Sentences with phrase «as defeat against»

This makes me cautiously optimistic about the rest of the season, as our defeats against Wigan, Blackburn, Bolton etc have seemed to result from us struggling to get anything out of games when it's not a «backs against the walls» job, and we have to actually open up and play.

Not exact matches

Many publications were still undecided on who won as of November 9; Maine newspaper The Bangor Daily News declared a win for pro-legalization folks, and the against side accepted defeat in the piece.

Viewing it as «against» defeats the whole purpose!

As Victor, he defeated the spiritual forces that work against peace.

Interestingly, among the hostile powers defeated by Christ the Victor is the law, not the law as Torah, gracious instruction for the establishment and maintenance of shalom, but the law as command merits and ordinances, as a damning bill of particulars posted against us.

I am not sure why Satan and his angels ever thought they could defeat God by rebelling against him, but we must believe that they know God at least as well — if not better — than we do, and so the lack of understanding must be ours.

11 Cone acknowledged that, in fact, his position is «in company with all the classic theologies of the Christian tradition,» though, of course, with a different point of departure: the plight of the oppressed.12 Biblically, he focused on the redemptive suffering of Jesus (coupled with his resurrection as a defeat of suffering) and expressed the eschatological point that God has in fact defeated the powers of evil even though we still encounter them and are called to fight against them, «becoming God's suffering servants in the world.»

in which Wright badly mischaracterizes the response of the United States to the September 11th attacks, as well as the views of President Bush and then - Prime Minister Tony Blair, declared that the 2006 mid-term elections was an example of God «calling to account those who abuse powers,» showed a disturbing tendency toward moral equivalence between jihadists and those who are fighting to defeat them, and directed virtually all of his scorn against the United States and Great Britain rather than al Qaeda, the Taliban, and the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Arsene Wenger was subject to some abuse from the Arsenal fans as they slumped to a demoralising third defeat in a row against a depleted Swansea team at the Emirates last week, and according to a report in the Express this has led to the Arsenal Directors to seriously consider asking the 66 year - old to finally step down from the job he has held for the last 19 years.

As an Arsenal fan, I am very disappointed by the Watford defeat and may not be even satisfied with the win against Chelsea though it is difficult.

The former Porto boss has been less than impressed by some decisions against his team, even going so far as calling referees» chief Mike Riley to complain about the performance of the officials in Chelsea's Barclays Premier League defeat at Manchester United.

We had two defeats and we felt a bit down but the group is very strong, so we managed to overcome that and we managed to recover against a great team that will probably fight to win the competition as well.

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil faced colossal criticism for his uninspired performance in the embarrassing Champions League defeat to Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco last Wednesday, but after grabbing two assists against Everton on Sunday — are the German's critics unjust?

It's not going to be so easy to respond against Chelsea as it would normally be after a defeat, but Wenger refused to blame the fact that he was stranded in the stands after his suspension when he was asked by the media, because he didn't think there were any problems in the preparations.

The Blue Jackets have picked the absolute worst time to go on their biggest losing stretch of the season, as their 5 - 4 loss against the Winnipeg Jets marked five defeats in a row.

The 30 - year - old would face an extended ban, as he has already been sent off this season, during the 3 - 1 home defeat against Sunderland.

The Senegal international shone in the Europa League in midweek as he bagged a magnificent effort against Liverpool, even though he wasn't able to help Willy Sagnol's side avoid a 2 - 1 defeat.

It is no secret that Arsene Wenger hasn't been happy with our Arsenal defenders this season as he has complained so many times about their errors after defeats this season, and it only takes a quick glance at the «goals against» columns in the EPL table to see that we have a real problem on our hands.

In order to secure a Top Three spot, the Gunners would need to win against Everton as well as seeing a heavy defeat for Manchester City and / or defeat Liverpool this weekend.

Los Angeles remained in wildcard contention as Uri Banhoffer got his third hat trick of the season in a 5 - 0 defeat of Hartford, which had halted an 11 - game losing streak against San Jose the night before.

The goal against title - leaders Chelsea on Saturday was Villa's first in a staggering 11 hours of football played — but Lambert's fate was decided after the 2 - 0 defeat to Hull City on Tuesday, as the team dropped into the bottom - three.

«So even in the Capital (Carabao) Cup, we lost against a Championship team, I would say that as a Manchester United manager that way of behaving as a big team, even in defeat we were a big team.»

Been delusional is one thing but I will die before I admit defeat against Arsenal before the ball is kicked against any team, we are no walk overs, at the moment it sounds as though our fans will spend most times cheering MSN rather than our boys!!!

The German international scored in his side's latest defeat of the season, a 2 - 1 reverse against Werder Bremen on Saturday, but is clearly unhappy with how the team is playing at the moment as they head into the second half of the season facing a genuine fight against relegation.

The youngster is yet to make the squad for their Under - 18 side, due to his commitments to the senior side and the Under - 23 sides instead, and after impressing and scoring against Chelsea Under - 23, was given a full 90 minutes of senior football as the Black Cats defeated Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup.

