Sentences with phrase «who wins back balls»

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Real, who now have a record 12 European Cup wins, grabbed the lead in the 20th minute through Ronaldo, who slotted the ball low into the corner after a clever cut - back from Dani Carvajal following a classic counter attack.

@Wilshegz Yet, it was Olivier who tracked back and won the ball, enabling Elneney to put Ozil through on goal...

Boss — Getting a little long in the tooth but still a quality CB in world football Mustafi — Ball winning CB who will improve as he adjusts back to the pace of the PL.

Ozil isn't the type of player who try to win back a lost ball.

Ramsey still less of a disturbance than Wilshere, who cant even win the ball back.

After winning the ball back in their own penalty area, Palace's defense found Bolasie, who beat the Liverpool midfield and Glen Johnson by himself.

If Ramsey AND Ozil are both more focused on being in the right place for when someone else wins the ball back then we have to central players who are not defending, leaving more for Xhaka who isn't the most agile of players.

Maybe he would do brilliantly in the squad because he has the desire to close down asap and help win the ball back, that effort and desire to win the ball back alongside Coquelin who also has the desire to win the ball back could become a formidable partnership.

N'Zonzi is good at winning the ball back but we are Arsenal, we should be aiming for someone who can also play the right style football as well as defend, Coquelin was a ball winner but look how people wanted a ball winner with technical ability when he played.

Our unbeaten year, we had players who did not pass the ball around waiting for an opening, they sat back a bit more and hit them fast and hard when we won the ball back, meanwhile the opposition has gaps which pace and skill exploited.

Someone who can break up play, win back the ball, tackle, start the counterattack.

If cazorla is back no one is better than him even Ozil... Ox use to loose the ball so it is not a good choice in the mid better work his magic in the wing... Can't rely on Ramsey, one wonder season adn that's all... Ozil should be sold and give Sanchez what he gets... Ozil is a luxury buy anyway... Before you speak about the mid you have to get WC forward (2 if Sanchez does leave)... But who cares as long as The stubborn is here it will be all the same... Next year either we win the EPL or we go 6th or 7th, I don't want this 4th spot trophy anymore...

A team like Arsenal that likes taking possession of the ball and constantly attacking its opponents, needs a midfielder who can easily win back balls from the opponents and initiate an attack.

We already have too many offensive players who aren't willing to defend, track back and win the ball back.

While VD is a polished centre back who strolled through games for Celtic and has done well at Southampton, he is a «sweeper» rather than the fast, tough ball winning centre back that Arsenal need.

The goal was fantastic but we should not forget the track back by OG to to win the ball which he passed to Elneny who then fed Ozil through long pass.

anything but a win will make 4th place an increasingly distant goal... to be honest we should be able to beat this lot woy has tightened them up but hardly turned them in to big hitters but i do nt think wenger can motivate the team anymore so its all about whether players show up on the night... wilshere needs to get on the ball more partnered with elneny who is probably the most reliable of a hapless riumvirate, kosalinac and debuchy given roles in a back 4... if sanchez wants to showcase his skills i can see a 2 1 victory... otherwise could be looking at another embarassing loss... pathetic that we have fallen to this level of speculation

Watch the kids, think you will see a few who can win the ball back, they just don't hit the headlines as often.

Part of the problem seems to be, we are mainly / only producing talents for attacking positions, but we are always in need of players, who can defend and win the ball back.

how can a modern day manager canot get a player which he pays millions to trot back to defend or try to get back and win the ball he lost, you all know who I mean (Ozil)

, Arsenal is not a charity, Arsenal is a football club trying to to win EPL, not a charity trying to help a player who is overated and useless, he got pay to play a football, not to operate patients and he got 75m a week to be able to pass the ball correctly, never mind score or assist, I get 480 # / week if my confidence is low my boss will give me a kick at back side to sort my self out or the door, we do not have to risk our chance of winning the game for a sake of Ox, bench him, the best player plays, we don't gonna miss is scoring ability or his assist, we will be less frustrated if he is on the bench typical English player!

Without a DM who will win the balls back?

We need some midfielders that can be strong and battle for us!!!! al our midfield are forward thinking and there is such a big hole from them and the back 4, It does not matter who we have playing at the back we will always get attacked with goals against us with the style of midfielders we have, Let get some steel in the middle of the park, Lets bring in some players that other teams feel fear playing against us, Look back at our best teams and we have always had players that will get back and cover and can tackle and win balls in the middle of the park, So many of our midfield now can, t even get back never mind win the ball back when we need it, It is NOT about the price of players it is all about buying players that can balance a good strong team, At time we need to buy a player who is not a star but is good at doing what we need him to do,

We will NOT win the PL without a strong central midfielder who can get the ball back innit

We need both creativity at the back of midfield and someone with a strong presence who can win back balls

«The [Alexandre] Lacazette thing is another issue, as to why he's not playing, but you play [Alexis] Sanchez up front, who is a chaser of the ball; if he loses the ball then he'll chase to win it back.

