Sentences with phrase «after difficult starts»

Liverpool and United could certainly do with improvements to their teams after difficult starts to the season, with the Reds in particular need of inspiration in attack after losing Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the summer.

«We've seen our Australian beverages business deliver some very encouraging improvements after a difficult start to the year,» Ms Watkins told The Australian Financial Review.

With Arsenal desperately needing to win at the weekend, after a difficult start to the Premier League campaign saw us take just a single point from the matches with Liverpool and Leicester City, any kind of boost to our chances is very welcome.

The Brazil international has emerged as a priority target for the Blues this January, with Antonio Conte seeking to strengthen in a number of positions after a difficult start to the season.

Alexis Sanchez has posted on Instagram after his difficult start at Manchester United and the caption for his latest photo is revealing.

I also believe we have stabilised our defensive record, we have not conceded after a difficult start.

Dortmund look in need of new signings after a difficult start in the Bundesliga, suffering an opening day defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen, and Kagawa could help replace the influence of Mario Goetze as the side's creative force, with Jurgen Klopp's side still looking like missing the German international since he made the move to rivals Bayern Munich.

After a difficult start to the season for Balotelli, recent performances have suggested that he may be starting to repay the # 16m Liverpool paid for him last summer.

The French forward has been one of the top strikers in Europe for much of the last decade, though he arguably looks past his peak after a difficult start to this season.

Keita's pace, dribbling ability and eye for goal make him a highly appealing prospect, and Liverpool in particular look in need of further additions to their squad after a difficult start to the season since losing Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the summer transfer window.

United have been linked with a whole host of new midfielders this summer and still look in need of new signings after a difficult start to the season.

Liverpool are desperate to improve their striking options next month as they battle to qualify for the Champions League again after a difficult start to the season, while Tottenham have also had a mixed campaign thus far, under new boss Mauricio Pochettino.

Van Gaal is desperate for further reinforcements this summer after a difficult start to their Premier League campaign, and a frustrating summer in the transfer window.

After a difficult start to life at new stadium, slowly they are getting use to playing at Olympic Park and City will find it hard to beat this resilient West Ham side this time around.

Gameiro's winner was his second goal in as many games after netting in the Copa del Rey win over Lleida, and Simeone is hopeful that the Frenchman is awakening again after a difficult start to the season.

For his part, Mata believes that his all - round performance was his best for the club after a difficult start to his United career.

Di Maria's future looks unstable at Old Trafford after a difficult start at the club following his record # 59.7 m move from Real Madrid.

After a difficult start in the scratch race, she recovered well to place 13th in the individual pursuit in 3:41.637 and battled bravely to finish seventh in the elimination race.

Silva also praised manager Mancini for believing in him after a difficult start to life in English football following his move from Valencia in the summer of 2010.

This win makes it the fourth successive victory for Blackburn Rovers after a difficult start to the season.

So the controversial centre forward is beginning to make a name for himself at the Camp Nou after a difficult start, which saw many doubt his abilities to live up to the hefty price tag Barcelona paid to acquire his services.

After a difficult start, Joachim Löw's defense eventually radiated its usual air of experience and quality.

Real Madrid 3 - 0 C.D Leganes Highlights [Spanish Primera Liga 2016 - 17 match] 38 ′ 1 — 0 Gareth Bale continued his superb goalscoring form as he put Real Madrid 1 - 0 up after a difficult start to the game.

You've done the very best you could have after a difficult start and it really paid off.

I ended up nursing until toddlerhood after that difficult start!

After a difficult start to our breastfeeding relationship, I wasn't willing to give up the benefits of that hard work.

A victory for Khan would be seen as a major boost for Labour after a difficult start to Corbyn's leadership.

David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham since 2000, is now higher education minister after a difficult start as a health minister.

The win came after a difficult start to the season in which Reutemann suffered several mechanical failures and accidents.

Not exact matches

It's true — there are literally hundreds of start - ups in Startup Alley, and, after a while, it becomes difficult to distinguish between them.

For a small business in particular, picking up the pieces and starting to serve customers again can be especially difficult after a major disruption.

Even so, Arnold started out by cutting expenses — most prominently by moving back in with his parents, which he said was difficult after having been out on his own at college for four years.

Success means the reinforcement of prices and revenue stability for producers after two difficult years; failure risks starting a fourth year of stock builds and a possible return to lower prices,» the IEA added.

«Annuity growth is also starting to improve after some difficult years, though competition appears a bit more elevated in indexed annuities,» wrote analyst Krueger, who follows life insurers for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

After a while of doing this, it started to dawn on me that the overwhelming majority of even the most difficult life is spent in just that state — safe, sustained and reasonably comfortable.

We started The Silk Road in 2008 after realizing that it was very difficult — if not impossible — to find the spices, herbs and chiles we needed for recipes we wanted to try.

After Arsenal recorded a 4th, a 3rd and a 2nd place in the last three years, I was very hopeful that we could extend that sequence into 1st in this campaign, but the reality is proving to be just as difficult as we predicted at the start of the season.

«We had a difficult start against West Ham and after that we have responded very well and are now on a good run.

We have two difficult away games after that so I really hope we start well.

It remains to be seen where Sanogo will end up, but it is thought that Arsene Wenger is keen for him to be playing regularly for a Premier League club to help him gain the experience needed to shine at the top level for his Arsenal side after something of a difficult start in front of goal since he joined the Gunners last season.

Giroud said: «For me, the most difficult moment was after scoring an important goal against Manchester United, I thought I had scored some points and would start against PSG... but no.»

They had the stronger start, they pushed us on our back foot from the start when they scored the first goal and I must say I was concerned after that as I thought they were close to scoring a second one and it would have made it difficult.

Depay was a highly - touted transfer target in 2015 after scoring 22 goals in Eredivisie for PSV Eindhoven, but he had a difficult time fitting into the starting lineup under Louis van Gaal.

This one was so strange that even long after Carroll had said in his postgame news conference that «it's difficult to leave here without a win,» and «there were too many things that happened across the board that led to this loss,» and «we've had to be terrific in this mode for years to be able to do what we have done» and «I have to make sure I'm doing it right, it starts with me,» he still looked startled, shook over his team's failures.

Sherwood's match - making makes a lot of sense, as the move would seemingly suit both clubs and the two players in question as they would both be getting a fresh start and what they're after and so it's difficult to really see who would lose in such a deal.

It's difficult to point to things after the sending off because it's always difficult, but they didn't start the game well enough to be able to get on top.

Ozil seems to enjoy his life in London and after a sometimes shaky start to his Premier League career he has proven himself to be one of the in that difficult number 10 position, but the problem is that his ability has not been rewarded with enough success on the pitch and our manager doing his usual impression of a man who has no idea that there is a transfer window open there is not a massive sign of that changing.

«I think when you lose your job in life, it's difficult and on top of that after eight games it's very, very difficult because if you start well and you have a bad moment during the season, people forgive you.

«Sometimes it's been difficult to stay positive, especially after the injuries that I've had which have been frustrating, but as the injury goes, you get closer to full fitness and you see the light at the end of the tunnel, then you start to think about coming back and getting involved in the team.»

Chelsea's strikers have struggled for form so far this term, with both Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao finding regular game time difficult to come by, while main front man Diego Costa confessed that he endured a sluggish start to the season because he was overweight after returning from the summer break (via Daily Mail).