Sentences with phrase «at the near post from»

With the Gunners defence reeling, a third effort on the slide at the near post from Redmond's low centre bounced off the upright, albeit with the offside flag raised.

Arsene Wenger brought on Tomas Rosicky and Jack Wilshere, and the extra time dominance paid off finally as Olivier Giroud's backheel was poked home at the near post from 18 yards by... who else?

Forest introduced the pace of Paul Anderson and Nathan Tyson in an attempt to freshen their approach and provide a greater threat on the counter attack, Tyson shooting wide at the near post from a narrow angle after latching onto a through ball with two minutes left.

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It's a welcome change from seeing nearly every corner we took being cleared with ease at the near post by opposition in previous seasons..

Liverpool now lead Swansea City 4 - 1 at Anfield, thanks to an own goal from former Reds midfielder Jonjo Shelvey, who glanced the ball beyond his own goalkeeper at the near post after a swinging corner from Jordan Henderson.

Great knock down from Giroud, beat his marker completely at near post.

No saves from the penalty spot and always beaten at his near post.

He obviously thrives when we're getting penetration from wider positions, but when we do he's up there, if not the best in the league at the near post.

Spain's new number one, who has inherited the jersey from Iker Casillas, has been criticised for allowing Ivan Perisic's shot to beat him at his near post in Tuesday's 2 - 1 defeat in Bordeaux.

Arsenal have made things a little bit uncomfortable for Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium after Olivier Giroud scored a fine strike deep into injury time to mark his return from injury — skidding an effort past David de Gea at his near post.

Ball bouncing away from you on the half volley to beat De Gea at his near post even though he got a hand on it!!

The 27 - year - old cut in from the right, and managed to smash it in at the near post, with it looking like Neuer may have thought that he was going for the other corner.

Following James Milner's low ball from the left wing, the alert Mane finished low at the near post beyond Hennessey and was soon fortunate not to be sent off.

Arsenal could only hold on for five minutes before Costa stuck the knife in, turning in a low cross at the near post for the winning goal — preventing Arsenal from going top of the league in the process.

Aymeric Laporte switched off as Elyounoussi cut back from the right and fed Lang, who rifled a shot past Bravo at the near post.

The goal spark jubilant scenes, and the noise levels increased even further when, moments later, Alexis doubled our advantage from close range after Lacazette picked him out at the near post.

For all the talk of Jurgen's ambitious new shavers coming in to kick start the FA Cup campaign, it took the oldest head in red to beat his man at the near post and thunder in from close range.

He scored the only goal of a tough game, turning in a near post cross from Martin Peters, a goal straight from the West Ham training ground at Chadwell Heath.

Butland produced a great save to deny substitute Henrikh Mkhitaryan at the near post and then dived to stop Ozil from range - but from the resulting corner he was beaten again.

Slack defending at a corner, with Byram seemingly retreating from his original position covering the near post cross, and Collins making an uncharacteristically flimsy challenge for the ball, allowed our opponents an equaliser that perhaps they deserved for their spirited fight back in the second half.

He flashed a shot at Lukasz Fabianski's near post early on, but the goalkeeper tipped it wide, just after the Pole had also done well to scramble away a dipping Kane free - kick from 30 yards.

Shevchenko added a second in the 61st minute to give Ukraine the lead as he lost his marker, Ibrahimovic, from a corner and managed to squeeze the ball in at the near post beating the man on the line somehow.

Indeed, the goalkeeper enhanced his reputation with a string of fine saves, denying Mkhitaryan at his near post and Ozil from long range as well as rushing off his line to deny Aubameyang.

On so many occasions they set up goals for one another, many of them coming from the near post cross that West Ham patented at the time.

The Chelsea skipper rose well at the near post to direct a powerful header goalwards from Willian's curling right - wing corner, only for De Gea to make a sensational fingertip save to keep the scoreline goalless.

Traoré went close again soon after with a low shot that Bentley saved at his near post and the wide man, Middlesbrough's most effective attacking outlet, also forced a block from John Egan after a fine run in first half stoppage time.

But equally recent weeks have seen the worrying return of his difficulties getting down quickly at his near post, with both Yannick Bolasie and Kevin De Bruyne stealing crucial points from Arsenal with tame efforts.

His low ball from the right was well turned in at the near - post by Theo Walcott.

The Frenchman came off the bench to restore Arsenal's lead in 71st minute with a flick of the foot from a Kieran Gibbs cross before adding a second with his head at the near post five minutes later.

Madrid were rampant and straight from the kick - off they regained possession, allowing Ronaldo to scamper free from the halfway line and drill a low shot past Alves at his near post.

The 25 - year old from Poland drilled the ball from 35 yards out and beat the keeper at his near post.

The 30 - year - old, who was restricted to just 17 starting games for Arsenal last season, made a deft first - time finish at the near post after a strong overlapping run from Nacho Monreal for the opener in the 33rd minute.

Arsenal's fourth goal came just three minutes later, as Aaron Ramsey floated in from the left - wing and finished at the near post to get his first goal of the season.

From the resulting corner, Arsenal exposed Liverpool's weakness at set - pieces as Ramsey whipped in a flat ball to the near post and Olivier Giroud deftly flicked the ball through Mignolet.

We'll plump for the one in the 2015 Copa del Rey final when, from just inside the Athletic Bilbao half, he takes the ball on the right flank, weaves past four bamboozled players and beats the keeper at his near post.

Aguero forced Pope to save with his feet at the near post after powerful effort from a tight angle, and moments later the Argentine looked certain to move ahead of Brook and score his 178

Weir let fly from 25 yards only to see Carly Telford react well to smother the ball at the near post.

Sporting coach Jorge Jesus reinforced his attack with Bas Dost and Gelson Martins at halftime, but after an initial reaction by the visitors it was Alcacer who put Barcelona in front when he sliced his header in from the near post for his first career goal in the competition.

England nearly turned the game on its head five minutes later but Ryan Bertrand, who scored against Malta on Friday, saw his shot palmed away by Dubravka, who also saved well from Rashford at his near post just before the break.

Breaking from his own half, the young forward curled a pass reminiscent of Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne through the defence for Angel Di Maria to beat keeper Danijel Subasic, who should have done better at his near post.

And it was the visitors who again came within inches of scoring as Matt Phillips crossed from the right - hand side, but Janmaat did enough to prevent Jay Rodriguez from scoring at the near post.

Naughton's effort was blocked and then Carroll's volley from a shrewd Ayew pass was stopped by Elliot at his near post.

Volkan Şen — whose only previous international goal came in the reverse fixture in November — headed in Hasan Ali Kaldırım's left - wing cross at the near post to open the scoring, and although Amir Rrahmani nodded in from a Valon Berisha corner to level, Turkey were not to be denied.

A corner comes over from the right, Fernando Torres flicks on at the near - post and Saul Niguez is left in an absurd amount of space to head into the net.

Denis Suarez lofted a corner in from the left, which Alcacer got up to meet at the near post and glance a header back over the keeper.

It took until the 79th minute before Eduardo had a save to make; the Portuguese stopper ensured Brandon Thomas - Asante's effort didn't sneak in at the near post, and was then on hand to safely claim a tame header from the teenage forward.

Stanislas fired a long pass to Daniels on the left flank and the full - back skipped inside a challenge from the sleeping Hector Bellerin before side - footing home at the near post.

Fresh from his goal in the EFL Cup quarter - final win at Arsenal, Jordy Clasie goes looking for his second effort for the club, but his slicing shot from 18 yards is just wide of the near post.