Sentences with phrase «shooting wide before»

The Croatian faced only home goalkeeper Nereo Champagne, but lost his composure, shooting wide before holding his head in his hands.

Chris Brunt dragged a shot wide before Grzegorz Krychowiak's deflected effort was tipped onto the bar by Schmeichel.

The hosts were dominating the opening stages and Adrien Silva put a shot wide before Cedric brought another save from Handanovic.

Hudson - Odoi continued to excel down the left wing, driving narrowly over and supplying for McEachran to drag a shot wide before almost carving out a fourth for the visitors.

James Ward - Prowse dragged a shot wide before the half - hour mark as the home side grew in confidence, with Steven Davis failing to muster a clean strike on goal after Laurent Koscielny lost possession.

Not exact matches

Willian hit both posts in the first half before he finally steered a shot in in the second, and Hazard says he spoke to the 29 - year - old about aiming his efforts less towards the wide sides of the goal.

Barca began at a high - tempo with Iniesta firing wide from 20 yards and then Messi screwed an angled shot with his weaker right foot past the post from the edge of the six - yard box before two minutes were even on the clock.

Suarez, having dragged a shot wide minutes before the goal, squandered a glorious chance to make it 2 - 0 when he struck the post from six yards out only a few minutes later.

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Liverpool had a glorious chance to open the scoring 13th minutes into the match, after a 25 - yard strike from Emre Can clattered the post, before Egyptian winger Salah placed his shot well - wide of the target with the goal at his mercy.

As a result, gun manufacturers are constantly turning out new and better shotguns, most of them far more rugged and adaptable to a wider variety of shooting conditions than ever before.

The 23 - year - old nearly doubled his side's advantage a minute before the break with a rasping shot from 25 yards which just drifted wide of Oblak's right - hand post.

Mkhitaryan and Fellaini each went close again before the interval, with the Armenian fizzing a low shot just wide, after the big Belgian had seen his shot blocked by the impressive Ben Gibson.

Ospina made a couple of very good saves before and after that and Arsenal really should have had at least one goal before halftime, but Ozil shot wide, Sanchez headed wide, Elneny took an extra touch when he should have shot and Iwobi did the same, leaving us with three goals to score without reply after the restart.

Boro had a great chance to take a shock lead when they broke three against one, but Antonio Valencia did well to make Adama Traore hesitate, before the former Barcelona winger punted a poor shot wide, despite having better options left and right.

Cazorla zipped a shot narrowly wide after the restart, while Szczesny produced a great point blank save to stop a Flamini own goal, before Wilshere wanted a penalty for a Fabregas handball.

With Tampa Bay defenseman Mikhail Sergachev serving a double minor for high sticking and unsportsmanlike conduct, Jake Dotchin shot the puck wide of the net and Kunitz found it before anyone else, taking it off the backboard and banking it in off the right skate of goaltender Jeff Glass.

Indeed, Jessie Jones, who impressed throughout the game, had the first chance of the game in just the third minute when she scampered away down the left before being forced wide and in the end she screwed a left footed shot wide.

In truth City should have retaken the lead moments later when Vincent Kompany's amazing bicycle kick attempt was parried by Mannone before Agüero slid his shot wide.

Atletico enjoyed the better of the first half, but were unable to make the pressure tell with Yannick Carrasco, Saul and Antoine Griezmann all forcing saves from Sehic and Jose Gimenez stabbing a shot just wide five minutes before the break.

Yet with an open goal before him, Pele somehow dragged his shot wide, causing the keeper to later remark, with tongue firmly in cheek, that he had «done enough to put Pele off.»

Mangala was then muscled off the ball by Alexander Sorloth and although Keane came to his rescue the loose ball fell to Milivojevic's whose shot was deflected wide and the defender's departure to a knee injury just before half - time could have been viewed as a blessing in disguise for the hosts.

Unfortunately as is often the Arsenal way we managed to conspire to make the game difficult for ourselves, with a few minutes of the first half remaining Ox found himself with the ball on the edge of Everton's area, Hector available to his right and players closing, if he had managed to get a shot off first time then we would not have been chasing back towards our own goal five seconds later, instead Ox chose to shoot after a couple of touches in to a mass of Everton bodies when there were better options on, the ball broke to Delofeu who managed remarkably to stay on his feet for twenty or so yards before releasing Barkley, Koscielny had been dragged wide by Lukaku and Ox and Hector were in hot pursuit, they both probably had a chance to take the booking but allowed Barkley to continue, he took a speculative shot which would not have troubled Cech until it took a big deflection off of Gabriel and drifted into the gaping net.

The game was definitely starting to open up and the Ox showed a great turn of pace to gallop down the left wing before cutting inside and pulling his shot wide of the near post.

