Sentence examples for defence in the first from inspiring English sources

The sticky moments in England's defence in the first half, in particular, were truly desperate.

After a shaky start, they started to pass their way out of defence in the first half.

The major area of concern for Spurs' defence in the first half was how Assou-Ekotto's afro would react to the freezing temperatures.

The younger brother of Lomana was a constant threat to the right-hand side of Wrexham's defence in the first half.

He tried three of his characteristic slaloms through the defence in the first half, each halted by Inter's defenders with varying degrees of brusqueness, and experienced similar frustration as his team mounted an all-out assault in the closing stages.

Mason Holgate's challenge on Marcal was undoubtedly rash and ill-timed but what had stretched the home defence in the first place was a burst of speed from Memphis Depay, a player Koeman tried to sign for Everton last season.

In 2009 Collingwood was England's chief anchor point in what was ultimately a decisive rearguard in the first Test in Cardiff, eking out 245 balls of shovelling defence in the fourth innings to help save the match.

He would have been tearing out any hair at the sight of Newcastle ripping through his shadow defence in the third minute.

Single-handedly destroying the Inter Milan defence in the second-half of a Champions League tie, scoring a hat-trick at the San Siro, the academy product was honoured with the PFA Player of the Year award just a year later.

"I was pleased with our goal-line defence in the first-half, only conceding one try.

Dyche's first task was to shore up the worst defence in the second tier.