Sentence examples for defender fails from inspiring English sources

Liverpool go into the game with Jon Flanagan on standby to replace Nathaniel Clyne at right-back if the England defender fails to overcome a knock in time, but Klopp is set to retain Kolo Touré and Mamadou Sakho at centre-half, despite Dejan Lovren's return to training following a hamstring strain.

The Leeds defender failed to figure in his club's win over Manchester City on Saturday because of injury.

An expert defender failed in a situation in which anyone's grandmother, or grandfather, would have been likely to succeed.

Marcos Rojo is expected to be fined two weeks' wages after the defender failed to join the Manchester United squad on their pre-season tour of North America.

Jordi Amat, the Swansea defender, failed to properly deal with Tadic's cross, slicing the ball into the path of Austin, who ensured the net rippled emphatically.

However, the South Africans' enthusiasm caught up with them in the 79th minute when a defender failed to isolate the Mexican attackers into offsides, leading to an easy goal by Rafael Marquez.

During his time at St Mary's the QPR defender failed to hold down a place in the first team, playing a total of eight games for Saints, involving just three Premier League matches.

Although the hosts created early chances, Algeria could have taken the lead through Madjid Bougherra after 22 minutes but the defender failed to beat the goalkeeper Carlos Fernandes from five yards out.

Entering the final season of his three-year contract at Crystal Palace, the former Liverpool defender failed to hold down a regular starting role under Alan Pardew last season, but has deputised well for Pape Souaré recently, after the Senegalese left-back suffered an horrific car crash earlier this month.

It is hard to square Henry's seemingly imperious attitude (witness his admonishment of Benoît Badiashile after the young defender failed to push in his chair at a press conference) and reports that the manager conducted himself more like a senior member of the squad than their manager.

Meanwhile, Harriers have released Ryan Austin after the defender failed to make an appearance since September.