Sentence examples for desperate challenge from inspiring English sources

It was a desperate challenge, deserving of a yellow card.

Rock Hard Ten mounted one more desperate challenge before wobbling home in fifth.

At the other end, only a desperate challenge from Nathan Doyle denied Johnson a chance to add to the lead in the final 15 minutes.

He might have scored himself late on, running the length of the pitch only to see his finish suffocated at the last by a desperate challenge.

Pearce should have ended the first half with 10 men, though it was perhaps the Olympic spirit that meant the desperate challenge with which Richards felled Hulk was not punished with a yellow card from the French referee Clement Turpin.

Hosiner was allowed a free run into the area and after easily beating the first defender to belatedly react to the danger, it took Lucho's desperate challenge to clear as he was about to pull the trigger.

The phrases he read were desperate, challenging, and put us squarely in the world of the drag ball: "Give me legendary face!

After half an hour the official watched Craig Bryson negotiate several desperate challenges, most notably from Petrov, before firing a fine shot past Rab Douglas only to stop the home celebrations in mid-flow to give Clyde a foul.

Messi slalomed away from Christensen's desperate sliding challenge, dinked the ball past César Azpilicueta, then ran round the other side to collect it and delivered the killer pass, left to right, with a vision and finesse that took out five players all at once.

Cleo caused all sorts of panic in the Arsenal backline as he jagged into the area but at the vital moment the ball got stuck under his feet seven yards out and Denilson was able to make a desperate saving challenge.

Council leaders are warning of the desperate financial challenges ahead.