Sentences with phrase «fought draws against»

Wolves, however, while they haven't won for while, have shown plenty of grit and determination in their recent games to earn some hard fought draws against some stiff opponents.

After their trip to Goodison comes home encounters with Manchester United and Arsenal, two sides they conjured hard - fought draws against last season, but with the Red Devils eager to cement their place at the top of the pile, and with Arsenal's away from having improved immensely this season, there's every chance of Birmingham collecting zero points from their three matches in a week over Christmas and New Year, while after that they face a trip to Blackpool — Which won't be a pleasant stroll along the Seaside for Alex McLeish's men.

Spurs host the Spanish giants at Wembley on Wednesday evening and will be looking to maintain their strong start to this season's competition, which has seen them beat Borussia Dortmund and Apoel Nicosia before earning a hard - fought draw against Real at the Bernabeu.

A well fought draw against two top teams playing at their best is not unacceptable for me.

Not exact matches

Since taking office in 2009, Mr. Najib has drawn his country closer to the United States and has used his annual United Nations trips to promote Malaysia as a moderate Muslim partner in the fight against terrorism and as a strategic Asian counterforce to China.

US troops supporting the fight against ISIS in Iraq have also started to draw down in the wake of Baghdad's declaration of victory over the terrorist group at the end of 2017.

Pahon said that now that the active fight against ISIS is drawing down, the US is pivoting to civilian reconstruction efforts, clearing IEDs, and rebuilding civilian infrastructure.

At the same time, we draw inspiration and lessons from the victory against Enbridge for the ongoing fight against Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which would see a sevenfold increase in tar sands tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet and the Salish Sea.

We are enabled to live as a disciple of Christ, and can draw daily on the grace given by God in this sacrament so as to witness to Christ, fight against evil and defend the Church.

Man had made enormous strides in discovering the causes of disease, and is still fighting a long - drawn - out battle against such things as the incredibly minute viruses, and the apparently arbitrary cell - degeneration known as cancer.

In my own personal walk with our Lord I have had to admit and acknowledge that this body I am living in actually hates our Lord, it detest the things of god and will fight against everything he calls me to do, since it belongs to the dust and yet while draws breath will do all it can to answer the call of demons for as long as I live in it I am in danger of being dragged away by its desires.

We are tired of fighting, tired of vain efforts to advance the Kingdom through politics and power, tired of drawing lines in the sand, tired of being known for what we are against, not what we are for.

From controlling the foreign Affairs of Afghanistan after the 1st Anglo - Afghan war to drawing the Durand line between the Pashtuns after the 2nd Anglo - Afghan war, Why should the Afghans trust the British when the forefathers of Afghans fought against the Empire and today you send your royal family member on military expeditions in Afghanistan, why good have you done for any other country you have entered into militarily - what good can you do for Afghanistan when you have never been sincere with Afghans, Afghan never bought the story of Britain entering the war to eliminate poppy fields, the world is aware poppy production increase where British are present and Afghans know very well the British empire introduced poppy growing over 200 years ago to Afghanistan for transport through silk road and on to Hong Kong.

As the entries progress, she draws clearer and clearer lines between her daily fight against the spread of the disease and the ongoing fight against racism, state violence, and homophobia.

Unbelievably, the Flyers were involved in only two fights — one loss and one draw — during the six games against Buffalo.

And while the two draws against Liverpool could be seen as four points dropped, they have reinforced the belief in the players that we are ready to fight for each other and scrap for every point.

Arsene Wenger has made a couple of changes to the Arsenal team that managed to fight back twice against Man City on Sunday to earn a draw, but the idea that our club captain Per Mertesacker may be in for a first game of the season due to the Koscielny achilles injury is on hold, even though his height and aerial ability would have been a factor in stopping Andy Carroll.

The Chilean was left out of the starting line - up against Chelsea last weekend, and our side earned a hard - fought 0 - 0 draw away to the champions, and were in fact unlucky not to have come away with more than one point.

Yeah we won yesterday because team played as a unit and fought hard and this is a very good sign because have lost these kind of physical games in past like against stoke city but we deservedly won the game and now hoping for chelse to lose or atleast a draw and a draw between manchester clubs...

well i know the guys in england belittle the spurs the whole time (the fans outside of england do nt really feel the hate, because in switzerland for example is the hate on chelsea muuuuuch stronger ^ ^) you got ta be real and accept that spurs are a top 6 team, and drawing against them isn't such the worst result and the «pundits» and a lot of guys here always bash arsenal that they don't have the title mentality to get a point from a win and a win from a draw, so i think in the years before, we would have well lost the game, so i am happy with the point, and the fight of the guys

Gennady Golovkin saw his professional winning streak of 37 wins come to an end last September after fighting to a draw against Canelo Alvarez, bringing his record as a professional to 37 -0-1.

