Just before the break, McEwan produced a top class save to stop Boyd's looping back-post header.
"It's a top class facility that thousands of householders in Mid-Norfolk will welcome, " he said.
If that was an understandable misjudgement against a top class operator, the dismissal of Regan West certainly was not.
This latest defensive calamity will raise further questions about boss Arsene Wenger's ongoing reluctance to sign a top class goalkeeper.
But, perhaps the most startling thing is not that a top class manager had succumbed to the stress of coaching at the top level but that so few of them actually do.
"Aquilani has long been recognised as a top class talent in Italy, captaining his country at both Under 19 and Under 21 levels before establishing himself in the senior national side, " said Benitez.
Twice-Masters champion Olazabal, 40 in February, showed a top class field, including Spanish compatriots Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez, a clean pair of heels on the Pula course which he is currently revamping.
He is, by common consent, a top-class dealmaker (the sale of his own firm aside).
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Everton described Speed as a "popular player" and "boyhood Evertonian", while Bolton said he was "a top-class professional".
If he can play against a top-class international side, he can take on the likes of Falkirk and St Mirren.
''Donegal showed against Tyrone that they are a top-class side, '' he said.
He impressed on tour and now hopes regular selection as a fly-half can ensure he continues to develop into a top-class player.
It's a top-class race so let's hope they can get it together.
Jamie Carragher misjudged a long ball to let Forlan in, and he found Simao, who drove a top-class finish across Reina into the bottom corner.
But "building a top-class university is extraordinarily expensive, especially in a rural and undeveloped location, even with assistance of foreign donors and the central government", said Prof Altbach.
"I would be fighting tooth and nail to make sure we keep a top-class facility open so we can develop the Jess Ennises of the future, " he said.
The coach is particularly looking for a no-nonsense defenceman and forward to add some extra toughness to the team, along with proven goal scorers and a top-class netminding duo.
It has similar tight fairways but the rough is not penal, and the dome-like greens form the main defence, surrounded by close-cropped grass, placing an emphasis on accurate irons and a top-class short game.
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"It's a possibility that some people might not want to go because Messi is not there but they have a degree of top class players, " added Smith.
It was such a big game involving many top class players - and it says a lot about someone who can stand out in such company.
For years Mali have had everything a top team needs - except a world class forward.
''Private equity has been a top-performing asset class over the past 10 years and will remain part of the portfolio, '' Jane Mendillo, who heads Harvard's endowment, said in a statement to Forbes.
Their two goals were extremely well-fashioned, with Flynn's goal in particular - a neat turn and 18-yard strike into the top-corner - a class above the club's League Two status.
The world's richest cricketing nation should have a larger bench of top-class players.
The four-year-old, trained by James Fanshawe, showed that you do not have to be a millionaire to have top-class racehorses, owned as she is by the 17, 000-strong Elite Racing Club syndicate.
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Compared to the other flagship handsets around the smartphone the world, the Xperia Z is in the top class with a 1.5 GHz Quad Core CPW, an Adreno 320 GPU, and 2 GB of Ram.
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But I marked it as one of the top exams in a very tough class.
In the episode we caught on Mar. 5, the emphasis was on a far more familiar theme in middle-class life: getting your daughter into a top college.
"If only because of rent, it is hard to save a lot of money in top-tier cities for the middle class, " said Jeff Walters, a partner at Boston Consulting.
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