Sentence examples for wide shortly from inspiring English sources

Touré struck an effort high and wide shortly before half-time, as Pellegrini's men trudged off behind at the interval.

Libor Sionka headed just wide shortly after the restart and a minute later the substitute Jan Koller had a headed "goal" disallowed for offside.

Webber led throughout after pushing the pole-sitter Vettel wide shortly after the start, beating the series leader Lewis Hamilton by 1.36 seconds in Silverstone, England.

Hit a tame effort wide shortly after West Ham went in front and wasted a superb chance after combining with van Persie - poking wide when clean through - and United still are yet to see the best of the Colombian.

United's forceful opening was less of a shock given the recent troubles they have afforded both halves of the Old Firm at Tannadice; Jon Daly forced Allan McGregor into a fine save after just 70 seconds, Mihael Kovacevic volleying narrowly wide shortly after.

Hooper headed wide shortly after news of St Mirren taking the lead against Motherwell raised excitement levels at Celtic Park.

Nasri fired wide shortly afterwards but Southampton managed to stem the early impetus and, without creating a clear-cut chance, were certainly in the contest when Rodriguez departed.

Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter sent a shot just wide shortly after the restart while Brett Pitman headed straight at Mooney from eight yards.

Joe Riley fires wide shortly before the hour mark, before a slick passing move ends in the on-loan Bolton midfielder narrowly missing the target again.

His firm header forced Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris into an acrobatic save after just three minutes, before a weak header from inside the six-yard box squirmed wide shortly after Sterling's opener.

Xavi firing a low shot wide shortly after Pique's opener, while Juanfran and Navas also came to the rescue to block further efforts from Messi and substitute Cristian Tello in the closing stages.