Sentence examples for bursts of pace from inspiring English sources

For all Messi's shimmying runs and bursts of pace, ultimately "Brazil managed to hold him up," confessed Maradona after the defeat.

His bewildering repertoire of faints and swerves, sudden stops and bursts of pace are allied to tremendous physical strength for such a slight figure.

His game certainly appears tailor-made for the Premier League - he's an incessant runner who takes up intelligent positions between defensive lines, often drifts wide out left and he attacks the box with explosive bursts of pace.

His accuracy and stamina allowed Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller, one of Australia's finest fast bowling pairs of all time, to draw breath between short and incisive bursts of pace and swing.

Worse, he was deceived by a burst of pace from Tevez and sent him sprawling.

At 35, the burst of pace may have long dissipated, but the touch on his left-foot remains.

With his low centre of gravity, a burst of pace and a beautiful first touch, he is among the league's most charming players.

The scrum-half, Sinfield, for all his leadership qualities, is not capable of breaking through with footwork or a burst of pace.

Tomkins then showed a burst of pace from deep with a 40-metre surge upfield, offloading inside to the onrushing Briscoe who added his second.

The burst of pace available to Arjen Robben would probably have been well known to Chris Smalling, since DVDs of how he eliminated Manchester United in the 2010 Champions League for Bayern Munich probably form part of the Old Trafford education process.

A burst of pace from Antonio Valencia down the right flank, a wonderful pass from the center circle into the wings by Darron Gibson, led to a Valencia goal after 16 minutes.