"To win a corner" refers to a situation in sports, particularly in games like soccer or American football, where a player or team is able to kick or throw the ball out of bounds near the opponent's goal line. This earns the player or team a corner kick, which is usually advantageous as it allows them to try and score a goal from a closer position.
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And after Coquelin came on for Alexis to shore up the centre, Welbeck
won a corner which Cazorla scored with a cheeky chip to make it 4 - 1 and a thoroughly good game all round.
Rashford
won a corner for United, taken by Mkhitaryan, Bailly tried to make the header, missing and the ball falling for Rashford buried his shot past Schmeichel.
A minute before half - time and United
won a corner on the left which was taken by Rooney, yes that's right Rooney not Jones, as the ball came over Blind flicked it on with his head and the unfortunate Wes Morgan managed to put it in his own net.
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Welbeck won a corner which Cazorla scored with a cheeky chip to make it 4 - 1 and a thoroughly good game all round» admin you are pardon for the mistake..
Hazard
wins a corner when he gets right to the byline and pulls a save out of McCarthy at his near post.
Crowds go crazy every time their
team wins a corner (even though well more than 90 percent of corners fail to result in a goal).
Sassuolo's
Palitano wins the corner for his side, the lads in blue are starting to pressure a Milan side who should already be up 1 - 0.
Sassuolo responds to the pressure on their end by playing out wide and
winning a corner of their own.
When the
Hammers won a corner and our three centre backs all sauntered up - field I am sure that the gaps they left behind would have been visible from space.
Neither team really seemed like they wanted to grab the match by the scruff of the neck in the first ten minutes, with
Leeds winning a corner that was directed over the goal by the outstretched head of Pierre - Michel Lasogga.
The
Serbian won a corner for the Toons early in the game, and while Murphy converted it into a goal, the scramble that followed the cross saw the striker suffer a horrible fall.
Ryan
Bertrand wins a corner as his cross is deflected behind, but James Ward - Prowse's delivery is headed clear.
The winger held the ball up superbly to draw a challenge and
vitally win a corner, which Town would take full advantage of.
Wisconsin also showed their ability to keep it on the Golden Eagles» defensive end
by winning the corner kick battle, 12 - 2.
Matic, shooting from outside the
box won a corner after the ball was deflected but nothing came of that set - piece.
We
soon won a corner, which was whipped in by Theo Walcott onto the Frenchman's head, and he guided it home perfectly.
It could have been different for United, who won a David Beckham free - kick in the ninth minute of the match,
winning a corner from that, which amounted to nothing.
After the change, United were on the attack through Gribbin, who unleashed his effort, which was curling, into the middle of the goal, the effort was denied by the goalkeeper with
United winning a corner, which came to nothing.
Tarasov deserves praise for his goal, but Samedov was the one to set him up,
winning the corner on a dangerous run past Kuban left back Lorenzo Melgarejo into the box, then sending a perfect ball in for his teammate.
Jamaal could be deadly in short - yardage, too, because D's had to sell out to keep from
winning the corner, giving JC25 some of the easiest cut - backs in NFL history.
They continued to
win corners and get crosses in from both flanks, although Cech and the back four managed to keep them from scoring.
After the game Wenger complained about the referee being wrong when he awarded the game -
winning corner to Everton at the end of the match, and there was also some mutterings about Mark Clattenburg letting the Toffees get away with lots of aggressive play as well.
As
they won a corner whilst Hull City's best header of the ball Michael Dawson was receiving treatment, Danny Ings responded sharpest to a loose ball in the box and slammed the ball into the back of the net.
Then Sanogo for some extra height in case we'd
win another corner or two.
Just when everybody thought it was going to extra time, United
won a corner.
This move was repeated several times and Poznan were generally good at tracking Milner — this meant that he wasn't getting decent crosses in for Adebayor but was
winning corners.
United immediately went on the attack, which came to nothing other than United
winning a corner, which added some pressure for the home side, but nothing that would level the score for United.
Liverpool attack and
win a corner.
They're exciting, and for one I'd prefer that than a Foley type who lets us down far less but isn't going to do the spectacular that scores a screamer against Utd, nor draws
the winning corner against Chelsea or the free kick we scored from against Utd.
Oxlade - Chamberlain tries an ambitious effort from long range and
wins a corner.
Iheanacho and Vardy combine well once again to
win a corner.
37: Dawson does well to
win a corner with a turn in the box.