Sentences with phrase «vulnerable at the back»

We looked vulnerable at the back, nervous and uncertain in possession and pretty aimless in attack.

Barcelona are vulnerable at the back though which should make for a very exciting tie.

They look too vulnerable at the back and look positionally ill disciplined.

I'm not saying he is rubbish, in fact if he was a bit quicker, he would probably be one of the best defenders in the world but his lack of pace makes us far too vulnerable at the back.

if we are in top four at xmas will be delighted cos with a couple of serious buys in the window cld even get somewhere... but without replacements for mert and for arteta / flamini we will remain seriously vulnerable at back

There is nothing wrong with our best defenders quality, its the system we play and wenger derided opinion on defending that makes us to vulnerable at the back.

However, Diego Costa continued his resurgence in recent weeks as he scored after just 13 minutes to break Scunthorpe's resolve and force the League One side to attack, which in turn left them vulnerable at the back.

But with the Premier League new boys sitting seven points clear of the drop zone, they're expected to take Saturday's quarter final serious and have a real go at United who are vulnerable at the back.

It's no real surprise that it's these two sides in question, as Liverpool have been vulnerable at the back this season having conceded 40 goals in 32 games.

its a sign of intent... lpool are vulnerable at back so klopp brings in a decent centre back... we need that same attitude times 6 if we are to have a team that competes again at the top... but with the delusional corporate tool running things it will be another failed year... thats basically 14 barren years and taking us back closer to the bad old days of the 1960s when we never one a title over the decade

Even Rooney of all players was laughing at him, Mertesacker thought he was a CF for the last 20 mins, exposing our defense big time and Wenger says he was surprised we were so vulnerable at the back?

Palace will score early and we will have to chase the game leaving us vulnerable at the back thus conceding more as our defence inept.

The visitors were now getting numbers back and relying on the counter attack to remind the hosts they were still vulnerable at the back.

Everton have won two of their last three league games but remain vulnerable at the back.

Newcastle just haven't clicked for a while and they still look vulnerable at the back, whereas the Black Cats have shown plenty of grit in trying to stay up lately.

Wednesday's 3 - 1 quarterfinal second - leg defeat at home to Juventus exposed the frailties in Real's team and their over-reliance on Ronaldo and centre - half Sergio Ramos, whose absence through suspension against Juve left Real hugely vulnerable at the back.

So they are looking a little vulnerable at the back and in their draw at West Brom on the weekend, the Gunners looked really poor and lifeless going forward.

Barnsley are both vulnerable at the back and not great going forward either, hence their position of 19th in the table and only three points above the drop zone.

United have looked vulnerable at the back all season long, but even more so since Vidic was ruled out for the rest of the season because of injury, and it could take something like an effort from a set - piece to liven up what could be a cagey affair in the opening stages.

The visitors were always likely to be vulnerable at the back, as they didn't have Victor Wanyama or Toby Alderweireld, both of whom are crucial to the defensive organisation of the team.

Manchester United still vulnerable at the back: United came into the game with five clean sheets in as many outings in 2018, but their game plan was thrown out of the basket within records.

However, they are also one of only two sides yet to keep a clean sheer, along with second from bottom Wigan, which I suppose isn't to be surprised: Lambert likes his team to play on the front foot but also to get forward in numbers, which, evidentially, leaves them vulnerable at the back − especially against teams the like of Liverpool, who offensively have a wealth of creativity and fire - power.

They do play some positive stuff but they do always look just a little bit vulnerable at the back it has to be said.

They can disrupt real Madrid's plans as the visitors haven't been going all that well this season and they are clearly vulnerable at the back.

Not exact matches

At the last review in May 2014, Greece's public debt was assessed to be getting back on a path toward sustainability, though it remained highly vulnerable to shocks.

The middleman role is often vulnerable, but long customer relationships (sometimes going back more than 25 years) and the huge list of manufacturers involved (numbered in the hundreds) hints at the intractability of King's Flair's position.

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In this parable, an at - risk Jewish man — having been mugged and beaten and left vulnerable to further abuse on the side of the road — is rescued, escorted to safety and loved back to life by his religious opposite, a Samaritan.

Whitehead's use of assumptions dating back to Descartes and Locke in his account of perception leaves him vulnerable to the criticisms introduced by the revolution in philosophic method taking place at the time he was writing his major works, one in which the analysis of the functioning of language was replacing psychological introspection as the principal method for understanding human thought.

«We had set out way back in... 2015 that our strategic goal would be putting those children at the core of our work, increasing protection [and] their participation in building the nation of Kenya and ensuring that the wellbeing of 2.6 million vulnerable children is taken into consideration.»

