at close quarters

During this year's Women's Premier League, where she led Mumbai to the title, I was fortunate to watch her at close quarters.

And watching Guardiola at close quarters at Vitality Stadium as City came from behind to win 2-1 made a mockery of Guardiola's own assertion that not even winning the FA Cup could make up for failing to make a dent in the Premier League and Champions League.

The trial has offered a rare chance for the French public to see the once-revered actor - star of films like Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac - at close quarters.

With the weather causing havoc, it was a day for the purists as Saints had to show their steel at close quarters.

"The execution will have to be done at close quarters, brushing shoulders in the lobbies as we go to vote for the removal of much-respected colleagues."