Sentence examples for were almost undone from inspiring English sources

At one point running away with the game, Liverpool spent the last quarter defending desperately and were almost undone at the death when Joe Cole missed a wonderful chance to send the game into extra time.

However, O'Neill's men were almost undone when Vasili Berezutskiy sent a header wide of the far post.

But in the 83rd minute they were almost undone again by Duggan, whose six-yard shot was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Nicola Davies.

Saints failed to heed the warning and were almost undone in the ninth minute when James Henry's searching corner found Kane at the far post and he lifted his shot over from close range.

Liverpool reverted to a five-man defensive system to counter Chelsea's attacking threat but were almost undone as early as the fifth minute when Oscar burst clear into the area only to send his effort off target with only keeper Brad Jones to beat.

Saracens were almost undone by their own ill-discipline in the first half, when Marcelo Bosch and Matt Stevens were both shown yellow cards, but showed enough quality after the break to put the pain of two successive semi-final exits behind them and stay on course for a league and European double, with the Heineken Cup final against Toulon to come next week.

Nathan Pond, sole survivor from that Cup match, was almost undone by the wind earlier.

In Victoria station I was almost undone by a Sky-sponsored jumbo screen.

He was an outrageously talented sportsman, at football as well as tennis, but he was almost undone by his attitude.

Unfortunately the playfulness is almost undone by a central object in the gallery, which is also the first thing you see as you enter.

It is not every day that a routine appointment in New York is almost undone by a possible war crime thousands of miles away.