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Meanings of poor defending in English

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Usage of poor defending in English
1
Good goal, poor defending and headless attacking which left them vulnerable.
The Guardian
2
First, a series of opportunities were missed, then poor defending let them down.
The Irish Times
3
Ferguson blamed the defeat on poor defending at Blackburn's second and third goals.
The Irish Times
4
Six minutes before halftime more poor defending by Wednesday led to another Tottenham goal.
The Irish Times
5
Again, some very poor defending by the home side.
The Guardian
6
Twice St Patrick's drew level thanks to poor defending.
The Irish Times
7
Undermined by unusually poor defending, they collapsed to their heaviest away defeat in Europe last night.
The Irish Times
8
Chris Brunt, Gareth McAuley and James Morrison capitalised on poor defending to seal Albion's comeback win.
The Guardian
9
Reading were guilty of more poor defending as the home side added a third on 26 minutes.
The Guardian
10
Drogheda began brightly but it was poor defending that led to Bohemians opening goal on 24 minutes.
The Irish Times
11
That incident went unpunished, unlike the poor defending that Duda exposed to equalise shortly after he came on.
The Guardian
12
Yet poor defending from Gabriel let in Grabban and Wes Hoolahan almost put Norwich ahead moments later just before halftime.
Reuters
13
If that goal was touched by good fortune, the second was clear-cut, although marked by poor defending from Andrew Considine.
The Guardian
14
Real missed his leadership at the back and poor defending allowed Immobile to score from a tight angle at a corner.
Reuters
15
The Togo striker made the most of some poor defending to grab his first goals for the club in two months.
The Irish Times
16
Murphy had given United the best possible start when he put them ahead in the 19th minute, after some desperately poor defending.
The Guardian
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