Sentences with phrase «against tougher opposition»

He did well against tough opposition and was quite active defensively.
After losing to Bradford in the Capital One Cup, being way behind in the league, and up against tough opposition in Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Arsenal know that realistically it's this or nothing.
There is a lot of doubt surrounding Walcott's ability to play as a striker, because even though he has shown that he has the pace desired from a frontman, as well as a striker's finishing ability in him, his inconsistency and weak physicality on and off the ball means that he can be easily lost during games, especially against the tougher oppositions.
Other contenders include the Mercedes Sprinter, the Renault Master / Vauxhall Movano / Nissan NV400 trio and Peugeot's two joint - venture stablemates - the Citroen Relay and Fiat Ducato — so the Boxer is up against some tough opposition.
Without signing a new experienced face upfront, it leaves the Gunners with Akpom, Sanogo and new signing Takuma Asano to play the all important role against a tough opposition.
This article is pointless and whatever maybe the reason Arsenal have to go in for Wanyama due to his physical presence and the way it is hard to knock him off the ball plus Barca hate playing against tougher opposition.
Remaining unbeaten in the group stages against tough opposition in Beşiktaş, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Vitória de Guimarães and Sevilla, Wanderers were eventually knocked out in the last 32 by Marseille 2 - 1 on aggregate.
Atletico also recovered from bad start and now find themselves going with three back to back wins against tough oppositions in La Liga.
Time is on his side, of course and a clutch of composed performances against tough opposition in the spring show that his game is moving up to the required level.
The 208's greatest strength is that it is a really efficient supermini, even when compared against some tough opposition.
Madrid have failed in their last two games at home against tougher opposition, but they should have it a bit easier here.
Muir went into this event as the double European indoor champion but her global record against tougher opposition had previously been less convincing.
The Saints also play on that Sunday but a bit later and against tougher opposition in Everton.
Moreover Mourinho won the CL with Porto, a minimal budget and against tough opposition, this was a year where Arsenal Chelsea and Unites were in the CL.
We do nt need to play with a DM every game, at home playing against weaker opposition I can see us using a midfield of Ramsey - Wilshire and Ozil but against tougher opposition we can bring Carvalho in instead of Wilshire and drop him a bit deeper.
If Klopp wants to usher in a new era of success at Anfield, he has to find the balance between the two and over the course of a long season, and against tougher opposition in Europe in particular, Liverpool could get found out and it will prove to be costly.
The problem will show itself against tough opposition who are happy to sit back or when Brazil will need to score a goal.
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