Sentence examples for a difficult start with from inspiring English sources

We had a difficult start with Marseilles pressing us well and we didn't find our fluency.

The investigation got off to a difficult start, with detectives struggling to piece together the different groups from the night before the killing.

"This has been a difficult start with new players, less coaching time, young players, virtually starting again.

When Vijay Singh won the Masters this year, Woods had a difficult start, opening with a 75 that forced him to play catch-up the rest of the tournament.

The second operation was General Howe's plan to take Philadelphia, which, after a difficult start, met with success in September.

Woakes, who is auditioning for England's troublesome number six position, endured a similarly difficult start with the ball, but recovered to deliver a steady performance.

Having overcome a difficult start to his reign, with Montenegro losing the next three games after drawing with England, Brnovic has won over his critics with an attacking brand of stylish football.

Key fixtures: Leicester face a difficult start in the Premier League with their first three games against Champions League hopefuls - Everton (home), Chelsea (away) and Arsenal (home).

Despite this, Sunderland endured a difficult start to the season, with their first victory not coming until late September against Wigan.

Di Canio had a difficult start to his Swindon tenure with the club sat 21st after his first month in charge.

After a difficult start to life at Southampton, with a host of his top players moving on, the only disappointment for Koeman was that his team squandered chances to make it an even more routine afternoon.