Sentences with phrase «uphill task»

We have a huge uphill task in front of us this evening as we have no points, bottom of the group, and face one of the big contenders to go on and win the competition.

Arsenal always know how to beat City when they wan na be serious even with the two deficiencies of Per and Giroud in the team, beating City or Guardiola has never been as uphill a task as beating Chelsea, United or Mourinho.

ARSENE's end of season work is a cut out uphill task if he wants success again.

And in particular the Lord Ashcroft polls of Lib Dem marginals showing what a massive uphill task faces the party, though they do at least show that our MPs» incumbency still works massively in our favour.

Revealed: Daily Record poll shows Jim Murphy faces huge uphill task to return Labour Party to power in Scotland 21 December 2014

The hosts» uphill task became even more difficult when defender Leo Lacroix was sent off for scything down Fekir on the touchline two minutes into the second half and they were made to pay as Mariano Diaz and Bertrand Traore added further goals.

Make hay while the sun shines is an age old proverb and if Blackberry doesn't make good of their recent press buzz, they might be looking at a very uphill task advertising this phone to the masses.

Failure to get them will give us a shockingly hard uphill task which sees us at the Stadium of Light next Monday followed by games against Liverpool and Arsenal.

Antonio Conte may have taken his team to the Premier League title last season, but he now knows he has a massive uphill task to try and catch Man City this season.

Japan has made economic progress, but population decline and other factors mean regional banks face an uphill task in turning themselves around.

Explaining the benefits [of new technology] to people who are not willing to accept the change is also an uphill task.

Then there is the issue of choosing the right expiry, which is often an uphill task for most.

However, those familiar with SAP security model will face an uphill task in correctly designing SAP HANA's unique privilege model.

Mr Minissale said Mr Flaherty faced an uphill task with a more commercially focused portfolio, but one positive was the level of discounting in the marketplace by the two big rivals was substantially lower than three to five years ago.

we'll probably reach wcf on talent alone but it will be uphill task to reach nba finals this year.

Barca are heavy favourites going into the game and the goal will settle them down and now the Serie A giants now face an uphill task of having to commit players forward in search of an equaliser.

The Gunners take on Manchester City this weekend as they look to win the League Cup for the first time under Arsene Wenger, but will have an uphill task given the season their opponents are having.

It would that Wenger will have an uphill task to get some of his players motivated this season, as was clearly shown by last week's horrendous defeat at Liverpool....

it was always an uphill task with or without, two..

3rd place in the EPL is a realistic target, along with a S - final run in the UcL (lets be honest, it's an uphill task to win it) & the FA cup trophy.

The real concern is that the games now come hard and fast, we already faced an uphill task with Bayern in our group further compounded by our loss to Zagreb.

Arsenal have an uphill task on their hands to qualify for the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League, as they need to score at least 3 goals to have any smidgen chance of overcoming an AS Monaco side that won by a huge margin of 3 - 1 in the first leg at the Emirates last month.

of all the youngsters he looks the most convincing to me... still think it's an uphill task but Chelsea are not firing on all cylinders yet

Further, they face an uphill task qualifying for the Champions League next season as they sit 10 points adrift of fourth - placed Tottenham in the Premier League table while they take on an in - form AC Milan in the Europa League next month.

Radamel Falcao fears for his long term Manchester United future after he was sensationally axed from the matchday squad for the Premier League defeat to Southampton on Sunday afternoon, report the Mail, with the Colombian believing that he faces an uphill task persuading his manager to make a season long loan move from AS Monaco permanent at the end of the campaign.

Pompey are currently unable to play in Europe if they win the FA Cup and the club administrator said they faced an uphill task to overturn the decision.

It's going to be an uphill task trying to beat Barcelona and just as hard if we were playing just to contain them for a draw!

Looking at the fixture table, January is a uphill task of a month.

They'll face an uphill task to compete this time.

The Argentine manager is enamoured with the striker but he faces an uphill task to make the World Cup squad this coming summer.

Having come close to winning the league just over a year back, the Merseyside club will face an uphill task just to reach the Champions League again as a result of which it's star players would seek greener pastures sooner rather than later.

The second - leg of the mouthwatering Champions League Quarter - Final with Real Madrid will be played tonight at the Bernabeu but Juventus face an uphill task they want to progress through to the Semi-Finals as they were defeated 3 - 0 at the Allianz Stadium last week.

His work ethic in them middle of the park is matched by very few in the Premier League and not overstating it but he will have an uphill task on Sunday to contain a dynamic and in - form Tottenham Hotspur midfield and that could be pivotal to Palace's chances of derailing the favorites.

Deportivo La Coruna face an uphill task to avoid the drop after being held to a goalless draw by Sevilla in La Liga on Tuesday.

Atletico Madrid also face an uphill task in their second leg of their Europa League tie with Rubin Kazan after their 2 - 0 defeat in Russia.

If Valencia hope to progress to the group stages, they will have to win all their remaining fixtures — an uphill task for the Los Che.

Carvalho's arrival will be a major boost for Manchester United and especially David Moyes for whom it is an uphill task to sign quality players without Champions League football.

At this rate, if they continue in their current vein of form, they're going to leave themselves with an uphill task especially as next month they come face - to - face with title protagonists Chelsea and Manchester City.

That's the uphill task facing Arsenal.

Put his body on the line a couple of times, but was at fault for Liverpool's opener which left Remi Garde's men facing an uphill task with just 15 minutes on the clock, losing Sturridge at the back post, although he wasn't given much help by Cissokho.

Now Alex McLeish is facing up to the stark reality that several key players won't even be available for Saturday's midday clash, while he also has to think about the general conditioning of his players ahead of a crucial run - in, with surviving in the Premier League imperative but an uphill task at this rate, what with first - team numbers dropping like flies.

There's no doubt about it: Paris Saint - Germain have an uphill task to try and come back from a 3 - 1 first leg defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League

Its an uphill task for Alaves to get something out of this match while Madrid will be favourite to make it 23 matches without a defeat.