Ba made his debut for Besiktas in the Qualifying round against Feyenoord and he must certainly be in a confident mood as he scored all three goals in the 3 - 1 defeat of the Dutch giants to put them through to this stage.

Manchester United legend Roy Keane has branded Antonio Valencia's performance in the FA Cup quarter - final defeat against Arsenal as «disgraceful», according to the Daily Mail.

Mesut Ozil wasn't his usual self prior to getting injured during Arsenal's 0 - 2 defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, as the German had to play out of his preferred position and didn't flourish for the Gunners.

The latter was arguably our greatest shot at success as our title chances fell by the wayside after consecutive defeats against Manchester United and Swansea, but another below - key performance blew any chance of Arsenal equalling the cup record.

The Blues have made an awful start to the defence of their Premier League title this season as back - to - back defeats against Crystal Palace and Everton has left them 11 points behind current leaders Manchester City and could fall even further behind if they fail to take all three points against the Gunners.

But the sense of injustice after seeing another Gunner sent off against Chelsea and having to swallow another defeat to the knuckle draggers from across London has really sharpened the manager's mind and that is why he is so determined to get us back on track as soon as possible, starting with the visit of Burnley today.

But if we win the FA by defeating Chelsea, then your point may be a little valid... It will be interesting to defeat Chelsea in the final as it will make the trophy even bigger and we would have had a proper final as against playing Hull city...

Meanwhile, last season's title winners have made an awful start to the league campaign and have already suffered three defeats against Manchester City, Crystal Palace and more recently at Goodison Park as Everton cruised to a 3 - 1 victory.

The win sets the Red Devils up nicely for the Manchester derby next weekend as they look to avenge the 1 - 0 defeat they suffered at the Etihad earlier in the season and end a run of four straight losses against their city rivals.

Tonight's Champions League fixture against Anderlecht will be a test of Arsenal's «big boys» credentials, as they will be playing away in this competition for the first time since the 0 - 2 defeat at the Westfalenstadion on Matchday 1.

But he also sees our manager's terrible record against his rival, no wins and seven defeats in 12 games, as a major obstacle in our path back to glory.

But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our matches against the big teams and justify on the basis of it being a match against a big team.I mean home and away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their matches against the big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the league.

However, with respect to the game against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.

In fact there are at least three key men at the current league leaders Chelsea who still appear to be pretty wary of the Gunners, which is probably increased this week as Arsene Wenger prepares to take the team to Stamford Bridge looking for a repeat of the match against them at home, which saw Arsenal inflict their heaviest defeat of the season.

Although Chelsea have a good recent record against us, the fact is that they have only been playing catch - up, as Wenger's overall record against our neighbours reads as 19 wins, 19 defeats and 16 draws.

While Arsenal fans were reacting in our usual calm and understated manner (ahem) after the Gunners early horror show at the Emirates saw us slip to defeat against Premier League strugglers Watford, not everyone was as quick as most Gooners to give up on Arsenal challenging for the EPL title.

The club's 3 - 1 defeat against bitter rivals Manchester United last Saturday appears to have been the final straw among a selection of Reds supporters and they have decided to take drastic action in the hopes of seeing the Northern Irishman relieved of his duties as manager of the club.

Meanwhile Liverpool will be desperate to inflict a first home league defeat on Mourinho's side this season as they look to close the gap on fourth placed Manchester United after the Red Devils strengthened their bid for Champions League football with a 2 - 1 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

According to The Daily Mail, Bilic now faces a real make - or - break situation against Swansea City at home this weekend, as another defeat could finally see the club axe him.

This is one of the worst performance I have ever seen.not even defeats against the big 3 in the bpl last year was so painful.this formation sucks as nothing working for us..

They lost three (defeats to Evian Thonon Gaillard and AS Saint - Etienne as well as the reverse against PSG) but did manage one victory, a 2 - 1 home triumph against Stade Malherbe Caen on March 1AS Saint - Etienne as well as the reverse against PSG) but did manage one victory, a 2 - 1 home triumph against Stade Malherbe Caen on March 1as well as the reverse against PSG) but did manage one victory, a 2 - 1 home triumph against Stade Malherbe Caen on March 1as the reverse against PSG) but did manage one victory, a 2 - 1 home triumph against Stade Malherbe Caen on March 14.

The Gunners crashed to a shock 2 - 1 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night and now face a battle in order to qualify for the knockout stages in Europe as they will likely need a positive result in one of their back - to - back fixtures against Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.

However, Dominique Arribage will now have to ensure that Les Roses don't follow up victory with defeat, as they did after their last triumph — in the Derby of the Garonne, against Bordeaux.

How low can that be as Arsenal lost to Liverpool home and away following the 3 - 1 defeat masterminded by Chief Architect Sadio Mane who ran the show against the entire Arsenal side in transition.

I love this confident mood among the gooners after a huge sin over our arch enemies, especially with international break on, which means two weeks of party mood, hopefully we can consolidate united win by defeating Watford otherwise it will be back to square one, so the boys and the management should be as motivated as they were against united, we have seen in past they getting over confident against the so called small teams and dropping unnecessary points, 3 pts are 3 pts regardless of the opponents.