A little boy was playing tug of war with his elder brother; he tried everything but was unsuccessful in pulling the rope towards himself.
Statement1: Elder brother was capable of applying a greater force than his younger brother and hence the net force was in a direction to make him win.
Statement2: An object moves in the direction of the net force acting on it.
Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true and Statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement1.
His elder brother was able to apply a larger force and hence the net force was in a direction which made the little boy move towards his brother and lost the game. The motion is in the direction of the net force.