Sentences with phrase «reach the ball first»

A Robertson cross was only half - cleared by the defense, and Alexander - Arnold raced past his man to reach the ball first, slamming it in off the underside of the bar on the half - volley.

Not exact matches

I know Giroud done well in the end but Alexis was wasted out on that wing in the first half, trying to reach Girouds head with the ball, Alexis is a much better weapon than this.

«Cech was never likely to reach that ball but he needs to communicate more to his back player and help organise them to make sure the chance doesn't arrive in the first place.

The inning starts with Gurriel unable to hold on to a ball at first, so Bellinger reaches on an error, and is at first with Puig up to bat.

Twice in the first twenty minutes Rambo failed to reach a ball passed down the right wing.

If we played more direct with long balls at first touch trying to reach Theo then it would be more beneficial for someone like him but with bigger CB's like Kompany and Shawcross the minute you try to maneuver in a tight space they will go through you to get the ball.

Before 1898, a player earned a steal not only in the traditional way but also by taking an extra base on a hit — i.e., reaching third from first on a single — or on an out, a fly ball for instance.

He let five hitters reach first base without even putting a ball in play.

Prevent batters safely reaching first after hitting a ball into fair territory.

The first chance he tried to force the ball between the keeper's legs, while on the other two chances he went for power rather than try to place the ball beyond the reach of the keeper.

Just three minutes into the game, Madrid sent a ball into the box and that man Cristiano Ronaldo reacted quickest to beat his marker and blast a first - time effort into the far corner of the net, out of reach of the...

Lydia Thompson collected the ball from Emily Scarratt on her own 10m line before starting a mazy run that saw her reach the New Zealand 22 largely unchallenged, From there the ball was quickly moved to the left where Pocock saw the gap and went over for the first try.

CHANCE: KANE CA N'T QUITE REACH AURIER»S HEADER - 34 mins Lloris was a spectator as we kept knocking the ball around in search of an opening in the first period.

We found it was quite hard to tell by eye alone which ball had bounced the highest as they tended to shoot off in different directions, so for our second attempt we marked a certain hight on the wall, and dropped the balls one at a time from the same height trying to make another mark at the height reached on first bounce.

Each day a student can reach in the first bucket for an affirmation, a book, a sudoku, a coloring book, or a cotton ball with lavender, for example.

When the impulse reaches the first person in the line, that student grabs the ball and moves to the back of the line.

I didn't really see the point of this until I hit the ceiling with my controller in the first five minutes of playing as I jumped for a ball just out of my (virtual) reach.

While this mechanic was implemented in the first game in select areas and stages, this time around players will be able to swap between Juan's luchador and chicken forms to get into hard to reach areas, not unlike Samus» morph ball in the Metroid games.