1.   We get caught out with long balls to where our defender has just come from.

2.   That means teams are going on long drives and Oakland defenders come up with a big turnover when it counts.

3.   Two Denver defenders came down on Aikman, but he thinks the collarbone gave way when he hit the ground, or before he took the hits.

4.   When a defender is coming, he can outrun him to the sideline.

5.   Da Guia, using technique rather than force, set the standard by which all Brazilian defenders came to be judged.

6.   The defender only recently came back after nearly three months out with an injury.

7.   When defender Rob Ullathorne came off injurred with eight minutes left, United only had seven men and referee Eddie Wolstenholme ended the game.

8.   China suffered an early blow when experienced Manchester City defender Sun Jihai came off apparently injured.