A look back at our decades - long partnership with indigenous and rural communities to build a sustainable forest economy in one of Guatemala's most valuable, vulnerable regions.

But at a time where we are crying out for leadership I would accept our back line being vulnerable to speed for the sake of someone who plays like the shirt matters to him.

But we might wonder if Mourinho's style of football is particularly vulnerable to disruption or inadequacy at the back.

At full back both Clichy and Bacary Sagna continued to be ambitious with their attacking runs, but now lacked the defensive support previously afforded to Arsenal by a flat midfield four — as a result Arsenal became particularly vulnerable down the flanks.

The Dallas Cowboys, winners of four straight before losing 31 - 21 at home to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, dropped to 5 - 4 and suddenly look vulnerable even with wideout Michael Irvin back in uniform.

Measured at 6 - 8.5 at the combine and the talent evaluators say he's too tall in his stance now, vulnerable to a bull rush, gets knocked back and then recovers at tackle, all that won't work at guard in the NFL.

Bellerin and Monreal is always almost on the corner line crossing ball's, we are always leaving defense bankrupt and vulnerable for a take over, by the time Monreal and Bellerin return to their station they have just sprinted the whole of the pitch to make a defensive tackle sometimes coming in from behind the player in our box without giving a penalty or just outside for a free kick which we can not defend set peaces, if we are to use them some midfield players have to drop back which is not happening at the moment

It would leave us vulnerable at left back since tv; 5 left we don't have a third left back look how stacked we are on the right back

(Do take a look at the top teams and their financial resources, with PSG now back by a vulnerable but rich Qatar.

They are also missing Glen Johnson at right back and Shawcross at the heart of their defence, so they are vulnerable and I think we need to try to exploit this from the first whistle.

Whether draxler or not arsenal is still a weaker team, is it something bad if we have both draxler and Sanchez in the same team fighting for places, just imagine van persie, Sanchez, ozil, carzola are in the same team, with likes of inform konsieny, mustafi, and konlansinic, and good holding midfider,... our problem with this 343 information or 3421 information apart from Wenger playing players out of position we don't have a strong holdmidfider that retrieve the ball back when we lost possession... Kant's is perfect example of that, look at the job he does at Chelsea is amazing...... without a good holding midfielder our defenders are vulnerable

The Etihad side have shown how vulnerable they can be at the back without their talismanic skipper Vincent Kompany.

We saw how vulnerable we were at the back and it exposed Mertesacker incompetence.

Arsenal are too predictable tactically and vulnerable at the middle and back.

It's an attacking formation — but if like me you believe Chambers can become a starter ahead of Mert — then our pace at the back means can push up without risk of the ball over the top that we were so vulnerable too last year -

We look awesome with him and vulnerable without him Ramsey is back in training Hopefully Cazorla's injury isn't serious Perez is out for a few weeks but we have Giroud Mert and Perez should hopefully come back at the same time

Since Klopp arrived, Liverpool's defensive spine — goalkeeper, center back, and central midfield — has been vulnerable at all three stages.

He scored 2 goals, Fantastic positioning, Pace, vision and finninshing, but I could see that for a long period of time, Arteta was alone in the middle against Palace pressing while Ox was not available aroiund him to receive the ball or fight them back back and it made us vulnerable until General Rosicky came in Ox will be a great great midfielder if he pay more attention to this, Just like the game of 3 - 0 Ac Milan at Emirates

Having said that, an area that the squad looked most vulnerable was at center - back with only Miranda and Skriniar as first choice options, and Ranocchia as backup.

Song, arguably our most improved player is on 4 yellow cards and we should ensure that he doesn't miss the Chelsea game.The partnership of Gallas and Vermaelen is outstanding, yet one can not expect them to play in every game, and it is in that are we are weak in cover.With regards to the full back situation, perm any two from four, that is Clichy, Gibbs, Eboue, Sagna and even Traore they are attacking wing backs and are always at risk on the quick counter attack by the opposition.Almunia still doesn't impress me and his command of his area is still indecisive and he is still vulnerable to letting goals in, especially to his near post.Wenger being Wenger, I doubt he will buy in January, and it is a pity we didn't go for Given months before he joined City, when he was available for a comparatively cheap price.This new diamond shape or 4 -1-4-1 is working well and we have an abundance of quality to interchange, which bemuses the opposition more often than not.We have every chance this year, and we are also being helped by the fact that the other so called big four sides are showing their vulnerability.A couple of decent signings, not squad players in January, and hopefully we are in the mix.