What does "pinch it off" mean in this sentence? [closed]

LIVERPOOL 0-0 MAN CITY

21: SAVE! Bernardo pinches it off Henderson and after a wonderful mazy run, he puts through Foden and he only has Alisson to beat but the Liverpool stopper spreads himself well to make a crucial save. What play from Silva!

What does "pinches it off" mean in the highlighted sentence?

Solution 1:

Here the word pinch is used with the meaning of steal.

Pinch
Transitive verb (informal)
to steal something

Cambridge: Pinch

So pinches it off, in this context, is used to mean steals it off (or from).

Since this is a football match, it's not a literal case of theft but Bernardo simply tackling the ball away from the other player, Henderson.