noun

• The defensive players in a formation that employs four defenders, typically two centre backs and two full backs.

  ‘Darwen's attacks were dealt with excellently by the back four’

  More example sentences

  • ‘the back four were very solid’
  • ‘Bonagee then pushed everybody forward in search of an equaliser but they never really troubled the Crystal back four.’
  • ‘I think he looks fitter and stronger and he caused problems for West Ham's back four.’
  • ‘As a back four, they are as good as any in Europe.’
  • ‘We kept the ball very well on what was a difficult pitch, and I thought our back four were outstanding.’
  • ‘Nowhere was this steely resolve more in evidence than among Burnley's back four.’