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Got a goal to battle back, achieving this as a result? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

score draw

'a result?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'got a goal to battle back' is the wordplay.
'got a goal' becomes 'scored' (I've seen this before).
'to battle' becomes 'war' (I've seen this before).
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'war' written backwards gives 'raw'.
'scored'+'raw'='SCORE DRAW'

'achieving this as' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

(Other definitions for score draw that I've seen before include "Maybe one all" , "Football result" , "No-win situation" , "get one each for example" , "no-win result" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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