Sentences with phrase «up field either»

The home side played further up field instead of dropping deep, and ran their hearts out to deny Chelsea any room to build up attacks.

Joao Mario and Eder have both shown that they play better as substitutes, while the deep - lying midfield role has proven to suit Borja Valero much better than further up the field as a trequartista.

Patrick Seagrist was over there, but thanks to some jostling with Xavier, he wasn't able to get velocity behind his header attempt to push the ball back up the field.

After all, if we're holding onto a lead, what the hell were two of our (by then) back three doing gallivanting up field.

At home once again, we will have to be wary of Maribor looking to press up the field and getting the crowd in to the game by forcing us to turnover possession easily.

The «back three») were great in defense and also moving up the field to support a very busy midfield quartet.

VU made a big and sudden burst up the field and got the ball in behind most of the MU defense.

The was no need for that challenge high up the field and we were not in any danger.

I'll be sleeping for the ton, so I'll just punt it up field and raise a toast to all that have come before.

The whole team benefited from his vigour higher up the field.

Clark attempts to turn up the field to get the first down, but Carter is just too quick.

Maribor vs Spurs should be a very interesting game between two teams that apply pressure up the field.

Deco now positioned himself on the right of Barca's midfield three but was happy to sit deeper, looking to draw Fabregas up the field and create space for Ronaldinho to drop into.

He did a good job following up the play, often starting an attack with a long pass or set piece and then running by multiple opponents to follow up a rebound or retrieve possession 40 yards up field.

The Scottish Football association secretary Robert Livingstone did not like the English dribbling game, he thought it was suicidal and instead he adopted the tactic of kicking the ball up the field and running after it and it proved to be very successful.

Fellaini showed his worth to the team as his was back in his own area to clear away a Palace cross then continued up the field to help start an attack.

Chelsea did play like shit, no attempt to pass the ball properly, just hook it up field like Stoke and Bolton used to do.

Right wingback Pedro dropped deep providing cover for Bartra, while Neymar played higher up the field looking to track PSG's rightback Gregory Van Der Wiel and not provide cover for Mathieu.

Jan Vertonghen had been caught up field in the build - up though, giving away a free kick, then remonstrating with the referee.

When Walker is up field, he needs to be covered by either one of our trio of midfielders or the defence shifting across.

Up the field they went.

His speed and lateral agility is allowing him to stay with RBs and TEs as they go up field or break towards the sideline.

Should the press break down, though, Liverpool have been vulnerable to counterattacks, and with the team pushed high up the field, there's plenty of space behind the defense, which leads to clearer shots on goal.

Pogba's excellence then echoed further up the field, benefiting Wayne Rooney (playing in an unfamiliar left - wing role) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

These players will often be called upon to step higher up the field toward the ball or to cover for a fullback in wide areas, so players who are defensive - minded fullbacks of defensive midfielders have taken up new roles: César Azpilicueta at Chelsea, Nacho Monreal at Arsenal, Geoff Cameron at Stoke, and Eric Dier at Tottenham were all hybrid players who now regularly slot into three - man defenses.

That he sends a further 31 % up field and is accurate over distance makes him a tremendous asset deep in midfield and shows him to be as accomplished technically as he is physically.

The shape had become his trademark after success with Juventus and the Italian national team — but three at the back was still a rare sight in England, where four defenders was canon and any numerical variation happened farther up the field.

After the Ox loses the ball, Barkley races up the field solo and tries a shot from the edge of the area.

The mistakes will probably be followed by a chorus of «Just boot it up the field!»

David De Gea, for his outstanding reflexes that would put an actual cat to shame, has never been as phenomenal a distributor and often relies on centre - halves getting the ball out to midfield and up the field to the wide men.

The switch handed the creative reins to Dušan Tadić, with the Serb pushed further up the field in behind Austin and the pair's connection in the early minutes set the tone for a promising first - half showing.

This is Juventus: They have two world - class wingbacks, Dani Alves and Alex Sandro, who create forward momentum from deep positions, and the two Brazilians are able to take risks higher up the field because they know the guys behind them will bail them out.

The issue, on Saturday, was that neither are naturally defensive midfielders and the pairing often pushed up the field in unison.

The way to progress the ball up the field, then, is by finding players in those gaps.

Further up field, Eden Hazard has been absent on just two single occasions, with Diego Costa in the same boat - the first coming through a one - match ban, the second following a bust - up with Antonio Conte.

No point passing and passing and giving it away when you get up the field.

Without Bravo, more possessions would end up as aimless clearances up the field.

Defenders are in fact becoming more like their colleagues further forward in their abilities to start moves out from the back and push - on, high up the field, not just breaking through the different lines in possession, from defence into midfield and even attack, but almost playing multiple positions at once.

He can really hold the ball and run and move the ball higher up the field.

After giving up a late lead to Tre Mason and the Tigers, Jameis Winston and the Seminoles marched quickly back up the field for a game - winning touchdown with just 13 seconds left.

Wenger filled in well in the role and is able to get up the field in the same ways that Beasley and Remick do.

But Bournemouth, as mentioned above, are a different proposition to most defensive sides in the league, who opt against moving up the field progressively and numerically, and who try not to get drawn out, when Liverpool recycle the ball along their defensive line.

But whether he would like to admit it or not (our guess is not), having a centre - back who play, who is prepared to take risks with his passes, and who can do so with dynamic confidence is transformative for his Manchester United side because it means they begin attacks higher up the field and with the opponent in a more disoriented state of being.

Having hoofed a clearance up field, his opposite number Jang Paek Ho raced from his penalty box to meet the ball only to misjudge his header then slip over twice while trying to prevent the from ball trickling into the back of his net.

Mourinho is known to want to bring in a defensive midfielder in order to free up the Frenchman to operate further up the field.

It's a rough estimate of how hard a team is trying to defend high up the field rather than sit back.

The reason is really quite simple: In a committed high - pressing system, there's simply no room high up the field for a guy who won't run hard to defend.

Up top, forwards Danny Hoesen and Chris Wondolowski generally play with the Dutch striker higher up the field and the Quakes captain dropping into the midfield line — a 4 -2-3-1 look to the overall formation.

Stoke Mark Hughes used Charlie Adam as an unorthodox number 10 against his old club, and he actually played higher up the field...

we need tu push the up the field too much space for them to roll the ball around and we chasing shadows.