Sentence examples for striker up from inspiring English sources

Just when everybody thought it was all about one former Premier League striker, up popped another to steal the glory.

With one striker up and another off him he seems to thrive on it.

One striker up front.

He has his ideas, but he didn't need to play so many defenders because T&T were playing with only one striker up front.

As intriguing as it would have been, I don't recall him regularly wearing the No9 shirt, although he has sometimes been deployed as a lone striker up front on occasion.

Henry's absence leaves Backe with a decision to make: Does he start Juan Agudelo, the 18-year-old striker, up front with Luke Rodgers, with Dax McCarty (who was suspended for last Saturday's game in what is being described as a "team matter") as an additional midfielder, or push Dane Richards up top?

They play 4-4-2 and keep their strikers up, and England like playing against that.

"He is able to play up front on his own - even though he is not a target man - but he can also play on the shoulder or play wide and cut in, especially from the left, so he is adaptable to playing three strikers up front.

Seven minutes from time, he bundled over Nick Blackman and the striker got up to score from the spot himself.

The Sweden striker picked up the injury during the 2-0 win against Lyon in the Champions Trophy last Saturday.

The striker got up to convert the penalty, extending Southampton's record of 15 consecutive matches without a clean sheet.