Sentences with phrase «against tougher sides»

Real Madrid on the other hand usually up their game against tougher sides and I can expect the same on Tuesday night.

Some went as far as saying «we were lucky to come off with a point against a tough side like that».

Not exact matches

-- Sanchez — Played 85 mins in a nil nil game against a tough Mexico side, am sure this helped in him getting his full form back.

You as a visitor know it is going to be a tough task to play against technical Arsenal sides and it was always a big test for us but we seemed to have success in recent years.

In the women's match, Oxford had a tough time against a very strong Cambridge side and, unfortunately, lost their match with a final score of 12 - 23.

One game where they may do this is their 3rd tough fixture in a row, this time coming against a strong in form Reading side away from home.

With tougher opposition coming up in their next game against Switzerland, England fans could have cause to be concerned by their team's continued lack of ability to break sides down, as well as a perceived lack of desire from Redknapp's point of view.

Ahead of a tough Champions League game this was a good away performance today against a good Crystal Palace side.

So it looks like it could be a tough 90 minutes for the already relegated bottom side, while hopefully for Arsenal fans it will be a big finish and maybe even a happy ending if Newcastle can do us a favour against Tottenham.

Once again the Arsenal and Switzerland international midfield star Granit Xhaka showed the reckless side of his game by launching into a rash, clumsy and fangerous tackle after giving the ball away cheaply and he was punished with yet another red card to make this home game against Burnley a lot tougher than it should have been for the last half an hour.

This will not be one of those easier games as you all expect, but a very tough game for our Gunners, since we are playing a reserve side against them.

Zidane was a tough guy who imposed himself against very good sides.

The team are looking to improve on last year's cup campaign, as a tough game against a strong Chester side saw them get knocked out quite early on.

The midf battle can be tough against lets not forget a strong athletic newc side who where on a fine run of confidence.

Following the result, the Blues were drawn against rivals Arsenal in the semi-finals of the League Cup, a tough affair for Antonio Conte's side.

United of course, will be a tough nut to crack and the Spanish side will be up against it.

Going into the game against Stoke on Sunday, the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will have a much tougher job in selecting the starting eleven as the Frenchman welcomes as many as four players back into the side.

The Gunners endured a tough time of it last weekend at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland, another tottering Premier League side, but managed to come away with a clean sheet and all three points.

I don't see why you are singling him out for today, it was a tough game against a rock tough side..

It might also be nice to have plenty of games against mid-table sides, who might be drifting a tough, but there aren't too many of those this season.

That stinging shot by Rosicky reminded me of that rocket against spuds at the lane last season!!!! And Le Coc, well, he showed those cave - dwellers another side of our game with him in the side... not as immobile as flamini and not as soft as Arteta... a combination of a good passer and a tough tackler... and he wins over 80 % of headed duels... i loved that step - over that resulted to a yellow to some rugby player too... what a win!!!

So this year, English champions Manchester City went into pot 2 of the draw, making a tougher draw more likely, while third - placed Chelsea and fourth - placed Arsenal went into pot 1 and so were protected from being drawn against the other seven biggest sides.

Two wins we here were acting over the moon and here is a Man utd fan gutted even after a comeback against tough west ham side.

While it will be tough, Conte clearly feels there is still some hope for his side after their battling comeback win against Southampton, while Spurs lost at home to Manchester City.

And after getting through a pretty tough away draw in our first game, Arsenal and Henry were glad to see us drawn against a Championship side in Sheffield Wednesday.

We put out a bunch of youngsters, wallys and brittle - boned prima - donnas for a practise game against tough Championship side — and got taken apart.

Guardiola will face a real test over the Christmas period with games against Chelsea, Leicester, Watford, Arsenal, Hull City and Liverpool in December, while it's a tough start on the road for Jurgen Klopp who will take his Liverpool side away to Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea in their first three away games of the campaign.

Arsenal have a tough few games ahead of them in the last weeks of November and so we can not go into these games having been on the back of a disappointing defeat against a struggling United side.

That's because the two megapowers of international football were drawn against Iran and Morocco, two smaller but very tough sides that will not make it easy for their bigger foes to get past them.

Northern Ireland did extremely well to finish second in their tough Qualifying Group, finishing above the Czech Republic and Norway to end up second only to the unbeaten Germans, but they were then given another difficult task in the Play - Offs against Granit Xhaka's Switzerland side.

