Sentences with phrase «spirited fightback»

It just seemed as though everything was going against Arsenal as well as us playing badly but then cae a very spirited fightback.

The Spaniards took the lead in the reverse leg in Germany, but a spirited fightback by the home side saw Leverkusen grab three crucial points to propel them to second place in the group, four points clear of Valencia.

However, Spurs are yet to taste a league defeat this term, and they maintained that with a spirited fightback at home to West Ham on Saturday.

However, Wolves will arrive in Lancashire on a high following their spirited fightback at home to Sunderland last weekend and if they can go to Ewood Park and not be overawed — not that Ewood Park is in any which way an intimidating arena, but the hosts do have a formidable reputation at home over the past fifteen months in the league — then we reckon there's only one side really worth backing at the odds.

The Czech Republic produced a spirited fightback but in the absence of the injured Tomas Rosikcy, they lacked the guile to break down a Turkish defence that was well - marshalled by the impressive Mehmet Topal.

Liam Fox's calls for dramatic cuts to the UK's development spending are prompting a spirited fightback from defenders of the aid budget.