catch in possession

catch in possession (third-person singular simple present catches in possession, present participle catching in possession, simple past and past participle caught in possession)

1. To be forced to relinquish the ball, which one can only keep in possession for a limited time, when there is no one from one's own team to pass it to.
   • 2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Arsenal keeper David Raya, who had an uncertain time, was twice almost caught in possession on his line by Julian Alvarez.