Sentences with phrase «under the cosh in»

There is another big reason for Wenger to give Walcott more time in the centre and it is the upcoming Champions League double header with Barcelona because you know that we will be under the cosh in both of those games and having Walcott in top form could make the difference.

Jan Oblak saved the day (pun very much intended) as Atlético were put under the cosh in this so - called «decaffeinated derby.»

Liverpool may have passed up an opportunity to really put Spurs and Arsenal under the cosh in the Champions League qualification challenge, but a 1 - 0 defeat in a game which if replayed, and ceteris paribus, Liverpool would likely win, even if it would be a dull affair is hardly something to get exceedingly concerned about.

Not exact matches

Coq's stupidity today was just so bloody frustrating, after being under the cosh for most of the first half were were well in control, all he had to do was shadow Kane down the wing.

I agree with you that AW has done some astounding things for the club, but he has also made some reall balls ups and week in week out it seems he is not able to offer up a tactical plan B or utilise key players in key positions against the relevant sides we play, (not starting with Rosicky and Walcott on Saturday was one such instance) I realise that no team wins all their games and I know that we have been under the cosh for quiet a few years now, but what annoys me more than anything else is the lack of Visible ambition, we spent three weeks messing around with Beliek and only just managed to get Paulista who was an uncertainty due to a work visa.

They were under the cosh through most of the second half, but Luka Milivojevic's late penalty secured what could be a vital point in their battle for Premier League survival.

You could sense people's amazement at the night's result, Fulham 2 Burnley 3 at a place that has been a graveyard for so long and where in this game they were under the cosh for long spells.

After shrugging off the threat in the immediate aftermath of the Labour leader's speech, the companies are now under the cosh.

She compared the rise of Ukip to the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s, explaining that like then, many people felt «under the cosh» economically.

Membership of political parties is both historically and currently low as a proportion of the population but membership of trade unions, if under the cosh from the anti-union laws and an unfavourable economy, still takes in one third of the working population.