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Lydgate had often fastened the plaits before, being among the deftest of men with his large finely formed fingers.

He's also a threat in the air, with a good ability to find the deftest of touches to flick the ball past the goalkeeper.

For Swinney, the deftest and the safest pair of hands in Government, to admit defeat is quite something.

Chris Initially called up as cover for the injured Jonny Bairstow, Foakes is considered the deftest gloveman on the circuit.

Viktor Claesson fed Ola Toivenen and the big forward produced the deftest of touches to score.

Striker Ali Mabkhout passed onto substitute Al Hashmi, who placed it for Romarinho with the deftest of touches and the Brazilian blasted one through the legs of defender Seyed Jalal Hosseini into the left corner past a diving keeper Alireza Beiranvand.

Glen Taylor worked hard to get a cross in from the right and Ramshaw got the deftest of touches to flick the ball into the net at the near post.

So extra time was needed, and two minutes in great work down the left by James Joyce resulted in a cross which Marc Williams controlled and applied the deftest of finishes.

The Algeria midfielder, who like Coutinho has been linked with a January move, produced the deftest of sidefoot volleys to give Leicester the lead against Huddersfield, with Islam Slimani and Marc Albrighton adding further second-half goals.

A great pass out to Cranie on the right from Lolley enabled the rightback to play a perfect ball into the box for Quaner to apply the deftest of touches to make it 1-0 to the visitors.

I wouldn't be the deftest of finishers, though I've scored a lot of goals for Kerry; normally I just lash it, a real head-down-and-roof-it merchant, trying to take the net off the hinges.

Moments later another fast and tricky cross from the right skimmed to the near post and the deftest of touches put the home team in front as the ball found the narrowest of gaps.