Even the great Barcelona and Real Madrid always play with a DM or two but not us... who needs a DM to win back the ball or intercept passes or make necessary fouls?

Who will win the ball back for u?

Playing Giroud, welbeck, ozil, cazorla (all Divas) who are not good at winning back the ball, with 2 attacking wing backs in Gibbs and bellerin means that we would have a difficult time winning back the ball

It's what won us the cup last year — he may have been the one that scored the winning goal, but he was also the one who won the ball back to start that attack in the first place.

To solve the problem, we need someone who: 1) can win the ball back for the team often 2) willing to release the ball to other players for a quick counter 3) has the legs to cover the empty flanks when being countered, especially the Left.

I disagree with any blame pointed at Coquelin fiat enough he gave the ball away a few times but the difference is he knows his defence responsibilities he would track back cover and win the ball back... It is not his fault that he had to partner with the glory hungry Ramsey who left Coquelin to do the defending by himself..

Arsenal have too many small, «nice» players who are constantly pushed off the ball and don't show the determination and strength (physical and mental) to win the ball back.

Basically Wenger is becoming more inept with every passing season.He has no comprehension whatsoever of the meaning of the word defence.It has passed him by.He has succeeded in turning a very promising young centre back like Holding into a bag of nerves.Holding is a right sided centre back who should be used as the main ball winner in the air.His job should be to win the ball and give it quickly to more gifted players.

People getting too excited not knowing that if Sanchez leaves thats one less player who is willing to win the ball back.

Krychowiak is a «good average» player, he is strong in the tackle and good at winning the ball back, he isn't a player who can put his foot on the ball and pick out passes like Coquelin can... Coquelin making nearly twice as many passes this season and having a better pass % by 7 % shows that we need a holding CM who can play possesion football better than Krychowiak can.

Great Reception???, tell you the truth Im not one of those gunners who started supporting the gunners during the invicibles or early Wenger double winning years, quite honestly i wasnt ineterested in football and I liked a certain Crespo and Shevchenko meaning I liked the blue half of London, surprisingly when Mourinho joined I stopped watching football all together, till one glorious Champions League Night, It was my first ever Match there was a certain 20 year old highly rated youngster who scored a wonder goal that day he played with such skill and passion ever since then I started supporting arsenal that was during the barren years.I actually liked Barcelona because of their similarity with the arsenal, so when Fabregas joined Barca I started to watch them a bit more I still loved Arsenal and I was extremely passionate, the other players i adored left in painful manners, while some left which was still painful: i.e Eboue.I always taught cesc would come back and when it was official he was leaving Barca i said Finally almost hosting a party.Well reports started coming out that he is going to join chelsea and i laughed so hard and said he would be the last player on earth to do that, when it became official words cant express how i felt, He was the reason I started watching football he lit up the emirates with exquisite touches through balls to walcott, its a shame I would have preferred he joined bayern, or remained in barca its terrible reading the comments he made recently about the emirates, This was a captain, someone who led, anyways, like ive learnt and Arsenal have learnt, We do nt live in the past Like Liverpool (no pun) WE ARE THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE (Crowley)(Puma) WE ARE ARSENAL.....

Kos get's carded and sent off trying to win back balls Mert missed or players who ran past him as if he wasn't there.

His two most frequent partners were Ramsey and Song who played a much more pro-active role in winning the ball back than shielding the defence.

And secondly who will be there to collect the ball when we won it back??

TUCHEL for manager — change of style but even with some of our current players can adapt to — Fast attacking football based on possession (winning back the ball quickly)-- Younger and hungrier manager who can also attract some players from BVB or from Germany

In fact, Giroud was the one who won the ball back for that Pen.

Zanetti was known as «El Tractor» for his tireless energetic runs up and down the flanks but it was a his incredible defensive skill set where he was superb at reading the play, winning the ball back and man marking combine that with a two footed player who could play on either flank and as effective going forward as he was while defending.

But this win, and if we're being honest Liverpool's recent form, was not just about the three boys up front, who put the ball in the back of the net.

It may not have been either centre back who won the ball high up the pitch, it was Ander Herrera, but it is indicative of the mentality these players have adopted; get the ball forward, and fast.

It's worth pointing out the work of midfielder Connor Randall, who won the ball back in the build - up to the goal.

Kept us from going further behind, only man who was driving the ball forward, and trying to get us back into the game, very rarely wasted the ball and won most of his tackles

Son won possession back down the left flank and we were countering again, the South Korean international playing a pass in to Dele, who in turn delivered another inch - perfect ball for Kane.

He's a proper centre - half, a player who will win headers, win challenges and we looked very solid at the back all - round, we didn't give away too many chances and the quality we had on the ball when the defenders won it was great.

Dyson did well to win the ball back in the area before laying it off to Scott High, who found Pritchard on the edge of the box.