Sentences with phrase «difficult game against»

But a defeat against Barcelona and a difficult game against Southampton in the midweek followed by United in League Cup present all new frontier for Pep who has never been in this kind of situation.

We feel good after the win, it was important for us and it was a difficult game against a big team.

Bayern Munich should be grateful to their goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for helping them win a difficult game against Ingolstadt.

At the weekend, Lokomotiv pulled away from a difficult game against Rubin Kazan with a 1 - 0 victory, which ensured them the perfect warm - up to this fixture.

The problem for United is the injuries that we have got and now we have a difficult game against Middlesbrough coming up on Sunday, but at least we got the job done tonight.»

The manager said that it was a difficult game against a team that has been unbeaten since October.

However, he faces a difficult game against a team of players who, despite having a...

on the victory... It was a difficult game against a very resilient, well - organised, physically very strong side.

«But we had a very difficult game against Southampton last week, then went away to Paris Saint - Germain.

«We got the result the other night: a good performance, we were competitive, the structure of the team was good and we will take it into a difficult game against Stoke.

Following a difficult game against the Houston Texans last week, it looked like Adrian Peterson would fall short.

We reacted against Bournemouth, we played a difficult game against City but we were there until the end and we played really well against Everton.»

Also Coquelin had a difficult game against Reading with a few ball given straight to their midfielders.

Salah recently had a difficult game against United as he found himself unable to get past Ashley Young as the Reds lost 2 - 1 in their Premier League meeting at Old Trafford.

Chelsea's players weren't too impressed with Conte's actions as they instead focused on acknowledging their travelling fans after a difficult game against Barca, reports Marca, as translated by the Metro.

Le Prof said after the game: «It was a difficult game against a very resilient, well - organised, physically very strong side.

«We had two difficult games against Swansea and to play here and as I said it was not easy in the first half but we succeeded to play our game, more in between the lines with more technique and we were efficient up front and at the back as well so we are really pleased with this game so hopefully we can win the second leg as well.»

Not exact matches

We do nt mix it up when it comes to the tactical side of the game, a good example is we hardly if ever take shots from outside the box, so the opposition know that we like to «pass it in the net» teams do nt find it as difficult to defend against us anymore.

It is difficult to predict Arsenal games especially against the big teams or teams like us.

Motivation against difficult opponents is what we've lacked most because apart from Alexis we haven't had someone who can create magic out of nothing and provide the confidence to win the game against all odds.

But forgetting the current form, you have to remember that this is always going to be a grudge match when Arsene Wenger faces Jose Mourinho, with the Portugese bus conductor aiming for his 14th game unbeaten against Le Prof, which makes it difficult to back Arsenal with any real conviction.

Someone who can score goals in important games will ALWAYS motivate the team against difficult opponents.

this is kind a status buy — after losing sanchez to the scum up north — we needed to show we're not done - i do believe ozil may sign after this respect to arsenal - sven ivan and huss who went to Germany to broker the deal - this was difficult to make happen - bild and them ran a campaign against this deal hes cup tied so we can only use auba for 14 games — 13 pl and carabao final so really he needs to hit the ground running

Alexis has been on the sidelines since suffering a hamstring injury during the game against Norwich and while Arsenal haven't really faltered too much during his absence, having the Chilean back is a much needed boost for the side ahead of a difficult set of fixtures in January.

The Gunners are going through a difficult period currently, losing back - to - back games against Manchester City in the League Cup final and Premier League to lead to a fresh wave of scrutiny and criticism for Wenger and his players.

With home games scheduled against # 4 Oregon and # 5 Notre Dame, such a feat would be an incredible accomplishment; but that long and difficult road starts this week in Arizona.

So with a potentially difficult home game coming up against Hull City, a match which we really need to win to strengthen our case for a top four spot and stop the rot after two damaging defeats in a row, you might have expected the boss to be nice to us.

«We have a difficult game coming up against Tottenham, and I do not agree at all with the way the fixtures have been organised — it is a farce,»

All the latest headlines from the newspapers in Spain as Real Madrid face a difficult task against Valencia as they look to extend their 22 - game winning streak.

but well the reality is mert often plays against faster opponents and we do nt lose that often... but i know the doomsayers here will say «told you» when mertesacker is beaten because of pace... but guys do nt be stupid to be right isnt really that difficult if you predict something before EVERY game... and mert almost always proves you wrong..

United have won every game at home and David De Gea hasn't conceded a single goal at Old Trafford, but maintaining that record might be difficult against a buoyant Spurs side who haven't lost away this season.

I said we need two points from these two away games against very difficult opponents.

Wenger said: «We've had two unexpected injuries with Mertesacker and Gabriel, and [Laurent] Koscielny came back very late so we are in a difficult position for Sunday's game against Liverpool.

Apply pressure, hit them hard and cause as much disruption as possible which I must say has worked against us (Chelsea game), because the more the opposition break up our play and upset us, the more difficult it is for us to find a tempo.

Not sure why everyone is against Walcott as ST now after one game against the epl winners and one of the most difficult defenses.

Second half of the season is way more difficult, against the bigger clubs there will be only the Chelsea game we play at the Emirates.

This is clear evidence why the BPL is so hard to win, any team can beat any team on a good day we must respect all our opponents because every game is difficult like we saw yesterday against Palace!

The last game we finally watched some real signs of an aggressive midfield pairing which other teams are going to find very difficult playing against.

In very difficult moments in the game I felt that our fans — at 1 - 0 down, at 2 - 1 down — could have turned against us.

This year the fixtures don't seem too difficult ALL AT ONCE like last February / march we had too many injuries coupled with horrendous fixtures against top teams game after game..

Following on from the Foxes Arsenal's next league game is the always tough trip to Stoke, before an even more difficult away game against Liverpool, so you can see why all three points against Leicester could be massive.

We are now doing better against our close competitors but have most of the difficult away games to come.

«This week with Arsenal, and games against Leicester and Chelsea as well it's another difficult week but I feel we have enough of a squad to compete well.

Mountain West Quarterfinals While San Diego State, New Mexico, and UNLV all face difficult quarterfinals, Colorado State's battle in the 4 vs. 5 game against TCU (approx. 5:30 p.m. ET, The Mtn.

Whilst Leicester players rested for 2 weeks, Arsenal had an FA Cup game and a European Cup game against Barcelona and then a difficult game away to Man United.

The last time they had a run of difficult games, everyone expected them to lose and start sinking down the table, But that never happened and the same thing was said about their fixtures against Liverpool, Man City and Us..

Lose any of the games against leicster, man c or spurs and the title will be very difficult to win.

As well as ripping into him at the game, Chelsea supporters on social media were not happy either, with many branding him «brainless» for getting himself into this situation so early on and giving the Blues a difficult task against Watford for the remaining hour of the game.

Four games remain for Napoli this season, and despite their impressive performance against Bologna, they know that they have a much more difficult test ahead with a trip to Roma next Monday.

We started so well against newc and newc started badly, we have seen many times that when things suddenly change from easy to difficult it is hard to up your game or get out of simple mindset.