Sentence examples for sat deeper from inspiring English sources

With the onus on RSL to attack in the second half, Chicago sat deeper, and remained for the most part well organized, without looking very proactive.

At 1-0 down, however, Uruguay sat deeper, England had control of possession, and now needed to penetrate a packed defence.

"Tactical bankruptcy by Vahid!" was one such lamentation in Le Buteur after Halilhodzic's team, who took a first-half lead before tiring and conceding twice late on, sat deeper and deeper after gaining the ascendancy.

Other teams may have profited of late from a more aggressive, smothering approach but Moyes had clearly determined his own side lack the dynamism to swarm into such a press and simply sat deeper hoping to survive.

The match followed the pattern of their similarly convincing home victories over Everton and Arsenal, 4-0 and 5-1 respectheyly; they started at tremendous speed, opened the scoring early, then sat deeper before attacking directly and ruthlessly.

He picked up a yellow card in the 77th minute for a foul on McCarty, but was otherwise looking more peripheral as DC sat deeper, and with Chris Rolfe having been substituted out for Conor Doyle in the 65th minute, it didn't often look like there was anyone to link up the play for the home side.

Everton sat deep waiting to counterattack.

Blackburn sat deep, City pinged the ball left and right, their authority uncontested.

Wigan sat deep, encouraged pressure, defended well and deserved their victory.

It was one-way traffic as Saints sat deep and Liverpool moved the ball with confidence.

They sat deep defensively and looked to spring into attack at speed down the flanks.