Sentence:  Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot./ Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to <WSD>deny</WSD> Ryazantsev at his near post. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To prevent from scoring.