Sentences with phrase «won back the ball from»

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.

Rosicky was in the thick of action, as he quickly won back the ball from Gareth Bale and Rafael van der Vaart in key areas.

Not exact matches

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.

And unlike us they like to use physical players capable of winning the ball back from the opponent.

Against West Ham he went to intercept a Hammer on the wing near the corner flag and in a dangerous position for a cross, he closed the player down but whe a West Ham player arrived behind him and an Arsenal player was closing from his right he dropped back to cover the pass to the 2nd West Ham player instead of trying to win the ball.

We've had a slow start to the season with a frustrating 3 draws from our first 5 games and our first win only coming in the 6th — many of these draws caused by the difficulty we have in putting the ball in the back of the net.

He's very quick in transition from offence to defence and wins the ball back very quickly.

«Building from the back, completing attacks, working hard to win the ball back, pressing opponents — he has that mentality.

Coquelin has done the type of job Xhaka could benefit from playing next to in pre season, nippy tackling player to win the ball back and to release it to either a wingback or Xhaka to drive the game forward.

Meanwhile, Sanchez, from a position further away, comes racing across to try to win the ball back.

The ball playing from the back and total possession football they can play in any area of the park is what lets them win.

LOl Yes the crystal balls from pound land don't last long:) All part of the plan We shall surge back and win the league...

If we can keep up this hunger for the ball and this drive we can play one of 3 ways and vastly increase our chances of winning any game: we defend from the front, we defend deep or we play with a dynamic switch mentality (you pressure when you first lose the ball, then drop off if you don't win it back quickly enough).

Apart from being creative, Cazorla has added a determination to win the ball back in CM, this is something he has improved since joining us and I believe his time out on the wing helped him massivly.

Kolarov made some great forays into and around the Barca box, DeRossi was able to spend more time pressing the 4 - man Barca defense, winning balls and commanding play by bombing passes, short and long, all over the place, and Florenzi was able to make great runs creating space, winning balls, and collecting passes from the back and finding creative places to pass them.

I was very disappointed with Sanchez the chelsea right - back won the ball from him on several occasions too easy and got under his skin.

He needs to be played in an attacking role where he doesn't need to go to ground trying to win the ball back from deep midfield.

yes, that is his spot... wing back takes advantage of (some of) his defending skills, forward winger takes advantage of his attacking skills, but midfield takes advantage of both, plus allows him to create from the midfield, pressing, winning balls and creatively picking out passes and executing them to supply the attack.

Monreal is a left back, Hector is a very good right back in fact the best we have right now and flamini is not a foot baller to me then wenger was just lucky he had a very good squad back then otherwise he is too clueless of what takes place on the pitch and what to do so as to achhieve a certain goal like say; keep a lead in 20minutes or win a game from nothing.

gibbs played well and deserves a higher rating so does holding apart his mistake that cost us a goal also i'm delighted for perez i've noticed on a technical level he is not what you would called a typical arsenal player his first touch & control are not the best he tends to lose a ball a bit too much and needs at least 2 touches i could be wrong and may be it is because he is just back from injury or he was a bit nervous on his return, i know people will say that it doesn't really matter as long as he scores the reason why we bought him and they could be wright anyway great win, performance and topping the group great, COYG!

While they weaved pretty patterns across their pretty pitch, Sunderland misplaced passes and stabbed interceptions back into the path of the team they had just won the ball back from.

It is quite obvious from Koscielny's defensive game that he loves a tackle and backs himself to win the ball back upon lunging in, but he has had little tackle success this season.

Commercially and fan based size we are a top club, but in recent history our success has diminished our standing on the pitch, how long has it been since we were favourites to win the league, apart from pundits saying we'll challenge before a ball is kicked, then when it is we're brought back to reality with a bump.

My analysis therefore is that while Liverpool moved the ball very well in the first half, won back possession extremely well, and had 80 % possession, our team defended well, as such Szczesny had little to do except to pick the ball from the net in the 44th minute.

I fully understand we just lost one game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season WINNABLE games but we already fell short at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....

