Sentences with phrase «performance against their rival»

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GM claims the 206kW / 400Nm tearaway — which goes on sale in Europe early next year — offers best - in - class performance against a rival pack that includes the Renault Megane RS 250, Mazda3 MPS and Volkswagen Golf R.

Not exact matches

The dollar is turning in a mixed performance against its major rivals Friday afternoon.

Still unbeaten this season, yesterday's game saw our Netball 1s earn their spot in the quarter final of the BUCS Northern Conference Cup after another incredible performance against our local rivals, University of Manchester.

His comments after the poor performance against local rivals Everton were quite pathetic when he said they had put in their best performance of the season in that 2 - 0 defeat.

Despite a somewhat disjointed performance from the Arsenal team we did at least manage to earn a point from the Premier League match against top four rivals Man City yesterday and the fans will be hoping that this can be the start of our usual strong finish to an EPL campaign.

But then again, we have also improved our tactics and performances in the big games and if we are going to find it harder against the lower placed clubs, how much harder will our rivals find it?

There's no better time to put in an inspired performance than against rivals Atletico.

Our best performance of the season so far and it has come against our bitter rivals.

Our side will be keen for a big performance against the Reds, having already been embarrassed by the Anfield club in August when they gave us a 4 - 0 thrashing on Merseyside, and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain will hopefully be on the end of both defeats having played at wing - back for us in the reverse fixture shortly before moving to our rivals.

Balotelli only arrived at Anfield in the summer from Lazio's Serie A rivals AC Milan, but despite his impressive goalscoring record at the San Siro, Balotelli has been unable to translate his performances back into the English game, with only one Liverpool goal to his name so far — in the Champions League against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad.

An absolutely brilliant performance from Arsenal against Man United yesterday lifted us up to second in the Premier League table, and broke our duck against our great rivals in the League.

Our side hasn't hit top form yet this season, while our rivals have been consistently winning the majority of their matches, but I feel that our performance against Manchester City proves that our players are really up for the big games this year.

Questions have also been raised over Cech's ability this term, with his mistakes against his former side poses as his most disastrous performances, and we may well be looking to bring in a top rival for the Czech.

Liverpool sent a strong message to their top 4 rivals with an incredible performance against league leaders Arsenal, starting the game at such a high tempo that Arsenal couldn't catch a breath.

As often as this Barcelona transcended modern football, it is probably their performances against their closest and oldest rivals that have best defined them.

Did the performance give me special pleasure because it was against our city rivals when they were ready to celebrate their title?

Pep Guardiola will be hoping that this performance does not affect their upcoming League Cup final against Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger's side edging London rivals Chelsea to book a meeting with City.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has recently announced his decision to step down from his managerial role in the summer and the players are likely to put up a strong performance against their London rivals.

While not known for lightning pace or formidable aerial ability, Holt is a nuisance and his performance against City's rivals was reminiscent of a vaguely similar striker that ruined Norwich's return to the second tier on the opening evening of the season.

Casillas won his place back in Real's starting line - up this season, but his performances have been poor and a section of the club's fans jeered him during the defeat against rivals Atlético last month.

The Frenchman was pleased with the teams performance and revealed that whatever message the Gunner would show to fellow rivals had been showed on the pitch against Everton considering the teams fighting sprirt.

They've had no such problems against their main rivals, though, and on Sunday they'll look to once again rise to the occasion when they welcome table - toppers Man City to Anfield aiming to repeat last season's epic performance in the corresponding fixture back in April, when Andy Carroll scored his first goals for the club in a comprehensive 3 - 0 victory.

The following season, Heskey was reunited with former boss Gerard Houllier which seemed to improve his performances in the 10/11 season as he scored the winning goals in games against local rivals Wolves and West Brom but still only managed three league goals in the entire season.

After a thrilling and excellent performance against our second city rivals, Birmingham City, we currently find ourselves sat in the automatic promotion spot for...

Last season's 20 - minute opening blitz against the Red Devils at the Emirates was a high - class dissection of one of our biggest rivals, and while Wenger would be delighted to see a repeat performance this weekend, he will take the win no matter how it comes.

But a stirring performance by the home side led to Naby Keita levelling just before half - time before Werner's winner ended Leipzig's luckless record against their would - be title rivals.

