Sentences with phrase «put up a fight against»

We Have Improved: Before, this Arsenal team did not put up a fight against teams like Chelsea, especially last season.

In addition the smaller teams in those leagues NEVER put up a fight against the likes of Real.

Down and relegated but still put up a fight against Tottenham and were on fire with a man down.

The Babazorros look like strong candidates for relegation this season, but they usually make things tough at home and will put up a fight against Barça on Saturday.

Rarely does one put up a fight against the efforts to grow a healthy baby in the womb.

Any that are resistant will continue to thrive and put up a fight against treatment.

Mark Brooks: The internet dating industry is putting up a fight against these kinds of scams.

None of his competition seemed to have the heart to put up a fight against the Italian Stallion and who can blame them?

Unlike some other states that didn't take a break from their accountability system and touted the Common Core as «this is what Arne Duncan wants,» the California leadership consistently put up a fight against the feds on waivers and a number of other issues... I actually accused them in another EdSource opinion piece of treating us like «Southern sheriffs.»

With sportier sheetmetal, a 201 - hp turbocharged 1.6 L four - cylinder and the versatile five - door hatchback layout, on paper the Elantra GT Sport has what it takes to put up a fight against the German favorite.

Sony's Xperia Z4 Tablet is one of the best Android tablets available on the market and it's one of the few capable of putting up a fight against the iPad Air 2.

Sony's Xperia Z4 Tablet is the best Android tablet available on the market right now and is the only one capable of putting up a fight against the iPad Air 2.

Fitbit has announced the launch of two new tracking gadgets - the Fitbit One and the Fitbit Zip - as it continues to put up a fight against the Nike + Fuel band.The Fitbit One is a small black tube that counts your daily step total, calories burnt, distance... Read more

Not exact matches

The nacho cheese version created plenty of buzz and got people into stores one time, but the turnaround - minded Taco Bell is counting on them to come back for more if it wants to put up a better fight against brands like Chipotle.

Can it really put up of a fight against the depression of bank lending?

I do this... as a duty of brotherly love, so that if any misfortune or disaster comes out of this matter, it may not be attributed to me, nor will I be blamed before God and men because of my silence... We have no one on earth to thank for this disastrous rebellion except you princes and lords, and especially you blind bishops and mad priests and monks whose hearts are hardened... The murder - prophets [a reference to Karlstadt, Muntzer and all the Schwarmerei] who hate me as they hate you, have come among these people... for more than three years, and no one has resisted and fought against them except me... I beseech you not to make light of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some of which are so fair and just as to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish articles.

They put up a fight for a while but faded against the depth of Team Wong in the second half..

They were shorthand against Team Gutman on Sunday Night but still put up a good fight.

We put up a strong fight against the opposing team, but with some exceptional scores put down by Warwick, we had to settle for second place.

Team Golembo put up a good fight against Team Kramer this week, but ultimately ended up losing the game 4 - 8.

I personally think Bama's the less embarrassing choice and that Ohio State's loss to Iowa should be considered disqualifying, but won't put up much of a fight against anyone who thinks Bama's light schedule and lack of a division title are reasons to rule out the Tide.

I think our best football this season was against man city at the emirates, i have never seen arsenal put up that sort of fight against a top team in a long time, although we didn't win I was satisfied with the hunger we showed, i would always prefer le coq to Flamini but that is not what would win us this game, we need to show the right attitude, go there to win it, and When I say go there to win it, i don't mean throw everybody forward, I mean go out there with a winning and commited mentality, being ready to throw yourself at the shot, make the all important tackle instead of ducking when the cross comes it, all 11 players need to be ready to fight for the win, we need the boys fired up, COYG.

In the run up to the playoffs they had beaten the likes of Norwich City, Huddersfield and Sheffield Wednesday, and many were expecting them to put up a good fight against Reading.

Simply put — we have good players who could achieve semi or final status but we have a manager who will keep us fighting to get out of group stages if we come up against a team who are even half decent.

Next week to Chelsea game Arsenal need to put Danny welbeck in the side against Chelsea which is where they fail to have exceptional pace that arsenal possess to fight the threat of hazard and Willian, other than that Fabregas will do whatever he can in his power to muster up a goal so therefore cazorla maybe sacrifices for Ramsey and Ozil which will bring a quick team to boot.

Even there last two defeats have been against Leicester and Man United, but in both matches they put up a good fight before succumbing.

Magic Johnson acquiesced, and James was headed to L.A. Cleveland put up a fight and even filed a grievance with the league (in Comic Sans, of course) to declare James» exit clause against league rules, but it all failed.

The Thundering Herd got off to a 7 - 5 start this season and put up a good fight against a talented Pittsburgh team on Wednesday before falling 112 - 106.

As the track dried he couldn't help but slip back to 7th by the end, but not without putting up a great fight against like likes of Schumacher, Hakkinen and Frentzen.

I think for him to put on the performance he did against Golovkin and (most significantly in my eyes) avoid taking any clean shots even though he was squared up against the rope for half the fight says a hell of a lot about the mans defensive capabilities.

Brazil's finest game fish, the dourado, puts up a wearing fight, but between rounds a fisherman can live in luxury at a fine hotel deep in a tropical forest against the backdrop of Igua √ ß √ ∫ Falls

Sunderland are fighting relegation so they will put up a good fight against us and we know how to give this «teams» fighting for relegation points.

I think Allegri would fit the bill perfectly, and provide tactics to put up a good fight against the top 5 teams.

Even the fact that City slipped against Newcastle means that we are having it easier than we should, but we will still be put up with a fight from Albion on Thursday!

To be fair to Nevin, he's not even saying that Morata played well, just that he put up a good fight against the Southampton back three.

Put up a good fight against ND — maybe even pull the upset at home?

They put up a tough fight against the blues but unfortunately didn't win.

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

Meanwhile, people were quick to troll McNair for costing Sunderland a point against Manchester City, despite the Black Cats putting up a great fight.

Is there really any real reason to assume that Newcastle will put up any more of a fight than Sunderland will against spuds.

I can see our team putting up a fight at least and not conceding 10 goals against Chelsea and Man Utd..

While the cup is the great leveller, can it really put a side fighting relegation to League One up against the Premier League leaders and see a shock?

Leicester City put up a fight on Tuesday night during their quarter final clash against Atletico Madrid but could not overcome Diego Simeone's side

I thought with the fight he put up against them they were right he did not need the time off to recover.

In South Korea, where 90 percent of children born to single moms are put up for adoption, single moms are becoming activists to fight back against societal prejudice.

I will put my credentials of fighting for progressive causes up against my two opponents any day of the week — one of whom lobbied for a Republican mayor in Albany, and another who paved the way for an unprecedented third term for a Republican mayor.»

The Republicans have a strong candidate this year in Assemblyman Jack Quinn, who will no doubt put up a spirited fight against no matter who wins the Democratic primary.

The mantle was picked up by Progress chair Alison McGovern, who told like - minded Labour members to stay put and fight against the far left.

Senate Democrats won't put up much of a floor fight against Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and gut the Affordable Care Act, aware that it eventually faces a certain veto from President Barack Obama.

In the week when Labour's Liam Byrne launched his «Welfare Reform», barely distinguishable from the Tories; when Twigg set about education in a similar vein, and when Diane Abbott's loose but innocuous tweet was met by Labour with cringing apologies instead of forthright anti-racist defence, Leanne could have made more of the opportunity to put Plaid firmly at the forefront of the growing numbers that want to see politicians stand up to all this Tory tosh, lead the fight for jobs and against the cuts.