Sentences with phrase «winner hit the net»

Clearly Roberto Soldado's popularity among the Spurs fans has held firm despite such a barren spell in front of goal and the mixture of joy and relief when his winner hit the net in a tight fixture with Everton...

Not exact matches

Djokovic hit just eight winners in the third set, but was stellar at the net, winning on seven of his nine net approaches.

We were throwing everything at the hosts, and when Giroud finally hit the back of the net with his glancing header that hardly changed the direction of the ball, we still had a few minutes to try and get the winner.

There are no prizes for guessing who grabbed that one at The Dell, with Matthew Le Tissier netting from the penalty spot to level up against the Teessiders, before Nicky Banger hit a late winner in a 2 - 1 success.

You hit the ball across the net, expecting a nice, easy return that you can volley back to your opponent — but your opponent has other ideas, and slices the ball down the line, whistling past your outstretched racket for a winner.