Pep Guardiola's team were so superior, so fluent in possession and brilliant on the eye, it turned out Sergio Agüero could miss twice from the spot and it was worthy only of a place in the small print.
The first half against Russia - fluent in possession and backed up by resolute defending, should be the template.
6.37pm Rubin have started the second half as they did the first, fluent and confident in possession.
Others state that Chan, despite his good qualities, reinforces certain East Asian stereotypes, such as an alleged incapacity to speak fluent English and the possession of an overly tradition-bound and subservient nature.
Dangerman Mkhitaryan shot wide after breaking dangerously towards the edge of the Irish penalty area in the fourth minute as the fluent Armenians dominated the early possession.
The visitors had played the more fluent football before Henderson robbed Tadic of possession, beat Schneiderlin and sent Sterling clean through with a magnificent curling pass that split the opposition centre-backs.
England were dominating possession and territory without ever looking fluent, their reshaped back line showing its inexperience and lack of familiarity.
He noted that although Arsenal lost possession in the second half and looked "less fluent", the team retained "spirit and organisation".
These would include the nominative (for the subject of a sentence), the accusative (for its object) and the genitive (to indicate possession).The difficulty is compounded if a linguist is not fluent in the language he is studying.
"We weren't as fluent with the ball as we'd have liked but defensively, with the amount of possession that we gave Salford, I thought we were very good".
