Sentence examples for dreadful challenges from inspiring English sources

More recently, the 2-0 victoverover the US in May last year was memorable for two dreadful challenges by Wayne Rooney on Ricardo Clark and Frankie Hejduk.

The visitors, 19 games into their domestic league campaign, posed no threat to the Dons' goal but a catalogue of dreadful challenges put several home players at risk.

New York rose to the dreadful challenge.

Had arguably the biggest shocker of the season when taking charge of Chelsea-Burnley, failing to spot Ashley Barnes's dreadful challenge on Nemanja Matic, instead sending the Serb off for his incensed retaliation.

The in-form Divock Origi opened the scoring with his 10th goal of the season but was forced off on a stretcher as a consequence of a dreadful challenge by Ramiro Funes Mori.

While the second yellow card that Foy showed Willian for a nudge on Fabian Delph seemed harsh, Chelsea could have no complaints about the straight red Ramires was given for a dreadful challenge on Karim El Ahmadi that sparked a mini-pitch invasion from both dugouts.

"It's a dreadful challenge," Pulis said.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis expressed his frustration at the decision not to send off Chelsea defender David Luiz for a "dreadful" challenge on Jonathan Walters late in the defeat by Chelsea.

And to complete the abject misery for City and manager Roberto Mancini, the volatile Mario Balotelli - fortunate to escape dismissal in the first half for a dreadful challenge on Alex Song - was then sent off for picking up a second yellow card for another needless foul on Bacary Saga.

With an average annual rainfall of 205 mm, scarcity of water is the most dreadful challenge to agriculture in almost all countries of the Region.

After the Republic's lively start they were beginning to labour and Aston Villa defender Clark was fortunate to escape with only a booking a minute before half-time after a dreadful scything challenge on goalscorer Holebas.