Sentences with phrase «dour goalless draw»

William Gallas, Aaron Lennon, Rafael Van der Vaart and Jermain Defoe all sat out Monday's dour goalless draw away to Liverpool, with Spurs creating very little without the guile some of the aforementioned bring to the fore.

Uruguay began the competition as predicted by playing in a 3 -4-1-2 but after a dour goalless draw with France in their opening game they shifted to a flat back four, with Jorge Fucile shuffling along to left - back from central defence, Alvaro Pereira pushed forward from left wing - back into a genuine left - midfield role and Edinson Cavani brought in on the right side of the attack in place of playmaker Ignacio González.