It was hard work for Arsenal and a very close run thing against a confident, tough and well organised Southampton side, especially with their keeper having one of those nights when it looked like nothing could beat him.

Arsenal went in to the first leg of the Champions League play - off against the Turkish side Besiktas knowing that they would be in for a tough and vitally important game.

And with the Gunners coming off a three game winless streak and facing a tough match against a Southampton side that has already beaten us a few days after the FA cup clash, many of us thought he might make even more changes than usual for Burnley tomorrow.

He is strong, and experienced and we need this in our team as it will be a tough game against a physical and capable side.

Swansea need points as they fight to secure their own Premier League future but Carvalhal says they will find it tough against a side he considers very worthy champions.

KEY FACT: Crystal Palace have won only one of their last 12 home league matches against Arsenal MATCH ODDS: Palace 7/2 Draw 3/1 Arsenal 4/5 bet365 Pick: Arsenal to win @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough trip to Arsenal but I think they will just edge my former side... 0 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I can see Palace getting something from this... 1 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I can see Arsenal getting the three points here, but won't be easy... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Mesut Ozil under # 4 looks a decent prospect

After the disappointment of going out of the European Cup at the hands of Bayern Munich despite coming within one goal of qualification to the Quarter Finals, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side have to pick themselves up once more this season for the tough trip to this year's Carling Cup winners Swansea City who have caused Arsenal sizeable difficulties on the three occasions the two sides have met thus far this campaign with player of the season Michu having already registered three goals against the Gunners.

KEY FACT: Palace have won only one of their last 11 Premier League matches against Man City MATCH ODDS: Palace 10/1 Draw 11/2 Man City 2/7 bet365 Pick: Over 2.5 goals @ 11/10 ANDY SAYS: I think my former team will find this mission a bit too difficult, has to be City... 1 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I think this could be tougher than some think, but City just edging it... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Two of my former sides here and I have to go with City, too easy....1 - 4 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Kevin De Bruyne remains the biggest bargain on the Index

The 19th placed side are coming off the back of their first win in 9 games after the 2 - 1 victory against Sunderland last week, however Arsenal should provide tougher opposition against the free - flowing football style that Martinez loves to utilise.

We move on, though — specifically to tonight's rare Thursday - evening match against Burnley, who these days are an uncomfortably tough team to play - a widely admired, over-achieving side who badly want the Europa League place that we currently occupy, and which we would happily surrender to them, as long as we were headed north into the Champions League and therefore in no further need of it.

It was always going to be a tough test playing away from home against a good Sunderland side following the international break.

Leicester are 10 -3-1 at home over this season and last against sides in the bottom half but Middlesbrough will be a tough nut to crack.

It was another tough week for the two teams against two of the top sides in the country as Catherine Wilcock's Dark Blues were beaten 82 - 6 at home by the reigning champions Cardiff Met and Alice Middleton's gallant Light Blues went down 92 - 0 in Topsham against Exeter University a week after their 72 - 0 defeat in Cardiff.

However, there is nothing to stop them from looking for their first win of the tournament, though it will be a tough call against a rejuvenated Milan side which happens to be doing well in both club and European level.

The Turkish side meanwhile have also had a tough start to life under new manager Cesare Prandelli with two wins from their six games this season including a late draw against...

Yesterday at 10:23 am - Port Vale manager Neil Aspin says the game against Mansfield Town on Saturday will be tough as the home side will be «after nine points» from their remaining games.

Although the game against Leeds United on 7 March could provide some tougher competition, you only have to look at Wolves» 4 - 1 demolition of Leeds last year to see the kind of form Santo's side are capable of.

Admitting that his side are on for a much tougher task against Joachim Low's men, Azzurri head coach, Antonio Conte prepared his team to study their opponent vigorously...

In fairness, Bruce should be delighted with his current squad, the same squad which avoided defeat against Sunday's opponent's Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham, as well as record a stunning 3 - 0 win over defending champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the latter an emphatic result which Sir Alex Ferguson cited as just one piece of evidence to suggest that Sunday's visit of Steve Bruce's Sunderland will be one of his side's toughest home games of the entire season.

Villa have the potential to score but against a tough home side I can not trust them.