keep a clean sheet
keep a clean sheet — idiom
1. to finish a football match without letting the other team score a single goal
1.慣用語B2
釋義
to finish a football match without letting the other team score a single goal
例句
Alisson kept a clean sheet as Liverpool won 3–0 at Old Trafford.
past tense: kept a clean sheet
The Moroccan goalkeeper has kept a clean sheet in six of his last seven matches.
present perfect: has kept a clean sheet
Courtois kept a clean sheet and Real Madrid won the final 1–0.
It was the third clean sheet Napoli had kept in that Champions League run.
同義詞
- shut out
more common in North American English; used across multiple sports, not just football
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively in football (soccer). The image comes from the match reporter's scoresheet, which stays blank — 'clean' — when no goals are scored against a side.