composure

For any of this to happen, both teams had to maintain their composure, which both sides lost late in the second quarter, resulting in technical fouls being called on six players but no ejections.

"He's got pace, composure, physicality, technically brilliant. The progress was impossible to stop. He was such a good player - probably the best I've worked with as a manager."

His composure on the ball under pressure is impressive - and he has an excellent engine for the defensive side of the game.

We often talk about when a player has composure on the ball, but what is special about Van Dijk is how composed he looks without it, because of his positioning and anticipation.

Ferocious and brave defence from Ireland frustrated the visitors in the opening period, with Mitchell's side lacking their usual first-half composure.