Sentence examples for being scrambled away from inspiring English sources

Moments later, the boy from the Cape Verde Islands delivered a cross to Rooney, which he controlled and then shot, almost in the same movement, the ball striking Schwarzer's body and rebounding against the underside of the crossbar before being scrambled away to temporary safety.

And at the other end Brendan Moloney's sloppy back-pass was intercepted by Marcus Carver before being scrambled away by Yeovil keeper Jed Steer.

Commons came the closest to settling Celtic nerves, with two long-range efforts that were scrambled away by Alan Mannus.

But the ball is scrambled away and from a lightning break, Welbeck's effort is deflected over and Bramble nods wide from the corner.

77 min: The big men come up for a Capaldi throw but it is no avail as the ball is scrambled away.

The home side escaped in the fourth minute after Shakhtar keeper Aleksandr Mokin fumbled a Charlie Mulgrew corner and Van Dijk and Commons tried to get the ball in but it was scrambled away for another corner.

Had Arturo Vidal made better contact with a volley as Sánchez's half-blocked cross dropped to him, the hosts might have had an early lead, but his mis-hit effort was scrambled away by the goalkeeper Romero.

Indeed, the winger almost snatched what would have been a somewhat fortunate victory when his close-range header was scrambled away by goalkeeper Tim Krul in the dying moments of a match which had earlier seen Newcastle denied by the woodwork on three separate occasions.

The only German threats for the rest of the first half were a long shot from Jorg Bohme that Seaman dealt with by his right-hand post, and a free-kick conceded by Gerrard on his Liverpool teamate Didi Hamann that was scrambled away.

Makelele's face is treated 77min Ferdinand appears to trip Florent Malouda in the penalty area but referee Lubos Michel sees no intent and there is no penalty 78min Didier Drogba's shot from the edge of the area curls in... but not enough and rebounds off the outside of the right post 86min Cole drives the ball in towards Drogba but the ball is scrambled away.

Bournemouth almost set up a big finish but a set-piece is scrambled away by Leicester.