Sentence examples for defence in front from inspiring English sources

Bravo's effort to stop it was as unconvincing as the defence in front of him.

Four clean sheets in five matches tells its own tale but the Maritimo keeper still made vital saves despite having the tournament's best defence in front of him.

Cleverly, 24, faces a test of nerve in his first defence in front of 10,000 Liverpudlians against the home-town banger who says the bookies have "dropped a bollock" in making Cleverly favourite.

Italy, without a win in their previous four matches, struggled to find a way through a massed Maltese defence in front of a sparse crowd at the Artemio Franchi stadium.

Celtic now had the edge, but the defence in front of Neil Alexander were doing their job, with a range of deflected efforts the best Ronny Deila's men could muster.

And while the visitors were happy to kick for territory as part of their tactical mix, Wales again fell victim to a desire to keep the ball in hand with more than half the length of the field and Samoa's renowned defence in front of them.

"I think all goalkeepers who are going to break all records need good defences in front of them.

In the days following the D-Day landings on 6 June, the Germans rapidly established strong defences in front of the city.

The Poles set up defences in front of the town, utilising some earlier German and Russian First World War trenches and digging new positions.

The front line defensive system on the south west side of Gaza had been captured and the infantry occupied a position from which they could threaten "Ali Muntar and the rest of the defences in front of the town".

Eventually the British secured a position that allowed then to bring fire onto the Turkish defences in front of the regiment, forcing them to retire further up the Kalimun hill.