Dana White clearly knows Nate is a draw, Nate was never put on main event spots on PPV until his fights with Conor, first one had 10 days promotion, both fights were outside both fighters weight class, all in the usual location of Vegas, no milestone numbers (196 and 202), no belt, in fact UFC202 had no belt on the entire card yet they broke all PPV records, Conor vs Mendes did did not even reach 1m despite having the likes of Lawler title fight, as UFC 194, it was against Aldo for the belt after months and months of promotion and also against Alvarez following the stock - raising Diaz fights at MSG, NY for the first time ever, Champ Vs Champ on a stacked card with 3 title fights and the likes of Khabib on the prelims... still did not do PPV numbers with Nate.

Benson was the champion... of course a title fight on its own would draw more than a non title fights and rare Monday nights... if tell me how the ratings were when Bendo defended his titles against others, or his PPV numbers...

Troubled Championship side Blackpool host Cardiff City this evening with the Seasiders still in search of their first win of the season, although manager Jose Riga and his side will have taken plenty of heart from a hard - fought midweek draw against in - form Middlesbrough.

Cotto was able to trap Floyd against the ropes much of the fight and dig to the body, and eventually that opened up hard shots to the head that did draw blood from the nose of «Money.»

In the 1 - 1 draw against Burnley at Stamford Bridge yesterday, Chelsea and their fans were united in their fight against racism.

Khabib and Tony both represent tough fights against guys who have very little drawing power whatsoever.

Not even a championship team steps on the pitch against us fearing a loss, rather they fight for a win, if it was not for of our summer signings Sanchez, Chambers, Welbeck we were up for another draw yesterday against burnley.

«The way they have responded in tough situations, to draw at Anfield and the Britannia Stadium — and fight with 10 men against Chelsea — is a sign they have the mental strength to be champions, and I am standing by my prediction that they will win the league.»

So, probably second place is there to fight for but what's the point if you're drawn against Real?

The stench surrounding the Pernell Whitaker - Julio Cèsar Chàvez decision grew even more malodorous last week because of comments attributed to Mickey Vann, one of the two judges who robbed Whitaker by calling his Sept. 10 WBC welterweight championship fight against Chàvez a draw.

I remember that I have said that we will fight for the title until the last day, which was clearly wrong after the draw against Swansea.

The way they have responded in tough situations, to draw at Anfield and the Britannia Stadium - and fight with 10 men against Chelsea - is a sign they have the mental strength to be champions, and I am standing by my prediction that they will win the league.

He wasn't picked for Arsenal's hard - fought draw at Chelsea or the midweek Europa League game against BATE Borisov, and started the home game against West Brom on the bench.

British and Irish Lions has drawn their last game against New Zealand 15 - 15 and the three match series finishes as a draw making it one of the most closely fought Lions Tour in recent history.

Players like Rooney and Sigurdsson have the quality that means Everton will often win closely fought games against weaker or equal opponents, but just keeping it tight and organised will probably end up in a lot of draws too.

DUSSELDORF: A superb Thomas Mueller equaliser saw world champions Germany fight back against Spain as the European powerhouses drew 1 - 1 in Friday's high - profile friendly.

Jose Mourinho's side somehow managed to reach the final of the Europa League last night after they earned a hard - fought 1 - 1 draw against Celta Vigo at home which sealed a 2 - 1 aggregate win over both legs.

Chelsea did not lost away against Barcelona in their last three visits, all fights ended in a draw.

Arsenal took on Everton at Goodison Park in Saturdays's evening time kick - off and although the Gunners had a sloppy start to the match conceding 2 goals before the break, they eventually came back from behind to salvage a hard fought draw just 10 minutes before the end of regular time and Arsenal star — Mathiue Flamini in his post match interview hailed the performance and fighting spirit of his team in the game but stressed the importance of their next match against Besiktas on Wednesday.

FC Barcelona return to winning ways after two consecutive draws with a tough fought victory against Eibar.

KEY FACT: Man Utd have won 25 of a possible 27 points in league home matches against Stoke MATCH ODDS: Man Utd 2/9 Draw 6/1 Stoke 14/1 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: Have to go with Man U, don't see Stoke getting anything here... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Home win, Stoke might put up a fight but they won't get anything... 3 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Easy home win, don't see anything else... 5 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Marcus Rashford is very much one to watch in the Index

The fighting spirit Atletico Madrid have shown all season meant coach Diego Simeone never doubted they would come from behind to draw 1 - 1 against Barc -LRB-...)

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Portland had a strong start to their match against the Chicago Fire, but Chicago fought back to keep it to a 2 - 2 draw.

Ebbsfleet extended their unbeaten run to eight matches as they fought back for a 2 - 2 draw against National League leaders Macclesfield, who finished the match with 10 men at Kuflink Stadium.

Following their disappointing 2 -2 draw against Celta Vigo last weekend, Diego Simeone's men bounced back with a hard fought 1 -0 victory in mid-week against Almeria.

Verona did put in a fighting performance as they managed a draw away from home against AC Milan but they will be desperate to finally get three points to their name.

Liverpool had to settle for just the one point after a hard - fought clash against Stoke at Anfield ended in a goalless draw.

Completing a day of upsets in Group D, Burkina Faso fought back for a 2 - 2 draw against Senegal after Sadio Mane's 75th - minute goal appeared to be the winner for the Senegalese.