What do "colours" and "have everyone back mean in football?
11 mins: A chance for Vlasic to net his first goal in West Ham colours!
The Croatian collects a neat reverse pass from Lanzini inside the penalty area, left of centre.
He turns and faces the goal, but gets his shot wrong as he tries to curl it into the far corner and the ball bounces away for a goal kick.
73' United have everyone back in their own half now, soaking up the Liverpool pressure which continues to build. They are trying to break forward on the counter when they can
Colours: The colours here refer to the team's kit colours so it means the players from West Ham: He has scored his first goal in West Ham colours means he has scored for the first time while wearing West Ham's kit = while playing for West Ham.
To have everyone back: This means that all players are behind the ball; they are defending deep
If a team sits on their lead it means they are winning the game and then try to defend this lead. The team falls back into defence - maybe they defend deep or drop deep - and they try to see out the game and hold on to the victory. So, to drop deep is when a team defends close to their own goal.
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Thanks a lot for the explanation, Damian.
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