Sentences with phrase «take on opponents of»

NEW YORK (AP)- Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is embarking on a $ 10 million - plus ad campaign to take on opponents of President Barack Obama's plan to reduce power plant carbon emissions.

After a certain amount of wins you will advance to the next league (each league is a planet in our Solar System) where you can take on opponents of a similar rank.

Not exact matches

From there, the president descended into a series of attacks on his opponents and a defense of his administration... among other things, taking credit for driving North and South Korea together for the Olympics.

On taking power he purged opponents in the military, security forces, and the State industrial and energy sectors, beneficiaries of the previous decade.

That includes taking real responsibility for the politicized bullying by his bureaucrats and admitting that he himself had gone way beyond the bounds of our constitutional system by creating the perception that it was somehow being «on the dark side» or outside the law to be his political opponent.

There's a lot of gross misinformation, and outright propaganda put out there by creationists aimed at just reassuring the opponents, who they count on to take what they say on face value.

As you can see, Christians advocating for the preservation of slavery did not characterize their abolitionist opponents as simply disagreeing with them on the interpretation of the biblical text, but instead tended to accuse them of not taking the Bible seriously at all.

That is the pattern in most developed countries, and surely, as the Republican party increasingly takes on the attributes of a European - style Christian Democratic party, it is logical that their opponents take the other position.»

The opponents of correspondence theory, on the other hand, almost always take their examples from the inanimate world, which they take as purely objective.

By not taking on the guest worker program, by not focusing on internal enforcement, and by coming out for increased low - skill immigration, Jindal basically agrees with the Chamber 0f Commerce - Chuck Schumer Axis that produced the Gang of Eight plan while offering conservative opponents a border certification process.

Although Lincoln is often praised for this remark by those who oppose the mixing of religion and politics, it contains three of the most controversial ideas in American politics: that it is legitimate to invoke the name of God within the realm of political discourse; that God's existence isn't merely symbolic, but that he is always right; and that since God takes sides on certain issues, some people will be divinely justified while others will stand in opposition not only to their political opponents but to the very Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.

Another is a tendency to take too many touches on the ball in an attempt to beat as many players as possible before giving a pass or shooting, hence give the opponents an opportunity to close him down or giving an inaccurate pass cos of the pressure he had invited on himself.

I am tired of seeing Pedro and Willian consistently miss, Hazard not take on opponents in the box and get good shots off, and tired mostly of seeing Moses give poor crosses and even poorer shots.

They are the creme of the crop and I need to apologize to the other teams in the League as I believe my lack of acknowledging this has led them to taking it out on their opponents.

The pair were involved in another heated rivalry later on when Fabregas moved to Barcelona and Mourinho ended up taking charge of El Clasico opponents Real Madrid.

He could have some competition from Nelson but, Nelson isn't at any time soon going to be employed as a wing back and will be used as a traditional winger as like Chamberlain he has the ability to take people on from standing positions and glide past opponents with a mixture of skill and speed.

Their opponents simply seemed to be taken over by some sort of fear factor because they froze on the day as if totally overawed by a few big names (as you seem to be) and did not play to their normal standards.

I think any premiership defence would have stopped ALL FIVE of our goals — none more than that of Alexis where two opponents threw themselves on the floor without touching the ball (or Alexis) allowing him to take his time and pick his spot for his goal.

Rashford was dazzling as a central forward last night, he often dropped deep to get the ball from the midfield area, was very brave to take on the opponent's defenders and produced a lot of good flicks for his teammates.

Arsenal are facing a tough task tomorrow, as despite beating the spuds on Wednesday, the players are not exactly flying high after a slow and goal shy start to the season, while our Premier League opponents Leicester City are on a brilliant run of form and have taken the Premier League by storm.

It is not easy replacing Alex with his workrate, in terms of goals Aubaya would be a perfect arsenal type forward, height, pace, skill and finishing, otherwise if we lose Alex i feel we need a finisher and a wide player who takes on opponents.

The sending off of Dani Carvajal midway through the second half went a fair way to helping Barca see out the win, but it was Valverde's decision making and brilliance that took Barca over the line and helped them embarrass their long - time opponents on their own turf once again.

We need strikers who take their chances within the first 10 min of EVERY game game, that's how you psychologically beat your opponents and finish with 5 - 0 wins on a frequent basis.

Arsene Wenger and all the Arsenal fans will be honorary Canaries for the night and if we stop short of donning the tellow and green of Norwich City then we will at least be cheering them on when they travel to the south coast next week to take on Southampton in a third round FA cup replay, because whoever wins that match will be Arsenal's opponents in the fourth round.

Even though the game on Sunday is at the Emirates Stadium and Watford are in the middle of a dry spell, with no goals and two defeats in the last three games, the Arsenal boss is well aware that the Hornets are dangerous opponents and even though we beat them 3 - 0 at Vicarage Road this season, it would be foolish to take them or progression to the next round for granted.

But Adding a top and EPL experienced CB in the Mould of Van Dijk and also a No - nonsense top DM that is strong physically, fast, can score goes, take - ons opponent, Tackles, wins Ariel duels, Intercepts play in the Mould of Fabinho (He can play as DM, CM, RB and even CB if convert) Would do.

