched from the fact that the regular attackers of the team like Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon, Alex Iwobi and Oghenekaro Etebo were up against defenders who are the preferred options for coach Gernot Rohr.

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Internally, Bannon was his biggest defender against skeptics who accused him of holding anti-Semitic views and playing up his intellectual status by insisting on going by «Dr. Sebastian Gorka.»

I think if LACAZETTE can keep this up, he's going to claim a place in the french world cup squad next year, his goal scoring instinct is sharp, he knows he won't get too much chances and makes use of the few ones he gets and he was unluncky not to have scored against chelsea and his header wasn't a fluke, he knew where the post were and he directed the ball, he will be handful for defender when our complete squad starts and luckily for us he's not an injury prone player, having him, Sanchez (if he stays), Giroud and Ozil fit will be vital for us this season and i see plenty of goals..

The manager revealed that the defender was already back in training, so maybe we will see him back in the starting line - up against Galatasaray next week.

We must be confident that Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil can link up brilliantly right from the start to give us a cushion against our floundering defenders.

Their central defender Gary Cahill picked up a possible broken nose in their pre-season game against Barcelona last night, while their Spanish international striker Diego Costa was left with a possible hamstring problem.

I'm sure we will all be hoping that the French defender is going to line up against the spuds, but if not how do you think Arsenal will cope?

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I also feel that a lot of people have gone a bit overboard in their slating of the defender, with some suggesting that his pairing with Koscielny just does not work, because he and the French international played very well together when Wenger gave them a run after Mertesacker's red card against Chelsea and he would have kept the pairing for the Leicester and Barcelona matches if Gabriel had not been unlucky enough to pick up a knock.

That's Hummels, who's been called the best defender in the world, going in on the wrong side against Antonio Cassano — who up until the semifinal had been having a relatively indifferent tournament — and gifting the AC Milan forward the space he needed to swing in an ultimately deadly cross.

If the Arsenal new boy gets thrown straight into the mix as is expected this Saturday, he will be up against one of the Premier League's best defenders in Vincent Kompany.

As a dominant 1 - on -1-winning threat, he does the maximum amount to pull defenders out of position as a WR, opening - up the run for guys built for running and more replaceable as runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guys.

He made his full England debut as a late substitute in a friendly against Norway in May last year and was part of the Euro 2012 squad after being called up following an injury to Chelsea defender Gary Cahill before the tournament.

And he certainly wasn't a «large part of the reason» why a dynamic scoring guard scored dynamically in a 38 minute run that faced him up against a different defender 93 % of the time.

Add in that they lost their best defender against us, they lost a significant chance at putting any offenses is conflict, and no longer had the offense to make up.

The 27 - year - old has caused no end of problems for the defenders he has come up against this year, and has already netted four times.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

Many fans think this could be our best two defenders so it will be interesting to see how well they perform against a Newcastle side with a lot of pace and width up front.

However he will come up against the leagues top defenders on a regular basis and experience what it's like to play in a defensive line fighting for Premier League safety, rather than alongside a more collective defence that includes the likes of Koscielny and Monreal.

Perez has been turning up, we'll need his pace, creativity n positioning against bayern's defenders.

Coquelin did all the dirty work in midfield, tracking back, being the first defender and covering at the back to give time for the more forward players to come help and for the defence to organise (Mertesacker never found himself outrun... against City) breaking up plays and cleanly passing the ball forward!!

We come up against so many solid defenders in our league that we do need someone to fight fire with fire, thats were Coq comes in.

Ask Stoops about what he did differently this time around against the Buckeyes and he'll tell you that the Sooners played more odd fronts, with a defender lined up directly over the center, leading to either three or five down linemen.

awesome line up but our defenders must remain in defense instead of trying to become the top scorers, we need to stop counter attacks against us so Belerin and Monreal / Kolasinc must drop back at all times, this will stop rapid counter attack's against us which in return opposition teams must play further up and stop parking the bus and free up the box for our forwards to be able to have space to do their magic

Maybe a bit of coaching to our existing defenders would help.But no arguments - We have been very inconsistent defensively all season.Solid and disciplined against Chelsea then defend like Amateurs 4 days later with the same line up against modest (to say the least) opposition.Totally sums up Arsenal.

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all we need is the right force up front n we can challenge 4any thing did u watch what happened 2boateng?????? but hes a good defender just as nuer is the best goal keeper currently but what happened 2him against barca?

The defender had to be replaced after picking up an injury against Reading but he had already played a key role against a fiercely determined Reading side.

literally saying he is prone to many mistakes for instance goal misses (1 on 1), retaining possession, hold up play, poor goal conversion rate against a «formidable team», inaccurate passes, struggles when backing a defender (s) and he's not good in the air.

