Sentence examples for of good defending from inspiring English sources

Kane and Rooney both started with vigour and intent but Walcott failed to get close to Gianluigi Buffon's goal because of good defending by Andrea Ronocchia.

I thought we were aggressive and very bold in our attacking play and it took a lot of incredibly good defending by the Wales back five to keep us out but we got the two goals so we go home happy".

"For the final 15 minutes of the first half and the whole of the second half Celtic created a number of chances through good defending from our point of view and good goalkeeping, we kept ourselves in the game.

Liverpool were on top in the closing moments but a combination of fortune and good defending ensured Spurs earned a second consecutive league win.

The pattern was repeated at the other end, with plenty of Albion bluster curtailed by good defending, or the sort of aimless attacking play that has brought West Brom just 20 goals in 17 home league games this season.

But a Martin Castrogiovanni try, 10 points off the boot of Luciano Orquera and good defending secured the win.

"They've had some good efforts, they've blocked some of our efforts with good defending by them - we've had one kicked off the line.

The second half followed along similar lines, a combination of both poor execution and good defending ensuring the stalemate continued.

Good defending and it's the last act of this match.

Good attacking, good defending.

"It was good defending on the counterattack.