Once Aguero broke through with a neat, close-range header, Newcastle disintegrated.
So there was neat, close-pleated triple georgette one minute, followed by exquisite jacquard with raw, violently ripped edges, followed by leather hole-punched into delicate mesh.
A neat close-range finish and a second‑half penalty took Agüero to 160 goals in the Premier League, and out in front now as City's all time league top scorer.
The end, when it comes, is ingenious even if it requires some techniques of old cinema - notably, Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train - to bring the thing to a neat close.
Lloyd blasted the Americans into the lead and Morgan made sure of the win with her second goal - a neat, close-range finish from Tobin Heath's cross.
Perhaps, in the interests of precision and clarity, in serious reasoning we should replace the elusive "if" with its neat, close relative, ⊃.
Griezmann put Atletico ahead three minutes into the second half with a neat, close-range finish after combining with Koke and Saul.
The 21-year-old, who was without usual strike-partner Andy Keogh after he broke a toe in the warm-up, put Millwall ahead in the 26th minute with a neat close-range finish from a Shane Lowry cross.
The Blues' challenge had been rocking at that point, with Terry's centre-back partner Gary Cahill lost to injury and Barca having just levelled the tie through Busquets's neat, close-range finish from Isaac Cuenca's pull-back.
Goals from Abdelilah Hafidi, a superb first half strike from 20 yards, and a neat close-range finish from captain Badr Benoun in the 65th minute sealed the win for Confederation Cup winners Raja.
