Although Wigan seemed content to soak up pressure from the visitors, they went close to doubling their lead on the counter-attack.
Blackburn had to withstand some incessant pressure as they employed their strategy to soak up pressure and catch City out on the counter-attack.
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Villa's 10 away wins in the Premier League is the best record so far this season and has owed plenty to their ability to soak up pressure and catch teams out with their pace in attack.
Stoke seemed content to soak up Hull pressure and rely on counter-attacks, but both Etherington and Dean Whitehead skewed shots horribly off target from promising positions.
Walker was denied a superb try after a forward pass from Byrne's replacement Gareth Owen and the home side had to soak up more pressure before clinching the bonus point.
But the Ospreys, with Ryan Jones and Marty Holah tackling effectively, were able to soak up the pressure and O'Gara's 11th-minute penalty was the only score of a flat first quarter.
Hodgson had another try ruled out for another forward pass from Brown after Huddersfield had been forced to soak up intense Salford pressure.
With Hodgson cramming the midfield it was no surprise that Fulham seemed happy to sit back and soak up the pressure from a side entering this competition on the back of their best ever season in the Russian Premier League where they finished fourth.
They had to soak up long period's of Wigan pressure, restricting the visitors to a handful of chances before Sinclair's late reply.
Battling Caley Thistle had made their intentions clear - to surrender the final third, soak up the pressure and hit Hibs on the break.
City seemed content to sit back and soak up Sunderland's pressure so it was something of a surprise when they scored on a rare venture into the home side's half.
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