Sentence examples for performance merited from inspiring English sources

I thought the performance merited the win but it wasn't to be".

Capello substituted Rooney at half-time – a decision more to do with keeping Manchester United sweet, although his performance merited it – and won the game.

Tries for Jake Trueman, Greg Minikin and, on the hooter, Mike McMeeken, were the least Castleford's performance merited – but there was only ever likely to be one winner.

It was no more than their second-half performance merited after McPake made up for his earlier error to halve the deficit with a close-range volley.

"I'm happy to be the interim coach until the end of the season," Di Matteo said when reporters tried to draw out of him whether he thought his performance merited getting the job full-time.

I thought our performance merited that.

Likewise many will be surprised at the exclusion of all the Cameroonians; but Geremi flattered to deceive, Samuel Eto'o didn't score the goals his performances merited, and Patrick Mboma faded dramatically after four goals in his opening two games.

The 31-year-old midfielder told BBC London 94.9: "Some games we have been unlucky and we probably haven't got the results our performances merited.

His performances merited inclusion in the national team and attracted the attention of Liverpool's manager Graeme Souness, who bought Bjørnebye for £600,000 less than one year after moving to Rosenborg.

That would be a harsh thing to do, to judge someone whose performances merit his inclusion.

The funds "that need the service the most are often the ones whose performances merit it the least," it said.