Sentences with phrase «tougher than against»

The Champions League is Arsenal's only chance of silverware this season, and the task doesn't get much tougher than against German super-heavyweights Bayern Munich.

Not exact matches

«I think that networks are in a tough position right now, where they have shows that a lot of people watch — much more than cable shows that are considered «hits» — but they're not allowed to call them hits because they're up against an old system.»

The rupee joins the rupiah (which had fallen more than 13 % against the U.S. dollar as of August), and Brazil's real in a spate of tough economic times for developing nations, particularly those with large current account deficits.

The parliament's proposal to the commission, if passed, would put pressure on new EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to take a tougher line than her predecessor in resolving complaints against Google.

Women are up against tough odds, much tougher than any man is.

In setting themselves against their priests, the bishops have turned themselves into assistant district attorneys determined to prove themselves tougher than their bosses.

Thus heavy viewers of religious programs are more likely than light viewers to describe themselves as conservative, to oppose a nuclear freeze, to favor tougher laws against pornography, and to have voted in the last election.

Heavy viewers of religious television are more likely than light viewers to describe themselves as conservative, to oppose a nuclear freeze, and to favor tougher laws against pornography.

Arsenal, meanwhile, will miss the chance to potentially pick up a morale - boosting draw against a tough opponent and continue to scrap it out for little more than a top four spot for the rest of this season.

In this sense, history dictates that Real will have more than a tough time taking the three points against their stubborn opponents and no doubt Simeone will have a plan up his sleeve.

Abandoning that smoke screen upon reaching the gold medal game against none other than powerful Spain — and the rematch everyone had been awaiting for so long, or at least since six days earlier when the U.S. squeaked out a 101 - 68 thriller — Knight had the gall to say the Americans had come through «the toughest draw.»

With home games against Florida State and Virginia Tech and a lone tough road game at Syracuse, anything less than 9 - 2 come Dec. 1 seems unlikely.

The Belgian's return could help Arsenal continue their title charge for longer than most in the media seem to think, but a tough December which includes fixtures against Manchester United and Chelsea would certainly have been alleviated with his return.

And they've done this all against a schedule tougher than what Alabama and Oregon have faced.

I'm not convinced about Cousins, but he's been tough against the Eagles, and I like him a lot more than I did Case Keenum or any of the other QBs you had on your roster last year.

Arizona State, in a draw no tougher than Cincinnati's, has the best chance to get to Louisville for a semifinal game against the Bearcats.

Once again the Arsenal and Switzerland international midfield star Granit Xhaka showed the reckless side of his game by launching into a rash, clumsy and fangerous tackle after giving the ball away cheaply and he was punished with yet another red card to make this home game against Burnley a lot tougher than it should have been for the last half an hour.

His top - seeded Spartans were in a tougher than expected game against tiny Long Island University, and Green had struggled in the first half.

Why does he not use this tactic against even tougher opponents than wham ie top four especially che.

@Wzadry,, I watched that game, and I can tell you, Arsenal's match was tougher than that,, a little more effort from that Villa display, will surely get us a result against many teams... Bilbao just gave Messi n Co. too much respect... See how they lost the ball and let Messi pass them thru like he's some form of a g.o.d,,, Le coq wouldn't do such... We, the ARSENAL.....

Well that was a lot tougher than Arsenal would have wanted it to be but the main thing is that Arsene Wenger and his players got the result that we really needed after losing the opening Premier League game against West Ham.

Arizona State already has a better scoring margin than either Auburn or Missouri, and it achieved that margin against a tougher schedule.

They were playing for a lot more than payback, but the Bengals did get some revenge against the Steelers in the best rivalry in football and set themselves up as top cats in the NFL's toughest division

Staying fit is a massive issue for our injury hit star, we all know that and probably nobody more than the player himself, but he must be feeling good about his impact off the bench in a tough game against Cologne because I am and I can not help but wonder what will happen from now on.

Match Day one with a Home tie against Crystal Palace, a win on paper but seemed tougher than that though (eventually winning 2 - 1).

I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years

The options available to Arsene Wenger when selecting his Arsenal line up for today's game against Sunderland at the Emirates stadium are smaller than they have been all season and with three key players in Alexis Sanchez, Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin being on the injury list and after the Gunners» recent struggles in the league, what should have been an easy three points is now looking like a tough and pressure filled match.