......... Giroud should get used to the fact that walcott offers something else like pace, GBD - tech (Get behind defenders) and he's still in his prime...... Ball protection, hold - up play and low pace (though useful sometimes) won't win u all the games against certain troublesome teams...... Then there's the Law of Succession...... today ur turn, Moro another's.....

I for one would go and get him straight away as Ben Yedder is an all round striker a bag of tricks he plays in a lower team and scored a bag full of goals which means he fought hard against better defenders to get his goals Ben Yedder can come at you from any direction with either foot and score and he is good at set pieces two I would be ecstatically delighted if we sign him up as we would have our own Mahrez

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has netted his second of the game to put his team 2 - 1 up against Burnley.

Theo is an expensive failure and to keep giving him the chance when he has repaid the clubs faith with being a bottler and acting as if he's a lazy git (watched him a number of seasons ago against Blackburn away and all he did was run up and down the wing without even calling for the ball to draw defenders away from the centre) I hate to say it but in my mind Alan Hansen was right when he said that «Walcott has not got a natural footballers brain» It infuriated me at the time but its been proven to be true I feel he's been collecting his money for too long without a result to justify keeping him in our employment.

There are other central defenders in the squad but Southgate used our young Gunner in the final warm up game and with Chambers having dropped down from the senior side to go to these finals, you would think that he would get the nod for the opening game against Portugal tonight.

I've always liked him because he's a good lad to have in the squad as a back up DM or like against the Hammers when two DMs are needed and can also be an emergency full - back and / or defender.

French defender Jeremy Mathieu was the hero for the league leaders has he followed up his goal in El Clasico against Real Madrid two weeks ago to score the winner for the Catalans.

Louw could not afford such a slow defender up against the likes of Messi, Aguero, Di Maria etc..

When he is up against an explosive fullback, he doesn't track back and help out his defenders.

Against top teams I would use a mobile team and work their defenders hard, have Theo upfront who will be happy to drop onto the wings to allow the wingers to step into the CF role for short periods so the opposition defenders can't get used to a style to defend against, switchAgainst top teams I would use a mobile team and work their defenders hard, have Theo upfront who will be happy to drop onto the wings to allow the wingers to step into the CF role for short periods so the opposition defenders can't get used to a style to defend against, switchagainst, switch it up.

Arsenal were supposedly in the market for a defender before Mertesacker and Gabriel got injured, but after the Brazilian picked up a knock against City in the club's final pre-season fixture, it can not be stressed enough that Wenger should be looking to invest.

I have a feeling that the Tottenham defenders would be happier coming up against the size and strength of Giroud rather than the pace, movement and direct running of Alexis, Ox and Iwobi so is that how Wenger will line Arsenal up?

Walcott though limited would be very confident against Man united Cech (No word he has shocked me, Wow this guy is too great for a team with wenger as coach) Bellerin (He really has to improve his attacking side nd try to take on defenders) Chambers (Hez really good against de big guns & always gud in de middle of de park) Kos (Hez been a bit de-moltivated due to wengers lack of ambition hope Man u will do) Mon (link - up with walcott on the left would be breath of fresh air) Coq (great tackler, stamina & power) Ramsey (great passer of de ball, professional & great stamina) Sanchez (on the right, so he won't always play predictably) Walcott (thats where he was effective the last time against man u) Welbeck (Pace, goals & trickery) Giroud (Power, bully, link - up & goals) 4 -4-2 formation

The Moroccan defender was in superb form for Roma last season as he helped Rudi Garcia's side to a runners - up spot in Serie A with the best goals - against record in the Italian top flight.

He mentioned how all defenders hate coming up against a pacy player running straight for goal, and keeping that up should be his aim.

Another way to spend up at the position, Simmons draws a fantastic matchup against the Knicks, who will struggle to throw any reasonable defender his way.

The transfer of Shkodran Mustafi to Arsenal will not be done in time for the Germany international centre back to help the Gunners get the Premier League season off to a good start against Liverpool on Sunday, but it will hopefully mean that the talented defender will be lining up against the EPL champions Leicester City in our second league match next weekend, after Metro reported that his agent has confirmed that an agreement was in place between the Gunners and the his client.

But Chambers has shown signs of wanting to be a learner and, going by his performances so far, looks to be a good reader of the game — something that is important for a central defender coming up against some skillful forwards.

giroud!!!!!!!!! wat is he needed for now... will city need ti change agueri against burnley because of the height of dere defenders......... up SANCHEZ

«When I see our players up front working as hard as they did [against City] that makes a difference for us defenders — it makes it much easier to defend our goal.

Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not against top defenders Tery, Cahil, etc), short pass, hard working, team player, defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up, short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning, defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record against top teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.