There was a flurry of action right before the half, with Costa jinking around the left side of Crotone's penalty area only to fire wide, while on the other end Simy performed some close dribbling in the channel to flummox Sandro and manage Crotone's first shot of the evening, but he didn't get much in the way of power behind it and Szczesny dealt with it easily.

Lacazette then passed up his hat - trick opportunity as he skewed a shot wide from just a couple of yards out having been picked out by Iwobi, his last chance to earn the match ball before he was replaced by Danny Welbeck.

Moments later Miedema's goalbound effort was deflected behind for a corner, before Kim Little dragged a shot just wide from the edge of the area.

Leeds wasted another corner in the 70th minute, as Dallas» delivery was sent towards the goal, and a Burnley shot went just wide at the other end before Chris Wood was substituted on in the 72nd minute.

On a rare venture forward, Nemanja Matic lashed a volley narrowly wide from 20 yards, but Liverpool remained on top as Joel Matip's shot drew a sublime point - blank save from De Gea before Salah fired the rebound wide.

Messi hit an effort just wide, and the closing stages of the first half saw Suarez miscue a shot inside the box, allowing Domenech to gather, before Valencia's Geoffrey Kondogbia sent a shot into the side - netting having combined with Daniel Parejo.

They should have been in front moments before the break as Richmond Boakye broke clear but could only shoot wide of Macey's goal.

Briefly, it seemed to work as Kane hit the outside of the post with a shot on the turn before teeing up Dembele on the edge of the box soon after but the midfielder scuffed wide.

Guidetti wasted a shot before Alvarez smothered a clipped Rashford attempt and near post Fellaini strike, with Jozabed close to reducing the gap with a thumping strike just wide.

Cedric Soares had come closest to doubling their lead when shooting just wide of the left post from close range before a brief exchange with Richarlison over an attempted block when, on the stroke of half - time, the Brazilian almost scored a brilliant but undeserved equaliser.

Back in the ascendancy, Chelsea almost added a fourth when Marcos Alonso showed his athleticism to reach the ball before it went out for a goal kick, pulling back for Pedro, just booked for simulation, who lashed his shot just wide.

Ariel Ibagaza curled a shot over for Olympiacos and they went close twice in the 81st minute, Machado's header blocked by Fuchs before substitute Leandro Greco headed Machado's corner wide.

Rafik Djebbour headed Machado's corner wide before Pablo Contreras blocked Christian Fuchs» shot at the other end.

Substitute Sergi Canós shot wide after cutting inside and then saw an effort saved by Randolph before the excellent Woods fired over the bar after a marauding run from midfield.

«Cech would be allowed on before Leighton Baines could take that penalty, and he did brilliantly to keep his side in front, first parrying the shot that had been struck and then spreading himself wide to block the same player's rebound.»

The French striker would go much closer 90 seconds before full - time when Alex Iwobi played him in behind the Spurs defence but Lacazette curled a shot just wide of Hugo Lloris» far post.

Gerard Pique produced a wonderful challenge to thwart Ronaldo as he tried to connect with Ozil's low cross before Barca had two great chances to add to the scoring as Fabregas shot over from Alves» cutback and Pedro's chip drifted wide.

We introduced Lucas Moura for his Premier League debut in place of Lamela and as we continued to mount attack after attack, almost went ahead from the unlikely boot of Davies, whose shot on the turn was heading towards the bottom corner before his Welsh compatriot Hennessey dived full length to tip it wide.

Our first shot of the game came from Lamela on 31 minutes but it was well wide, before Lloris made a smart save to deny David Silva from distance.

Zaha then struck a shot straight at Artur Boruc when well placed inside the area before Junior Stanislas saw his goal - bound shot deflected wide by Dann as the two sides went in at the break goalless.

Sterling fired over on eight minutes, Kevin De Bruyne shot just wide moments later before City took the lead on 22 minutes.

Peter Pawlett shot wide in the second half and the Cobblers also went close through Hilbeberto Pereira and Matt Crooks before two excellent late saves from Richard O'Donnell preserved the points for the home side, with Chuks Aneke seeing red for MK Dons for his part in a late scuffle.

Sturridge scuffed shot straight at Pope before Alexander - Arnold dragged wide from the edge of the box.

With the scoreline level at 1 - 1, Arsenal appeared more lively after half - time with Cazorla swiping a shot wide from Gervinho's pass before Podolski struck.

John Terry then nodded a corner wide for Villa before, later in the half, striker Keinan Davis turned well on the edge of the penalty area and fired a low shot wide.

José Holebas sends a free kick sailing inches wide, before Richarlison cuts inside from the left and sees his shot deflected behind by Jack Stephens.