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In the 82nd minute, Reus cut the deficit in half, after a wild sequence that started with a save by Jon Pulskamp, which led to a shot off the post by Mauricio Cuevas, then a shot off the crossbar by Matheus Nascimento and finally the rebound was put home by Reus.
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Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
And there was some bad luck involved in giving up his clean sheet after making multiple unlikely saves — including a reflexed parry of a shot onto the crossbar.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
Until that point in the game, Arsenal had not done much to unsettle their hosts in attack, apart from Gabriel Martinelli hitting the crossbar with one effort.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Fraser Minten, who had hit a post in the first period, clanged the crossbar on a redirect just as a power play had expired and the sides went into the third in a 0-0 deadlock.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
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Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
And there was some bad luck involved in giving up his clean sheet after making multiple unlikely saves — including a reflexed parry of a shot onto the crossbar.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
Until that point in the game, Arsenal had not done much to unsettle their hosts in attack, apart from Gabriel Martinelli hitting the crossbar with one effort.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Fraser Minten, who had hit a post in the first period, clanged the crossbar on a redirect just as a power play had expired and the sides went into the third in a 0-0 deadlock.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Crossbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crossbar. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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crossbar
noun
cross·bar
ˈkrȯs-ˌbär 
: a bar, piece, or stripe placed crosswise or across something
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