Sentence examples for gather possession from inspiring English sources

Newcastle failed to gather possession, lock Dom Barrow was penalised for failing to roll away in the tackle and Charlie Hodgson stretched the lead back to five points.

Billed as a striker on his arrival, Dybala is showing himself to be something more nuanced and sophisticated – a player who loves to drop deep to gather possession and help construct attacks as well as finish them.

Walker swooped to gather possession and should have been tackled by Maxime Machenaud but instead shrugged off the scrum-half with ease before scampering into the corner.

Riley opened the scoring for the hosts after Leigh spilled the ball and allowed the former Warrington winger to gather possession in space and sprint half of the pitch unchallenged.

Horacio Agulla was far too casual as he ran back to gather possession just short of the Leicester line and his concession of a five-metre scrum was punished as Trimble once again scored right in the corner.

Gathering possession near the right corner of the penalty area he bent a high shot beyond the goalkeeper Flavio Roma which he confessed later was mishit.

Ronaldo gathered possession on the left and delivered an inch-perfect cross on to the head of Nani, who seemed certain to score only for his effort to cannon clear off Halldorsson's legs.

The intent of Hibs was immediately apparent, as Jason Cummings gathered possession just inside the Falkirk half, nutmegging an opponent, and surged into the area but then delivered the cut-back behind his strike partner Farid El Alagui.

It was from the latter's neat pass that the home side took the lead, as Lukaku gathered possession and powered past a static back-line before side-footing a low shot past Julian Speroni.

The added impetus brought reward, since another attack ended with Clark's cross bouncing off a defender - prompting claims of handball - and as others paused, Macleod gathered possession and shot on goal, with Josh Meekings inadvertently deflecting the effort past Brill.

To be fair, he's a nifty walker and gathers possession.