Sentence examples for patchy victory from inspiring English sources
Winning is all José Mourinho's men can do and while it was a patchy victory they will hardly care.
Brecel, who had impressed with breaks of 96, 63, 116 and 62 in their opening session on Sunday, extended the match by taking a tight 14th frame before Maguire closed out a patchy victory.
The match was played on a bumpy, patchy surface and Victory coach Kevin Muscat was scathing about the conditions.
Ireland have been much patchier, with a remarkable victory over Germany followed by a 2-1 defeat in Poland, and O'Neill is now going to have to cobble a side together here.
Carvalho, unmarked in the Serbian penalty area, headed in Danny's cross after 10 minutes, putting Portugal on the road to victory despite a patchy performance.
Glasgow continued their recent dominance over Edinburgh with victory in a patchy affair at Scotstoun.
Recapturing Slaviansk has given Ukrainian forces by far their clearest victory after months of patchy performance against the heavily-armed fighters, many of whom are Russians who crossed the border, although Moscow denies supporting them.
Doubts remain about Mauro Pocchetino's side despite that victory, and this encounter, against an Everton side beginning to find form after a patchy start to the season, should provide a more thorough test of their credentials.
It was a slightly patchy performance tonight from Murray, who played an unimpressive second set and was then broken when he served for victory.
