Example sentences of "[noun sg] from the first leg " in BNC.
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| 1 | Real , defending a 2–1 lead from the first leg , faced a Torino side urged on by 120,000 fans and suffered an early setback when Rocha deflected a shot from Gianluigi Lentini into his own net . |
| 2 | Liverpool , who hold a 6-1 lead from the first leg , expect the support of around 4,500 fans for a match that has put the Cypriot police on alert because Juventus , the other Heysel disaster club , are also in action on the island . |
| 3 | Swindon have a six goal lead from the first leg so no danger for them … |
| 4 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 5 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 6 | For a band who 've frequently balanced on that tightrope ‘ twixt credibility and downright incredulity , it 's a fittingly bewildering mish-mash of live footage , snippets of interviews , shots of them recording the ‘ Achtung Baby ’ album in Berlin and stacks of stuff from the first leg of the current World Tour . |
| 7 | The Third Division side , holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg of their Littlewoods Cup tie , were well placed at 1-1 before Trevor Morley struck twice in as many minutes and David Oldfield added another to wrap up City 's 5-3 aggregate win . |
| 8 | Only spirited defending of the highest order and considerable good fortune enabled Manchester United to progress beyond Silesia in 1968 : despite losing 1-0 to Gornik , Sir Matt Busby 's vision of winning the European Cup was still intact as the result of a two-goal advantage from the first leg . |
| 9 | Swindon have travelled to Tranmere Rovers with a three-one advantage from the first leg of the semi finals . |
| 10 | Liverpool , whose trademark passing game was never in evidence in the white-hot Anfield atmosphere , rarely looked capable of pulling back Spartak 's two-goal advantage from the first leg . |
| 11 | Moving on to sport now and Oxford United face Reading at the Manor tonight in the first round , second leg of the Rumbelows League Cup , the of a one-goal advantage from the first leg at Elm Park ; covering the match this evening is Mickey Inotta who saw Oxford 's bubble burst on Saturday as they went down 3-1 to Nott 's County . |
| 12 | Shelbourne , meanwhile , scored a 3-1 victory over Ukranian side Karpaty Lvov at Tolka Park , wiping out a one goal deficit from the first leg to earn a place in the first round proper of the Cup Winners Cup against Greek side Panathinaikos . |
| 13 | The odds were always against Oxford at Villa Park … trailing by a goal from the first leg United were desperate for a flying start … they were nearly grounded in the opening minutes by Dean Saunders … |