Sentence examples for defensive determination from inspiring English sources
He also read danger and used old-school defensive determination in throwing himself to block a shot from James Maddison.
The Magpies were thrashed 6-0 in the same fixture last season, but showed defensive determination and organisation this time around to nullify Liverpool early on.
Sunderland secured Premier League safety with a magnificent display of defensive determination and organisation to get the point they needed at Arsenal.
Brian McDermott's men achieved both courtesy of an admittedly varied performance that brimmed with attacking ferocity in the first half and depended on defensive determination in the second.
He pre-dates any of his team-mates in Brazil by over two years, providing dogged defensive determination to Algeria's backline, as England found out in their goalless draw at the World Cup four years ago.
But Mascherano has been every bit as important as his Barcelona clubmate - as emphasised by his exceptional late block on the Netherlands' Arjen Robben in the semi-final, which for its defensive awareness and determination was one of the key moments of this World Cup.
A Philadelphia team that had lost five games in the fourth quarter this season won in the late minutes Sunday by exposing the Giants' mediocrity, overpowering their offensive and defensive lines and breaking their determination.
Butland also saved well from Ramires and Diego Costa, but Stoke's determination and superb defensive organisation won the day in a thunderous atmosphere in The Potteries.
It was Stalin's shock at Hitler's invasion in 1941, and his consequent determination to create a defensive cordon, that led to the cold war.
It was to Wasps' immense credit that they overcame a 32-20 definithen the final quarter, with experience and their familiar determination papering over the defensive cracks.
His motivation, like so many of his defensive contemporaries, was about self-respect and his determination not to yield an inch meant that his dignity was rarely threatened.
