Sentences with phrase «up the pitch against»

If you play higher up the pitch against Aguero however, he's lethal with his pace.

We could attack more effectively from deep versus Giroud's hold - up play which requiries pressing so - high up the pitch against tight formations that we spend most of our time in the final 1 / 3rd inviting bad tackles.

Teams don't play high up the pitch against us because THAT happens.

Mar 17, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; Vancouver Whitecaps forward Alphonso Davies (67) pushes the ball up the pitch against Atlanta United defender Franco Escobar (2) during the first half at Mercedes - Benz Stadium.

lacazette's biggest problem is that he can't keep the ball high up the pitch against premier league defenders.

And whilst in the past you'd likely be left disappointed if you ended up pitching against a bigger and better - known competitor, the recruitment landscape has changed quite drastically in recent years in a way that works very much in the little guy's favour.

Not exact matches

When you're up against a deadline or facing a tough challenge, do the people you work with know instinctively that they'll find you in the thick of the fight — pitching in, working long hours, and doing whatever is necessary to succeed?

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Translation: This may be the colleague who complains about pitching in on extra work, finishes the pot of coffee without making more, and sets up a print job to run 1,000 copies the morning she knows another teammate is pushing up against a deadline.

I am not against the best players being on the MLB roster — far from it — but we are so deep in OF depth and having players on contracts that limit movement, it's about having them in a position to jump right in when needed without spending weeks spooling up against MLB pitching.

defensive discipline against manU was shocking: seeing Per so far up the pitch: shocking and saddening.

I know Olivier Giroud well, it'll be nice to come up against him on the pitch.

Monreal — 6 Monreal and Bellerin looked more like wingers in this game and were up the pitch far to often, and Nacho was not as effectively defensively against Sissoko and co

They don't learn that you can't just turn up on the pitch and expect to win easily against a smaller team.

We can beat any1 of those teams on our day, we have trouble like teams against dortmund who press us high up the pitch, those 3 you just mentioned don't play a pressing game and i truly believe we are capable of beating them.

as with last time klopp will be like the 12 man on the pitch and major inspiration (great man motivator and tactician to boot) to bvb so we will have to be on our guard against them as they will be pumped up to meet us but we could inflict an early psychological blow if we secure the services of one mr marco reus, we should roll the over two teams over with a bit of effort COYG

JW and TW will be ready on the bench for a 60 - 70 min call - up — both could have a huge impact on a Wembley pitch against a tiring team.

Jack played for an hour against Australia in the Lions last warm - up game, and the England boss thinks that both he and Jordan Hnderson, who is also returning from injury, have proved that they can handle themselves on the pitch.

Bellerin 6 — Worked well in getting up and down the pitch and offered Arsenal some width in attack but also struggled at times against Montero.

Fabregas first came up against Mourinho during his time as an Arsenal player, when his Chelsea side were one of their biggest rivals due to their competing for the same prizes on the pitch and the ongoing war of words between Mourinho and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

With United opening their campaign up against Bournemouth on Sunday, new boss Jose Mourinho will hope that it ultimately doesn't act as a distraction for the 20 - year - old who will be under pressure to build on the success that he enjoyed on the pitch at Old Trafford last season.

Against big teams they hold their back four very tight and do not let them progress up the pitch.

corzola is very good at giving us good control when we are up against teams that stand off our midfield, but if we up against a team that presses against us we need power to break through and press back, i saw pogba last night and he was miles above all the players on the pitch, when he came on just ran the whole midfield on his own, wenger should blow all of his next summers budget signing pogba, even if it takes everything we got the kid is the best young c / m in the world atm.

Supposedly washed up in 1956, he became the key figure in Brooklyn's heart - catching pennant drive, winning 13 games and pitching a no - hitter against Philadelphia.

I despise having Tyler Wade on the roster (nothing against him, he's just not an MLB player in my mind) but plenty of guys tear up AAA pitching and do nothing.

We can not be impatient against Ozil or any one We must support who ever up in the pitch.

Liverpool's Jamie Carragher and Alvaro Arbeloa have joined the ranks of footballers to have shamed themselves on the pitch after a bust up during their side's 2 - 0 victory against West Bromwich Albion.

He was doing it against West Ham too, I don't know why he does that, he gets so tight and pushes so high up the pitch time and time again and it never helps us or him..

They pitched three straight shutouts against BYU, Maryland and Northwestern, and gave up 16 or fewer points in seven of their 12 games.

The worse one was after the his goal against southampton at the kick off he told everyone to concentrate a press high up the pitch.

Ozil has been criticised for not turning up on the pitch when it matters most, but he had an impressive display against the Blues earlier in the season and an injury to the German player of the year, would be a big blow to the Gunners.

With goals still dried up at the other end of the pitch (though Aaron Ramsey would want to blame lack of technology for the «no - goal - show» against Liverpool), Wenger will require much more from his back four.

It is clear to me that if the side had been fired up like they were against Barca they would have run United off the pitch.

Giroud, who has fallen slightly out of favour at the Emirates due to Alexis Sanchez's form up front, did manage to make an instant impact by scoring twice against Sunderland soon after he was substituted onto the pitch.

Now Arsenal has completed three quarter of their season football lots of negative statistics are now building up against Xhaka, Arsenal fans are now feeling the effects of Xhaka # 35 million transfer and # 120,000 weekly wages invariable modest performance on the pitch.

I want ozil to silent his haters by stepping up against man u tomorrow, and do his talking on the pitch with a victory!

I remember one game in particular against Leeds in which we were losing and Keown picked the ball up and ran most of the length of the pitch, weaving his way through, only for his shot to hit the corner flag.

when arsenal are pressing high up the pitch ramsey is one of the best player on the pitch but we are on the backfoot like against liverpool he will stick out as one of the worst.

Wenger used a 4 -3-3 system against City in the Community Shield game and Arsenal simply ran Toure and Fernado over and ran up the pitch every time, and looked threatning.

Evra will have to make sure he plays well in the encounter on Saturday night as he will likely be up against four time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi on his side of the pitch.

Mertesacker is good to have as a backup and he is effective against teams that lunge long balls up the pitch and into the box.

I think myself and every fan alike knows exactly what sort of tactics each opposing team will use against us, very few try to play flowing football its either 1) park the bus and counter, 2) High intensity and press us up the pitch, 3) extremely physical and kick our main player / players.

we are so slow and pathetic, we should have ran up a cricket score against villa, but no, they slowed down and played cross pitch training football all second half.

Rooney alone scored 3 goals against West Ham but Chelsea, with 11 grown ups on the pitch can't score even a single goal.

Im sure wenger said afterwards against everton that he did nt want flamini higher up the pitch trying to score

However, it might be less risky to just spend the money on Darvish, who, in spite of some ups and downs in 2017 thanks to tipping pitches — including against the Astros in the World Series — has the longer track record of success, and won't cost Houston any of their kids.

Against teams that press up the pitch, IE Everton, Tottenham and Manchester united.

We played against Man Utd, Swansea and Sunderland with Giroud up top and consistently missed chances from every position on the pitch.

And with Bartolo Colon getting the Opening Day start and Harvey likely to pitch in game 2, deGrom hopefully won't have to go up against opposing teams» aces for much of the year, which vastly increases his win value.

Against better sides I'd get more pace in the team so that we're more threatening on the counter attack as they're more likely to press us high up the pitch, leaving space in behind.