It was the hand of the man in the net.
He has had almost 800 minutes in the net this season.
They're like the little ones you used to find in the net, hadn't they?
Now you need to get the ball in the net.
If someone got hold of you to force me into the open I might take up the challenge and land in their net.
But it took a couple of goes to get the ball in the net.
Their approach play to goal was top class, but the ball just wouldn't land in the net.
It beat against the power like a fish in a net.
"And only the player standing in the net can use hands?"
He who had been hanging in the net was free.