Sentence examples for close him down from inspiring English sources

They had to close him down in the end".

But booked for a foul on Éder, and slow to close him down before the goal.

"Their objective was to close him down, and they ultimately succeeded," Mr. Brafman said.

As two defenders went to close him down, he squared towards Fidjeu.

Leeds were slow to close him down as he took aim and fired ferociously home from 30 yards.

One of them was Samir Nasri, who was just about to close him down when Coutinho shot.

When defenses close him down, as they did Monday night, Diskerud is easily dispossessed and lacks a cutting edge.

"When the police came to try and close him down, he started running back towards the street. . . .

One of the things the boys always say is never close him down because you just get made to look a fool.

Charlie Adam, Keith Southern and Taylor-Fletcher had to prevent the passing player getting his head up and close him down much quicker.

Jordan Henderson saw efforts bounce off the keeper in each half but Liverpool's forwards did not close him down in search of scraps.