Sentence examples for hesitant defence from inspiring English sources

But his diffidence was at the heart of an unusually hesitant defence.

Then Jake Connor, an 18-year-old who replaced Scott Grix for only his second senior appearance and looked admirably composed from the start, exploited some hesitant defence down Warrington's left to ground the ball in an Atkins tackle.

Frei's low shot from the edge of the area beat the motionless Simon Mignolet after a slick exchange with Luca Zuffi proved too much for Liverpool's hesitant defence.

It prompted a 25-minute period of such dominance by Bristol that it was Harlequins who appeared to be the newly promoted side – hesitant in defence, slipshod in attack and laden with a sackful of gifts.

Iago Aspas outsprints a hesitant Barca defence.

Spurs, however, were looking hesitant in defence with both goalkeeper Brad Friedel and his defenders displaying signs of real uncertainty - and they fell behind after 24 minutes.

This time the New Zealand-born Wales hopeful made the most of a hesitant home defence to dart over, again converting.

And the Paisley side were almost gifted the lead when Bahoken, who has joined on loan from Nice, robbed the hesitant Jags defence.

Morton looked nervy early on and manager Jim Duffy berated his players for being too hesitant in defence, something which led to Demetriou's opener.

That total soon became four in six but with the Derby defence hesitant the only surprise was that almost a quarter of the game had elapsed before Gray added to his tally.

Accordingly, Cech and his defence frequently looked hesitant as Newcastle bombarded their box.