Sentences with phrase «win against a defence»

A positive win against a defence EVEN worse than ours (which is quite a feat for any defence to be that bad) changes NOTHING.

Not exact matches

Man United's danger - man Romelu Lukaku will take most of the plaudits today, as the Belgian did well against a big West Brom defence as his side won their sixth games in their last seven.

we played against untd B team, their defence was non existant, made from midfielders, attack not even need to adress, if you cant win this than you wont win anything, lack leadership ffs you play against teen players, and you need leadreship hahahahahahaha Wenger is only one to be blamed, if he loved Arsenal he would never let this happened

One of the other reasons we lost I believe was because we didn't play our best players of those who were available and played a midfielder in defence who hasn't played there before against the best team in England, yeah of course that doesn't mean we would have won.

Per Mertesacker was our hero in the FA Cup Final against Chelsea last season, and he was called up again for Arsenal's first defence of the trophy we have won for the last two years.

If you think we will win with that midfield, playing 1 up front against the best defence in the league.

Although the semi-final Carabao Cup win against Chelsea suggested a change in the team's character and game - management, there are still massive question marks about whether their defence can hold up in the big games against the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United.

Better to stop a good attacking team and go for a draw or tight win than to try and outscore a team already with soild defence like we did against Chelsea and Man City.

IMO, we would have won earlier if Giroud had started the game, against parked defences, no one is as good as Giroud....

Paulista looks the business villareal had a mean defence and he was at the heart of it lets hope he makes his debut the same time as i make my first visit to the emirates against villa next week live in ireland so hopeing for a good exciting game with an arsenal win COYG

Would Lacazette provide an upgrade on Giroud's ability to shield the ball from opposition defences, to come off the bench & have an immediate feel for the game to provide assists & goals, win headers against the far more physical Premier League defenders?

They say goals will be distributed from midfielders to strikers, lets say: Alexis scores 20, Walcott 20, OG 20, mid scores around 20, thats 80 goals, and we all know OG wont score 20 plus, Chelsea won with 74 goals, but their defence was so solid that they did nt need more goals, while our style demands goals, if we do nt score in first half, our players are starting to panic, something like against Swansea last year, we were better but they won, to win those type games you need someone to produce something special, OG simply cant do it

We lost so many games against top 4 teams in the past couple of years, that one win won't erase it all (let's not get ahead of ourselves) but if we can keep getting such win by putting not only a fluid and great offensive display but also grit and composure in defence; our win today and the way it happened will be the first step in the right direction... our best players being fit will help too: it looks promising, as a GUNNER today I can celebrate and hoping for many more!!

Obviously he can't win the game for us on his own and we will need our defence to be extra solid for a change, having only kept two clean sheets in there last 14 games, and one of those was against Ostersunds!

I would rather we beat a lower team 3 - 0 or 4 - 0 and got a couple more 1 - 0 wins in other matches, than beat a lower team 6 - 1 and draw blanks against stubborn defences.

Statement is Partially correct that we dominated Man Utd but we were certainly not unlucky... When you do such 2 school boy errors and when you miss seater Like Xhaka missed it then you don't deserve to win... We certainly don't deserve to win that game because it's criminal to do such mistakes in defence and that too against top 6 clubs... Xhaka should have buried that one in... We dominated the United Side but were not unlucky... We lost game because of our own impotency in the game...

With Mustafi not partnering Koscielny against FC Basel despite the impressive 1 - 4 away win Arsenal's defence looked feeble and unstable at some points under pressure.

Having won 10 of last 11 games in the League, culminating in our FA Cup success, another win against the Premier League Champions can only confirm we are in confident mood for the start of the season, and we will have more chance with Koscielny back in the heart of the defence.

The team was lucky to escape with all points against Leicester and a compact defence would have won us three points at Spurs as we led at half time.

I think we have got a very good chance against Munich, for the simple reason that, like Manchester United, they will come to attack us themselves to try and win the game, whereas less talented teams tend to sit back and crowd the defence.

Giroud's value is not only in scoring goals but also in holding the ball, keeping opponent's defence under pressure, winning aerial battles and defending against set pieces.

Awwwww I can hardly read all bro, seriously u could have made it simplier, s saying we had a terrible s Window is exaggerated, we fought to kip all d players we needed to kip and sold d ones that e surplus to requirements, we added an elite striker in improved our defence, that is not terrible in my own view, c considering our structure, we can never outspent the two manchester clubs, judt like no club in Spain will outspend d likes of Madrid and barca and no club in France can outspend d likes of psg, the only bad match I have watched from arsenal this season was against liverpool, the playerd apologized and behold we r seeing a new attitude from, them, if winning six matched from 7 shouldn't give room for optimism, what then can?

Why he's here: Bale bagged a brace against Las Palmas» delicate defence, and likely should've added more to his tally in Madrid's 3 - 0 win on Saturday.

By most accounts, Dzeko was the man of the match against Shakhtar, finding the winning goal in the tie with the outside of his right boot, forcing Shakhtar's defence into taking a red card to keep his sprints past their defensive line at bay and very nearly finding yet another curling finish to ice the cake that night.