The Chelsea number one seems to tell us that he believes the match away to Leicester will be tougher than the following encounter against us.

If we pushed Nebraska out to a seven - year window (1993 - 99), then the Huskers would drop down to a.911 winning percentage, which is only slightly higher than the.893 Bama earned against a tougher schedule.

And with the Gunners coming off a three game winless streak and facing a tough match against a Southampton side that has already beaten us a few days after the FA cup clash, many of us thought he might make even more changes than usual for Burnley tomorrow.

«With the run we have had with injuries and suspensions it has been tough, but you have to guard against the desperation to bring players back in too quickly, because you can do more harm than good.

KEY FACT: Palace have won only one of their last 11 Premier League matches against Man City MATCH ODDS: Palace 10/1 Draw 11/2 Man City 2/7 bet365 Pick: Over 2.5 goals @ 11/10 ANDY SAYS: I think my former team will find this mission a bit too difficult, has to be City... 1 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I think this could be tougher than some think, but City just edging it... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Two of my former sides here and I have to go with City, too easy....1 - 4 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Kevin De Bruyne remains the biggest bargain on the Index

Brett Hundley ($ 5,100 DraftKings, $ 6,400 FanDuel): It's great that Hundley just put up three touchdowns against the tough Steelers and now faces the Buccaneers, who are 30th in pass defense DVOA — but Hundley has scored more than a touchdown in just one game and has never passed for more than 245 yards.

Having been drawn into arguably the toughest group in World Cup history, the United States needed nothing less than 3 points in their first game against the team that had previously knocked them out of two World Cups in a row.

In fact, Icardi already has scored seven more goals than Pratto, who has been playing for five more years than Icardi and against much tougher opponents.

They've also played a tougher schedule than the Golden Eagles facing off against three ranked teams at the time they played them (Northwestern, Texas A&M, and Georgetown).

Fast forward to Friday 5 January and Inter find themselves in need of another statement performance against Stefano Pioli's side, who in the meantime have improved leaps and bounds and represent a far tougher obstacle to overcome than they were on opening night.

Wednesday's match against Real Monarchs SLC was always gonna be a tough matchup for Seattle Sounders FC 2; the Monarchs are just a better team who are much more concerned with winning USL than S2 is.

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

They have three tough fixtures against Tottenham at home and both Liverpool and Manchester United and with our comparative fixtures looking much stronger I do feel we'll be in fourth sooner rather than later.

We are however just two weeks away (well, less than that) away from the new season and a tough game against Spurs.

Some match days will be tougher than others, there are even half - a-dozen where points are unlikely to fall their way, so when you see a fixture like this — Blackpool at home against bottom - of - the - league West Ham — you know the manager will be drilling it into his players just how significant a game this is.

Italy, England's next opponents on Tuesday, will be even tougher to break down than the limited Dutch, while the opening two group games in Russia against Tunisia and Panama threaten to be genuine battles of attrition unless Southgate's players sharpen their cutting edge.

If Nixon wins more than 40 percent of the vote in the primary or forces Cuomo into a tough fight against his GOP opponent in the general, it will be a clear sign that New York politics has changed — and those who can't adapt their worldview should start looking for a new profession.

The only contentious moment of the evening was when one of the panelists, a successful bar and restaurant owner named Michael Sinensky, argued against the legislation by painting himself, rather than his employees — some of whom make minimum wage — as a victim of the tough economy.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in February that the state was taking tough new measures against energy marketing companies, also known as ESCOs, after data showed some were charging more than utilities for gas and electricity supply.

Indeed, when the U.K. government considered repealing Section 24 more than 10 years ago, then — Science Minister David Sainsbury said the biggest concern was «the question of penalties for people who improperly put that information into the public domain» and taking a tough stance against «animal terrorism.»

At first, these spicules are nothing more than chalk, but when combined with sea urchin proteins, they form tiny stacks of «bricks,» creating a structure that provides some of the toughest defense against predators and harsh ocean conditions.

With bacteria evolving to resist antibiotics faster than scientists can concoct new drugs, the fight against resistant infections in hospitals and food supplies is a tough battle to win.

Cooper at the time was convincing as this tough - guy jock who really had no interest in his girlfriend, Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams), other than to make her his trophy wife, but the character is so much funnier now when one pauses to consider how against - type he was playing.