Sentences with phrase «tough opposition against»

Quarterback Jimmy Harris, a «raw sophomore,» stepped into the breach last year when Gene Calame was injured, and drove the team to victory over unexpected tough opposition against TCU and Texas.

The 19th placed side are coming off the back of their first win in 9 games after the 2 - 1 victory against Sunderland last week, however Arsenal should provide tougher opposition against the free - flowing football style that Martinez loves to utilise.

Not exact matches

On trade policy, he wanted tougher measures against China but faced opposition from National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs COO.

Those fixtures against top quality opposition, or tough away games.

Also would but Coquelin in for one of the front three when we are away from home against tough opposition.

The two main issues that Wenger faces are that firstly the opposition strikers they will come up against from Liverpool and Leicester will make the games very tough for them.

Rationale: While Duke have slipped up at this stage of the competition against similar opposition before, it's tough to see that happening to them again.

With tougher opposition coming up in their next game against Switzerland, England fans could have cause to be concerned by their team's continued lack of ability to break sides down, as well as a perceived lack of desire from Redknapp's point of view.

I decided to do a little research into this, painstakingly looking at results and clean sheets over the last five seasons (including this season) against what most people would consider, tough opposition.

Our team had already been victorious against our opposition in the league, and were feeling confident going into the game, although they anticipated it would be a tough match.

Should I applaud Wenger's awful record against tough opposition or shall I just rave about how good he is when we go on a run of winning games against the likes of Villa, Middlesbrough, Brighton and Leicester?

Moreover Mourinho won the CL with Porto, a minimal budget and against tough opposition, this was a year where Arsenal Chelsea and Unites were in the CL.

We do nt need to play with a DM every game, at home playing against weaker opposition I can see us using a midfield of Ramsey - Wilshire and Ozil but against tougher opposition we can bring Carvalho in instead of Wilshire and drop him a bit deeper.

If Klopp wants to usher in a new era of success at Anfield, he has to find the balance between the two and over the course of a long season, and against tougher opposition in Europe in particular, Liverpool could get found out and it will prove to be costly.

Against a premier league tough opposition, those errors might come too costly.

The top - seeded Huskies are 9 - 1, perfect against California teams (beaten week zero by Utah power Orem), and dismantled the toughest opposition in the division (West Valley - Cottonwood) by a 31 - 0 score last postseason.

Atletico also recovered from bad start and now find themselves going with three back to back wins against tough oppositions in La Liga.

Those defeats were both 1 - 0 score lines against Burnley and Bournemouth, certainly not the toughest opposition that they will face this season.

In the FA Cup this season they have progressed past QPR and Blackpool, not the toughest of opposition to have gone up against and they may be exposed against the Red Devils.

It will be tough test against Galatasaray, they are a very physical team and don't let their opposition get away with ease, they man mark well and prefer not to concede goals.

They will find it tougher against stronger opposition, but the two Spaniards may give United a new dimension together.

Pellegrini's game plan was working and City had fared better in keeping the midfield tight than against other tougher opposition.

It's one thing to have Eden Hazard playing off Alvaro Morata when the two are at the front of a team playing in the opposition's half, as against West Brom and Qarabag, but it will be a much tougher ask when they're sitting deep.

Having seen off Spain in Saturday's final, TJ is now back with our Academy as we prepare for another tough test against Spanish opposition — Real Madrid Under - 19s in the UEFA Youth League on Wednesday afternoon.

Madrid have failed in their last two games at home against tougher opposition, but they should have it a bit easier here.

«In his prior political offices, Eliot Spitzer brought junk lawsuits which seldom held up in court against New York's leading industries for his own political gain, to the detriment of the citizens of New York; he misused the powers of his offices to «steamroll» legitimate political opposition, and acted with calculated hypocrisy, signing tougher penalties into law for the very crimes he was committing.

Just when her rail opposition could pay off politically, Yee has changed her position for her tough general election contest against Republican Ashley Swearengin.

Are her «tough choices» going to dissuade those people, or help them identify further with a left campaign against shoddy compromises and wishy - washy opposition that's nothing of the sort.

UPPER EAST SIDE — The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association has gone on the attack against area politicians, blasting their opposition to the NYPD's controversial stop - and - frisk tactic and accusing them of making «policing tougher and your neighborhood more dangerous.»

But local leaders find it tough to weigh sparse evidence on health threats against public opposition

Other contenders include the Mercedes Sprinter, the Renault Master / Vauxhall Movano / Nissan NV400 trio and Peugeot's two joint - venture stablemates - the Citroen Relay and Fiat Ducato — so the Boxer is up against some tough opposition.

The 208's greatest strength is that it is a really efficient supermini, even when compared against some tough opposition.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott will have a tougher time arguing against this type of policy.