Better from United in goalless game?
I believe the answer is:
outdo
'better' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'united in goalless game?' is the wordplay.
'united' becomes 'utd' (common abbreviation as in names of sports teams).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'goalless game?' becomes 'oo' (resembles 0-0 score).
'utd' inserted inside 'oo' is 'OUTDO'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for outdo that I've seen before include "Go one beter than, surpass" , "Overtake" , "Eclipse" , "Perform better than (someone)" , "Surpass someone at something" .)