Sentences with phrase «battle against point»

Not exact matches

Cook battled furiously against that narrative, pointing out that about 500 million simple feature phones were sold last year.

From the point of view which we have been developing it becomes apparent that the citizens of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. need each other in order to play out their despair; they need to have a scapegoat against which to battle in order to fortify their precarious sphere of existence.

It was, I suspect, at the point when the penny finally dropped, that this Pope was as anti-relativist and anti-secularist as he had ever been, and that the battle against the secularisation of the modern world was going to be the great work of his pontificate, that the secularists began to think of actually organising against him.

Joan was then allowed by the king to lead the French army against the English as the city of Grisans held by the French was under heavy siege, on the point of losing the battle.

Two of his surprise selections include Burnley and Crystal Palace defenders Kieran Tripper and Scott Dann, with Merson pointing to the attacking mentality and the physical battle against Diego Costa as reasons why they make his team:

United moved to within a point of us in the table with their win and so even a point would keep them just one result from overtaking Arsenal and with us facing a tough trip to relegation battling Sunderland on Sunday, a win against the Baggies is vital tonight.

Watford 0 - 2 West Brom — Although Watford battled well for a draw against Everton, one would expect West Brom to be the better side here and to come away with the points.

Norwich City were far from favourites against Manchester City but earned a vital point in their battle against relegation thanks to an impressive defensive effort.

«If you know me, there wasn't any doubt that I was coming back,» said Rizzotti, who scored eight points, had five assists and battled head - to - head against former Olympian Dawn Staley of the Rage before an appreciative crowd of 8,676.

Sadly we missed a great chance to go top after City fluffed 2 points against a battling Villa side.

Chelsea have been made to battle for the points lately though and only beat West Brom 1 - 0 in the last 15 minutes last weekend, and then had to fight against a battling Sunderland side for the same result in midweek.

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

The Olympiacos game is alot diffferent and they will defend, my point was the same mentallity we had against Utd an right up for the battle in athens.

who knows whether a disgruntled Sanchez plus an untested lacazette will produce a better attack than last year and while I have hopes for kolasinac its already clear there will be teething issues with him... but the point is we are not fighting last year's battles we are in this year's EPL against teams that have strengthened over the summer and it was wingers job to bring real quality to two key areas where we have clearly fallen behind in midfield and central defence..

I don't think anyone would blame the Arsenal players and Arsene Wenger for having gone out on the lash last night, when they got back to London in a great mood after claiming all three points with a terrific battling performance against Man City.

So if the battling draw against the spuds really has given Arsenal their belief back, will it prove to be a vital point in the EPL title race?

City currently occupy the fourth and final Champions League spot, and with third - place Arsenal winning against Everton on Saturday to move four points clear of Manuel Pellegrini's side, it is increasingly looking like a plethora of sides — including City, United, West Ham and Stoke City — are all battling for one UCL qualifying spot.

The Bulls for whom he scratched and battled for 10 of his 11 NBA seasons — as a reliable scoring guard (14.0 points per game), an in - your - jock stopper (four berths on the NBA all - defensive first team) and a willing and able pugilist (he squared off against Wilt Chamberlain)-- were recognized as the Best Team Never to Win It All, the backhanded encomium now affixed to the Jazz.

They battled until the end against a McNichols squad that had three different players put up 20 points.

They battled for this game, emerging victorious despite allowing more points than their season - long points against average of 45.5 PPG.

On the playing side the club has battled manfully to get themselves out of the relegation dogfight, as evidenced by last nights last gasp point against Sunderland, it will take a few more such battles to see them make their way our of trouble but I have a sneaky feeling that they could pull off a Houdini.

This is a huge basement battle now against Southampton who are one place beneath them in the drop zone, two points back.

The bicycle kick Simy scored to get relegation battling Crotone a point against Juventus on Wednesday night did exactly that to Serie A.

But a battling home draw against Spurs last weekend will give them some hope that they may be able to get a vital point out of the visit of Arsenal.

