Sentences with phrase «challenge faltered»

They defeated Leicester in the League Cup Final but Liverpool beat Chelsea in the FA Cup semis whilst the league challenge faltered with three consecutive defeats after the Blues were top for much of the campaign.

Their title challenge faltered.

Oh how they loved it when our title challenge faltered last season and the likes of Michael Owen gleefully pronounced that they had been proved right.

The year before that we did win our opener against Crystal Palace after beating Man City to the Shield quite comfortably but then our title challenge faltered and Arsenal did not win another league game for over a month and by mid-October Chelsea were runaway leaders.

It is not just the players missing either, as a long injury list forces the manager to play the fit players until the fatigue factor starts to kick in and that has appeared to be an issue over the last week, so will Arsenal see yet another title challenge falter because of the maddeningly ever present injury crisis?

He is more concerned with making sure that Arsenal do not suffer from the same problems against the big teams that we did last season, when many people thought that our failure in those games was the main reason for the title challenge faltering in the latter half of the season.

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But sales are starting to falter, and in July, PepsiCo acknowledged the increasingly «challenging» environment there.

In the second stage, many companies falter, as growth creates a new set of challenges.

Fundamentalism is what many people turn to when they are frightened of challenges to existing values and cherished beliefs, and when alternative leadership falters.

United will want to keep hold of Mourinho for as long as possible, though things have turned slightly sour for the former Chelsea boss of late as their title challenge looks to have faltered.

We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.

The Gunners put on another insipid and lacklustre showing at Old Trafford yesterday and it made the pre-match comments from the manager, reported in another Just Arsenal article, when he spoke about the reasons why previous title challenges had faltered but that things were different now.

In his latest press conference, The Mirror reports that Wenger has admitted that he started thinking about it before the turn of the year, but for various reasons did not give it a go, so was this delay a big factor in the Gunners enduring yet another faltering challenge for the EPL title?

A top four finish is also vital, as Atletico will almost certainly be among Europe's elite again next year even if their title challenge has faltered a bit.

Now that the Blues have finally faltered and suffered a shock defeat at home to relegation threatened Crystal Palace, Arsenal are in no position to take advantage but the team that could challenge them for the title is our north London rivals Tottenham.

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

There have already been 10 clubs on top of the league this season, but we all know that any club can soon falter so Arsenal just need to get back to winning ways and hope that those around us slip up and the paper has been looking at the upcoming fixtures of the top six to see whose challenge is more likely to be looking strong at the end of the year.

While Wrighty understands and shares the frustration of fans about yet another faltering Premier League title challenge, he reckons we should have much more respect for the famous old piece of silverware.

After leading Arsenal to an FA cup trophy after a long nine years with no silverware, along with a serious challenge for the title which just faltered as the injuries piled up, Arsene Wenger appeared to have fallen back in love with the game, as proven when he signed up to another three years at the helm of the good ship Arsenal.

With the Gunners faltering again this season though, a move to Milan with ambitious new owners with money to spend to strengthen and an already talented squad in need of reinforcements could be the challenge that he will thrive on taking.

The spuds are already faltering in their own title challenge and another game without a win would surely herald in another St. Totteringham's day for Arsenal fans to celebrate.

I know that the transfer window is not officially open yet but that does not mean that Arsene Wenger and Arsenal should not already be working hard behind the scenes to bring in the top players that we need to make sure that the Gunners do not suffer another faltering title challenge next season.

Madrid has faltered domestically and is well out of the La Liga title chase, while Juventus is facing a stiffer challenge than usual in Serie A and has looked far from convincing in Europe as well.

Brendan Rodgers believes Manchester City's faltering title challenge will serve as a warning against complace -LRB-...)

Arsenal «s title challenge may be faltering, but Mesut Ozil is enjoying what is undoubtedly his finest season since joining the Gunners.

But it was hard to walk away from the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night and not have a sinking feeling about how Arsenal's title challenge is faltering.

Jose Mourinho claimed Manchester United will need to spend more money after dropping another two points in their faltering title challenge at home to -LRB-...)

The capacity — and willingness — of the international community to prevent and resolve any number of global challenges is faltering.

The credit rating agency Moody's in a report released Thursday enumerated the challenges facing the state's budget, including faltering tax revenue, increasing costs for Medicaid and education, and the capping of state and local tax deductions by Congress.

As long as you «label» people, and worse, categorise them with lame 20th Century, dubiuos, eponymous epithets, we will not truly rise as a Party - inclusive, dignified, judgemental only on merit with compassion for those who falter, nonetheless encouraging but challenging, a traditional values bias with an enforceable law and above all, opportunity for every man, woman and child backed by an efficient but inclusive state - especially for the sick, infirm and old - and your like will see us falter as a nation, only to facilitate prejudice, inequality (and worse, masqueraded as EQUALITY..)

It's simple, command system, intricate puzzels and solid combat make it an intriguing offering the only area in which it falters is the boss battles which simple don't provide a big enough challenge, despite their size.

47 Meters Down has many challenges to overcome and it ultimately falters under the pressure.

Damon, who often challenge himself and execute, falters on a deeper connection with his character's motivations.

And that is exactly what Colbert and her colleagues did in the 1970s when they recognized that rural schools in the country were faltering due to a lack of understanding around the unique challenges that their students faced.

Third, the public sector is faltering in many urban areas — cities and school districts face long - term structural challenges to match revenues with expenditures.

If this recovery falters due to renewed weakness in Europe, the debt bubble in China bursting, or increased trade frictions, it will become increasingly challenging for markets to climb higher.

2017 was the most challenging year yet for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots due to the faltering effort to advance international deliberations over «lethal autonomous weapons systems» aka fully autonomous weapons or killer robots.