Sentences with phrase «denied at the near post»

Ozil beat the offside trap and ran on to an Alexis throughball, only to be denied at the near post by Schmeichel, as the game opened up in the closing stages.

Not exact matches

Chelsea's old - fashioned front two of Giroud and Morata were also into the game early, the Frenchman with an early penalty appeal against Long and Morata denied by Nick Pope at the near post.

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.

Save of the match: Lukasz Fabianski saved well against his old club to deny Danny Welbeck at the near post,

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.

Tear once again got in behind, only to be denied by the linesman's flag, coupled with a Town corner that was cleared at the 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.

Jonas Lossl denied Hazard at the near post after the Belgian had snaked his way into the area before Town eased the relentless pressure with a rare foray on goal themselves when Tom Ince's effort was headed clear of goal by Andreas Christensen.