AS Roma 1 - 1 Delfino Pescara 1936 highlights: Capital side, AS Roma still have to battle hard in getting any potential European football for next season after they only grabbed a point from their latest Serie A fixture against relegation candidate, Pescara.

In a tight battle against Kalmar at the top, the team needed to win all their remaining games, and Wernbloom helped them to get all the points.

They battled out a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool over the weekend to keep their good unbeaten streak of form going and with Swansea looking all out of sorts and lacking any kind of quality, there are a good three points on offer for the reigning Champions here.

We secured a hard - earned point at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as a battling display ended in a 0 - 0 draw against Chelsea.

Fletcher has done well, battling ulcerative colitis, playing football again, against all odds, and now playing at a good standard in the Premier League with West Brom, who have a point to prove this season and could still qualify for Europe.

Well, that was an odd one... Manchester United headed to St James» Park this evening with many suspecting that Louis van Gaal's job would be under serious threat should they fail to secure three points against a Newcastle side in the midst of a genuine relegation battle.

Only one point separates the Gunners from Tottenham Hotspur in fourth, but in what is shaping up to be a tight battle for the Champions League places, Arsenal can ill - afford to drop more points against a struggling team.

After Tottenham picked up three points against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a relegation battling Wigan side.

Meanwhile elsewhere in Brazil at the exact same time as the United States and Germany fight to keep their World Cup dreams alive, Portugal and Ghana will be embroiled in their own battle, fighting not only for 3 points but also to make up valuable goal differential against the United States.

A win on Sunday would be huge, prior to Arsenal's clash against Manchester United at the Emirates, which might help get a clear picture about the battle for places in the points table.

Allardyce, who was Hammers boss as recently as 2015, will be named as Ronald Koeman «s successor on Thursday morning and was in attendance at Goodison Park as ex-Toffees boss David Moyes brought his West Ham team to Merseyside looking for three points in the battle against the drop.

Manchester United have had a positive week so far themselves — they started by battling past newly promoted Brighton to secure all three points followed by an entertaining attacking display against a good Watford team away from home where Mourinho's side scored four or more goals for the eighth time this season.

AC Milan battled back to secure all three points against a Palermo onslaught in the second half.

Theoretically, a game against Southampton, who before the start of play were two points behind their rivals, should have been a close - fought scrap, but West Ham were the only side that appeared interested in battling, and the game was over in short order.

A battling if blunt display against Stoke, followed by an unconvincing showing against Bournemouth had delivered 6 points from 6, before the Reds turned in an impressive display away at the Emirates.

Everton battled out a home point against Liverpool earlier the season but fell to their rivals in the FA Cup.

They battled to a 1 - 1 draw at home against West Brom last weekend, and that point saw them snap a four match losing streak that they were on in the top flight.

Under the Exiles» new manager Warren Feeney, Beeney excelled in keeping a debut clean sheet to earn a valuable three points in their battle against relegation.

Arsenal's chase for top four seat continue this weekend when they battle Crystal Palace on Saturday, February 21 and with just one point behind fourth place Southampton, Arsene Wenger's men are keen on snatching three points against Palace.

So for the Chelsea this is must win match were possible lose will bounce back them eight points behind.After last week defeat against Man City its simple, Blues does not have any better chance except this to come in the battle for champions league places.New blues player Cahill is fully aware of it:

Manchester United battled in Southampton to grab all three points against a side they have struggled and succeeded in equal measure in recent seasons.

Juventus picked up a valuable three points in a tough battle against a stingy Fiorentina team by the score of 2 - 0...

By that point I had spent at least two hours rammed in with other peaceful protesters, bursting for the loo and battling against a resurgence of a phobia of being trapped in tight crowds.»

Kaine, an early backer of Barack Obama in the 2008 in his primary fight against Hillary Clinton, said he believes that the Democratic Party is more unified today than it was at this point eight years ago, following the protracted primary battle between the pair.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has scored a victory in his long - running battle against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirements.

Craig points out the «the succession of Tory MPs» who spoke out against the chancellor's plans in the Commons debate on tax credits and says there will be futher battles ahead.