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,

«I think we played our best game of the season, in terms of what we demand from ourselves with the quality of our attack, how early we won the ball back, how consistent we were throughout the game, the number of chances we created, and all that considering the opposition we were playing against.

He goes from being in possession of the ball to having a heavy touch and now he is reaching out or sliding in to win the ball back he just lost (with his QUALITY dribbling into players not around them) YES on very rare occasions he pulls off some flicks and one touch play but NOT constant enough.

«Liverpool like to win the ball off you high up the pitch, but United denied them that opportunity because they hit it long from every goal - kick instead of trying to play out from the back.

They never close down the opposition to win the ball back, all they do is stand off and wait for any stray passes from the opposition.

At least Jack has the reason of injury, I get more frustrated with Ramsey, he bugs me from lack of defending and lack of desire to win the ball back, expecting his CM partner to do that dirty work.

Apart from the defenders, coq, Sanchez and welbeck, the rest of the team are very bad at winning the ball back shoulder to shoulder, man for man.

We win half of the 20 or so balls put up from the back.

A poor touch from Bacary Sagna gifted Luiz the ball in the area, and the Frenchman rather clumsily tried to win it back.

The fallacy of this argument lies in the tri-axis» disregard of the position from which Willian won the ball, and the positioning of our centre backs, and every other player.

He's England's 4th best penalty taker so if we adopt the following tactics he would win us the league... Bellerìn and Monreal run down the wings cut the ball back to him from 12 yards and he scores

As much as I'd like to see Chambers in the middle (provided he is mentally recovered from Sunday), I'm much more interested in seeing if there is any change in the team's mentality — do we collectively compete to win the ball back, if we are up with 20 minutes to go will our wing backs and box2box midfielder play more pragmatically etc. etc..

For example, we allow stoke to play we did not close them down effectively and effeciently that allow them to have almost 50 % possession in the entire match, Stoke is very good at winning long ball in the air but yet still rather than play from the back Ospina kick most ball long, this allow Stoke a foothold in the game.

Near on every goal we scored was from turnovers and Ramsey was either the one to win the ball back or in a great defensive position and he busts his gut to be the extra number while we break.

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

From the defenders right through to the strikers, we all worked hard to win the ball back, and that was very important in terms of getting the result.

Nicolas Otamendi did win the ball back but then lost it again with a sloppy pass and Vardy raced clear, evading a sliding challenge from Ilkay Gundogan in the process.

The ball hadn't been moving from back to front with the fluency of previous games — United winning nine in a row before the previous blip — with Phil Jones in a rare vein of form at centre - back, bringing the ball out comfortably.

We started brightly enough, pressing Everton in their third of the pitch and not allowing Howard, Jagielka or Stones time on the ball to pick out Lukaku and build from there, or play through their midfield, this meant we were winning back possession regularly enough and dominating the game.

Erik Lamela sliding in between a Newport player's legs from behind to win the ball back In one of the highlights of the game on Wednesday, Erik Lamela showed his genius as he crawled through a Newport County player's legs from behind to regain possession for his side.

Sanchez played on the left side of the attacking three and looked energetic, trying to win the ball back from the opposition defenders.

Braaten back - heeled the ball in to give FCK a fifth - minute lead and they withstood a second - half charge from Gala to claim the win which sees them climb off the bottom of Group B and level on four points with their opponents.

There are many things he has done really well in the last couple of games and throughout this season — that composure, calmness, level - headedness, strong aerially, concentration, winning the ball back and passing to team mates that exudes calm under heavy pressure, anticipating danger and cutting them out in advance, not giving away possession cheaply that may have cost the team, seeing good opportunities to quickly release team mates in forward positions from the back line, etc..

It was Sandro, apologies, i was still stunned from how some analysts were saying that Dembele committed a foul in winning the ball back!

As Pogba's ball slotted into the top corner, memories of classic Fergie Time wins under Manchester United's legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson came flooding back, and with the Great Scot watching the action from the stands on his 75th birthday, he'd surely have been proud of the way the Red Devils mounted the come - from - behind win.