On a terribly cold evening at the Motspur Park training ground, Jody Morris» youngsters kicked off knowing that closest title rivals Arsenal had reduced their advantage at the summit of the Southern section to just three points with a 5 - 1 win over Brighton earlier in the day, but a resolute performance was capped by Brown's opportunistic 67th - minute strike and ensured the Blues go into their Youth Cup clash against Fulham in confident mood.

After a very good result and a very bad performance away to Chelsea in the Champions League, Barcelona are back in La Liga action with a home match against fellow Catalan rivals Girona.

United didn't always entertain as much as we'd like last season, but there were some great performances against our biggest rivals, and whilst Di Maria and Falcao were hugely disappointing, Van Gaal's reinvention of a few players he inherited was a remarkable achievement in itself.

It was a historic season for Los Merengues as they also captured the Copa Del Rey in spectacular circumstances with a man - of - the - match performance from new superstar Gareth Bale against their eternal rivals in FC Barcelona.

Recent games had seen a stagnation in performance for Jurgen Klopp's side, but a win against their fabled rivals who were also title - contenders, should have been incentive enough to spur the team on.

A majority of New York City voters continue to disapprove of Mayor Bill de Blasio's job performance, according to a Q poll released yesterday, but he would still probably fare well in a matchup against at least two of his potential Democratic primary rivals.

Could Korine get another wonderfully against type performance from Elba to rival that of Franco in Spring Breakers?

On isolating teacher effects: «Inferring teacher competence from test scores requires the isolation of teaching effects from other major influences on student test performance,» while «the task is to support an interpretation of student test performance as reflecting teacher competence by providing evidence against plausible rival hypotheses or interpretation.»

Soon thereafter, we look forward to driving the high - performance Cadillac against its German and Japanese rivals.

Performance and 0 - 62mph time > At a distinct disadvantage against all - wheel drive rivals, the Civic Type R's acceleration times don't quite portray how rapid it actually is on the road

Porsche's GT cars have always looked surprisingly good value against competitors with a similar performance and focus, but with the GT2 RS that pricing strategy has evolved into something much more inline with its exotic rivals.

Until Mazda develops a new MPS model there's little of interest in the range when it comes to straight line performance, but against conventional mass - market rivals the Mazda3 fares well enough.

The Infiniti G37 sedan is an entry - level luxury car that competes against its German rivals by accentuating performance, handling and technology.

Despite offering up a septet of cars to compare it against, Kia officials are fond of saying that the Stinger's mix of high performance at a lower price means that it has no real rivals, no class that it readily fits into.

The Suzuki is well priced and well packaged, but against its key rivals performance is called into question.

Land Rover is preparing to unleash a hot version of the Velar against its German performance SUV rivals.

You'll find out how the C - Class compares against the 3 Series in areas such as performance, fuel economy, interior quality, safety and after - sales support, as well as whether equipment levels are up to snuff against its sworn rival.

While playtimes will vary based on a game's use of vibration, use of a headset, and other factors, the Battery: Kit Pro exhibited some solid performance when pitted against a number of rivals.

NHL SuperCard Features * Collect more than 450 current and legendary players * Quick Game — Participate in quick battle games and add new players to your starting lineup * Season Mode — Compete against other players in week - long NHL season simulations for significant rewards * Rivals Clash Events — Pick a side and join likeminded players to compete against rivals for rewards * Player Training — Train players in playmaking, stick handling, focus and skating for performance at their maximum potential * Card Enhancements — Increase player ratings through acquisition of various enhancement - drivenRivals Clash Events — Pick a side and join likeminded players to compete against rivals for rewards * Player Training — Train players in playmaking, stick handling, focus and skating for performance at their maximum potential * Card Enhancements — Increase player ratings through acquisition of various enhancement - drivenrivals for rewards * Player Training — Train players in playmaking, stick handling, focus and skating for performance at their maximum potential * Card Enhancements — Increase player ratings through acquisition of various enhancement - driven cards

Back in the motorhome you can spend your resource points on developing the car, understand how you rate against your rival, see a great new screen that shows your past race results and see how you rank against the community on your race weekend performance.

That's how I'd describe its performance against its closest rivals.

So we're certainly still curious to see how the iPhone 7 will fare against the iPhone 6s and its most prominent Android rivals in speed and performance tests.