So Dortmund may have to win the match on the front foot going up against a defence that will desperately miss the presence of captain Lars Bender, who is suspended after picking up his fifth booking of the season.

In the Ladbrokes correct score market, a Liverpool 2 - 0 option is at 13/2 as they are going up against a good Burnley defence, while a 3 - 0 away win comes in at a price of 10/1.

Also rested in the dramatic cup win against Wycombe, and will cause constant problems down that right - hand side for the Sunderland defence, looking to replicate his part in the first goal at Manchester City.

Napoli head into the clash against Empoli on the back of 5 successive wins in the league which have seen them plunder 17 goals past opposition defences.

No use crying over spill milk, it was there in writing when da 11 was chosen, weak defence that neva play regularly n unknown forward line so da expection were low, either draw or loss.i hate havin 2 c man city n chelsea havin n easy run playing n full strenght side, so much anger against wenger 4 in da fa cup we had 50/50 chance of winning it n now it gone n what wil da arsenal mood b when facing da next opponents.anyway it bridge over water.

The Ivory Coast international, who will be looking to form a partnership with whoever in defence for the remainder of the season feel that having all defensive players fit and ready to play will bode well for the remaining matches, which includes a must - win Emirates FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Saturday evening.

It is never easy coming up against a side like Bolton who are quite physical in their game but John Terry stood up to the task as always and lead the defence to make sure the Blues picked up their win.

Completing the defence is Athletic Bilbao's Mikel Balenziaga who also did a yeoman's job in defence for Ernesto Valverde's men in their hard - fought 1 - 0 win against Rayo at San Mames.

KEY FACT: United have been eliminated from the League Cup in two of the past three games played at Old Trafford against lower - league opponents MATCH ODDS: Man Utd 1/12 Draw 11/1 Burton 25/1 ANDY SAYS: Yeah, United will not be troubled in this one... 4 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Jose will put up a good defence and they will come through this... 4 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Easy and comfortable win for United, big score coming too... 5 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Marcus Rashford is up to over # 3 but still looks a very good investment

They've claimed back to back 2 - 1 wins in the league, but they came against some really poor defences.

On Wednesday night Fankaty Dabo, Matt Miazga, and Mason Mount for the first time all started, whilst Charlie Colkett came on as a sub, in Vitesse» fixture against Swift Boys in the first match in the defence of the Dutch Cup they famously won in Rotterdam back in April.

As previously mentioned, Leo Jaba scored a fantastic winning goal on his debut against Amkar Perm, while Philipe Sampaio has been a mainstay in a defence which has kept three clean sheets in three games.

The north London club had been hot on the trail of their local rivals after having won their previous nine outings, but it was not meant to be their night against a resilient Hammers defence.

Chelsea have a formidable record against the Midlands outfit having won all five of the previous Premiership encounters, and with Branislav Ivanovic back at the heart of the Chelsea defence, surely the reigning Premier League champions have enough about them to see off bottom - of - the - league Wolves?

A tentative 1 - 0 win over Palace following a dramatic opening day draw against Watford have failed to see the Reds impose their title credentials so far this season, something currently being greatly hampered by their lack of balance between attack and defence.

AFCB's tactics guru Andrew Enloe examines how Theo Walcott helps the Arsenal defence... Saturday's match against Blackburn was the first real test of the season; nobody is really expected to win at Anfield, and last week's match against Blackpool was only going to finish one way.

«Last year we scored three goals away against Atletico Madrid to go through (in the Copa del Rey) and their defence is very strong, and this year we won 2 - 1 at the Bernabeu and they are almost in the Champions League final.

That's back - to - back clean sheets for a defence which will be handed the sternest of examinations on Monday, while they did also win their last Premier League home game by the scoreline, although read into that what you will, as it was against lowly Wolves.

Jurgen Kloop will be delighted with the last two results and will also be happy to see his attacker's getting on so well and creating a number of chances between them the only area he needs to focus now is the defence as we have seen them give away a good 3 - 1 lead in the first league game against Watford which they would've probably won if not for two badly defended corners resulting in a late equaliser.

Time and time again Kevin Davies and Elmander were winning the aerial battles over Matthew Upson, who had a torrid time of things against the Bolton pair, and Bolton would then feed off the scraps left by a jagged and wayward West Ham defence.

Olivier Giroud, who was quiet so far, and happy at winning headers against the Liverpool defence, had his own chance to open his Arsenal account, but his shot was bad, and went wide.

They'd finally won their case against the Department of Defence last year.

Bindmans scooped two awards — Charlotte Haworth Hird won the Inquests / Actions Against State award for her work on a judicial review which led to an inquiry into deaths of 18 - 24 year olds in custody; Mike Schwarz won Criminal Defence Lawyer for his work exposing misconduct by undercover police officers.

(Marc Beaumont won XYZ's 2016 case against Regulator; months of litigation about defence costs; confidential settlement at Mediation)