article_snippet: During the World Cup last summer, I complained that there was a lack of great central defenders playing now
article_snippet: — the type who will do the dirty work and would kill for a clean sheet.
article_snippet: There is an added pressure for defenders.
article_snippet: When you are not at your best, you know that one mistake and you will be the one who costs the team A bad game and the scrutiny; midfielders or strikers can be taken off but as a defender there is nowhere to hide.