Sentences with phrase «veteran stopper»

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has been dropped «indefinitely», says Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers, who has chosen to replace the under - fire Belgian with veteran stopper Brad Jones.

At the other end, Son played Llorente clean through in space but a heavy first touch carried the ball away from the striker and, as he came out to gather at his feet, Burki's head hit the ground and he was forced off, replaced for the last few minutes by veteran stopper Roman Weidenfeller.

But before we get the veteran stopper back between the sticks there are some big games for Arsenal to face.

When the veteran stopper made the move, eyebrows were raised at Stamford Bridge, as Mourinho questioned the fee paid by Porto for the Merengues legend.

The veteran stopper has proved that he is still top class at this level and has already been worth the outlay.

While Monaco are optimistic that the veteran stopper is not facing an extended absence, he has been ruled out for the Ligue 1 clash this weekend.

Wenger did not blame the veteran stopper for his part in either of the two City goals but was unhappy about Cech's decision to play a short pass to Mesut Ozil with just seconds left when a ball into the box was the better option.

It was being reported last summer that the veteran stopper's time at the club he started with was coming to an end and they did sign the Costa Rica international Keylor Navas.

The veteran stopper made some great saves to deny United and kept Arsenal in it.

I think it was his former team mate John Terry who said that Cech would be worth something like 10 extra Premier League points over the season and although it is impossible to quantify something like that, we have certainly seen the veteran stopper's worth many times already.

They have been appearing in the football media for some time now, at least a year, but the veteran stopper may finally have put an end to them by declaring that he has not intentions of leaving the club he joined as a promising nine year old, as reported by Metro.

It seems pretty clear to me that the thinking behind the Arsenal manager's decision to make the Chelsea and Czech Republic keeper Petr Cech his one and only first team signing of the summer transfer window was not based purely on the veteran stopper's ability between the posts.

That is likely to mean Emiliano Martínez starting the season at Arsenal's back - up goalkeeper, which will be risky as he won't put pressure on their veteran stopper.

Chelsea have agreed a one - year deal with the veteran stopper, and he is looking forward to the challenge of moving to the new Premier League.

This could be the perfect platform for the veteran stopper to deliver a string of solid performances and shut all his critics up with some monstrous displays of magnificent mania.