However, the brilliance of Mesut Ozil and Sanchez almost laid on the opener for Olivier Giroud, Stephen Ward's last - gasp block preventing the Frenchman's
glancing header on seven minutes.
A spell of pressure towards the end of the game eventually paid off, with Albert Adomah whipping a cross into the box and David Nugent getting
a glancing header on the ball.
Not exact matches
Five minutes later and after getting
on the end of a Werner cross Die Roten skipper Christian Genter
glanced in a
header which fell into the grateful arms of Kraft as the men from Swabia continued their early domination of the match.
The
header doesn't look deflected
on first
glance, but look closely and you'll see it hits the defender.
Málaga looked most dangerous from set pieces — Brown Ideye saw a
header glance wide
on about 15 minutes, but the hosts offered little else and Atlético sailed into halftime.
Jan Vertonghen 8 — Vital interception when Berahino and Anichebe made a one - two
on the edge of the area, and a
glancing header away when Anichebe was ready to meet it.
Ozil drifted into some space
on the right hand side of the pitch and floated a beautiful chipped pass over the back four for Giroud to run onto and
glance a
header over Tim Howard in the Everton goal.
GOAL: SPURS 3 - 1 REAL MADRID — CRISTIANO RONALDO — 80 mins Even trailing 3 - 0, Real kept playing their football, trying to find a foothold in the game, but we should have added a fourth in the 78th minute when Trippier sent over another superb cross but Dele,
on the edge of the six - yard box, couldn't connect and
glanced his
header wide.
Gervinho handed the home side the lead despite an unconvincing team performance when he turned to thump a low shot into the net from 25 yards out
on 42 minutes only for a battling visiting team to draw level a minute into added time in the first half when Kostas Mitroglou rose to
glance home Leandro Greco's
header.
Palace went close
on another occasion as James McArthur's
glancing header narrowly landed the wrong side of the post despite the attentions of Benteke.
Bolton had taken the lead
on two separate occasions through defender Zat Knight and Martin Petrov, and looked every bit the winners up until Owen's
glancing header eluded the clutches of Jussi Jaaskelainen in the 74th minute − so why can't punters get enough of the visitors?
Gareth Bale had given Wales the lead
on the half - hour mark but an 86th minute
glancing header by Aleksander Mitrović secured a point for Serbia.
Captain Schindler saw a delicate
glancing header athletically tipped onto the bar by the tall figure of Fraser Forster, with Collin Quaner's half - volley
on the rebound ultimately denied by Wesley Hoedt for the Saints.
«I got a
glancing header, I thought it was going in and then it hit my shoulder
on the way.