Many Arsenal fans have questioned why the French international can't manage to stay on for the whole 90 minutes of games and maybe score more as our opponents get tired legs, but Arsene Wenger is adamant that he will continue his policy of taking him off in the later stages of games.Le Prof told Arsenal.com: «First of all I would like to say that in my job you sub strikers more than defenders, because they have to create, they have to provoke, they have to be incisive in every run.

The real test is yet to come on the Premier League front Take nothing away from Arsenal's solid performances and the consequent results they managed during March, however, 3 of their 4 league opponents were teams from the bottom half of the table.

At that point, against that type of opponent, Argentina has to take on reptilian qualities.

Although he was primarily positioned as a defender in soccer, Joseph Ngata utilized his size and speed to take advantage of opponents at multiple positions on the pitch.

Aldridge did his part well, but the Spurs need another star who could create his own shot, take opponents on one - on - one, and come up with something special toward the end of the game.

Ospina was arguably the most important Arsenal player on the pitch when we took on tonight's opponents PSG in Paris back in September as he kept us in the game with a string of fine saves which allowed Alexis Sanchez to rescue a point with his late goal.

On his second serve, Chip was startled to see his opponent take a couple of steps forward and catch the ball early.

In an amazing coincidence, SCORECARD in that same Jan. 18 issue carried an item on a high school game between Shawnee Mission (Kans.) South and Shawnee Mission West that parallels this situation: The «winning» quarterback took the final snap on his opponent's 40 - yard line and then, without downing the ball, retreated toward his own goal line, waiting for the last five seconds of the game to elapse.

Arsene Wenger was keen to take the positives out of the way Arsenal passed the ball, controlled the game and produced many more shots, chances and shots on target than Monday's opponents Swansea City, rather than dwell on the defensive lapse and some wayward finishing that cost us the game.

Oddsmakers take many factors into consideration when adjusting the spread including the opponent, the quality of the backup and the overall talent on the roster.

But fortunately for Alabama, the breakdown of Saban's machine designed to digest opponents over 60 minutes of grinding football sparked a confusion that produced something much more captivating and memorable: A team of outrageously good individual players playing catch - up on offense, desperate, intense effort on defense, and a sideline so emotional that Mekhi Brown took his on - field tussling with Georgia to his teammates and coaches.

He has also attempted 16 take ons in 12 league games, completing 81 % of his efforts to to take the ball past an opponent.

That situation took away a bit of that importance from the derby, but it remain an intriguing tie as both sides were still keen on beating their opponent in such historical encounter.

In the second half, United gained complete control of the match, and Bastian showed glimpses of quality in the build - up to the third goal and got himself in to the score - sheet minutes later, capitalizing on a mix up in Wigan Athletic's box to convert a well taken goal to make the score 4 - 0 — the sixth time the Red Devils put four past an opponent under the Portuguese.

They also pass directly through the middle of the pitch to Kane's feet or to Dele or Eriksen who take the ball with momentum as they're on the move and can attack at the heart of the opponents defence causing immediate confusion.

Christian chose former Portuguese World Player of the Year Luís Figo as his favorite player, not least because of the way Figo would take on opponents out wide and dribble past them and be courageous with the ball (much as Pulisic plays today).

Phil Mickelson somehow took one of the most egregious errors he's ever made in competition and turned it around on his opponents during Friday's Presidents Cup match.

Suarez was beaten only by Hazard (132) in the take - ons department too, completing 93 of his — although it should be noted that England's World Cup opponent (assuming his knee knack heals) completed only 39 % of his compared with the Belgian's 63 % success rate.

We did nt get it and the longer the season goes on the more dependant we will become on goals from midfield, which makes our attacking predictable and easy to defend, we have no element of surprise in attack, nobody dribbles or runs past an opponent at pace at Arsenal, its all based on rotating positions and passing until a gap opens, the big sides, and smaller ones aswel wont always give you the gap, and even when the gap does prevent itself your depending on Giroud being clinical enough to take the chance, and he is not clinical.

Mahrez's ability to take the ball into tight spaces and come out the other side, and beat multiple opponents with his runs on the ball, has been akin to how the danger of Eden Hazard saw him occupy two or more defenders himself for at times for Chelsea last year.

Deco I would play in the middle as a creative partner for Cesc, take a little weigt of the Spanish Maestro, rub a little cunning off on Denislson, who knows what he might do with Rosicky — you know that getting the dodgy free kick on the opponents 18 yard line with two minutes to go, and actuallly having a player to take a free kick rather than RvP blasting it skywards effort after effort

So, even though he will never possess the pace and nimble feet required to be an especially effective dribbler, last year's performance indicates he has gained an enhanced understanding of when to take opponents on with age.

With 18 - year - old Marcus Rashford now leading the line, with Martial supporting his attacks from the left, the right flank looks to be in need of a player who fits the profile of Wilfried Zaha — a winger who can take defenders on, stretch the play, sprint clear on the counter and keep opponents guessing over what he will do next.

The young Blues, who went into the contest having already secured qualification into the knockout phase of the competition, looked to be on course to leapfrog their opponents and take top spot in the group when Alex Denny put them ahead with 20 minutes remaining.