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injury time
noun
- sport extra playing time added on to compensate for time spent attending to injured players during the match Also calledstoppage time
Example Sentences
That night at the Nou Camp, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær struck in injury time to overturn Bayern Munich's early 1-0 lead and win European club football's most coveted prize.
It was testimony to Villa's fighting spirit, and the goalkeeping of Emiliano Martinez, that it took PSG until deep into injury time for Nuno Mendes to give Luis Enrique's side the advantage they deserved, a potentially decisive one before the second leg at Villa Park.
In fairness, Harry Maguire almost came good as a makeshift striker, his bundled effort in the seventh minute of injury time beating Matz Sels but not fellow centre-back Murillo on the goalline.
In contrast, NI failed to take numerous chances and the damage was done, at both ends of the pitch, before Isaac Price scored his eighth international goal with a deflection as the clock ticked into injury time.
Just think back to how much injury time was being played when officials decided to clamp down on time-wasting and how much is added on now.
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