Sentence examples for pivotal fixture from inspiring English sources

Moving what is likely to prove a pivotal fixture in their calendar to a city far, far away might have been deemed an affront to their loyalty.

The remainder of Real's squad will return for training on Monday, with Wednesday's Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk now a pivotal fixture for Benitez if he wants to remain in the job for the foreseeable future.

Easter believes that England can win in Paris on the opening weekend and a victory would set them up for what he sees as the pivotal fixture against Wales at Twickenham on 9 March, the penultimate round of games.

The decision for Hodgson comes ahead of a pivotal fixture, as defeat against Oscar Tabarez's side could eliminate England at the group stage for the first time since 1958.

Wales will play their games against the two qualifiers at the Millennium Stadium but their pivotal fixtures against England and Australia will both be at Twickenham.

The captain goes into the pivotal Group Nine fixture here with Bulgaria tomorrow, a team led by his former ­Tottenham strike partner Dimitar ­Berbatovinsisting that Ireland's new-found ­cohesion can prove decisive.

The Frenchman had scored a spectacular late winner against Fulham in Newcastle's previous fixture and he played a pivotal part in this victory, scoring the first goal and setting up the second, when he cut in from the right and powered in a shot which Brad Guzan could parry only as far as the substitute Yoan Gouffran with 17 minutes remaining.

This fixture last season was a pivotal game in the race for the Championship title, Reading winning that day and going on to top the table ahead of Saints.

Liverpool's 3-2 vinthis in this fixture last April was seen as a pivotal moment for the Reds in last season's title charge, although ultimately it was City that went on to win the Premier League a month later.

They will be billed as the games of the season but the Manchester United captain, Nemanja Vidic, said he doubted the next two fixtures, against Arsenal and Chelsea, will be pivotal events when it comes to deciding the Premier League.

Here's how Andrew Rosinski, at Dinca.org, describes it: They filmed the pivotal and the prosaic, from Nixon's historic meeting with Mao to the bathroom fixtures in the Forbidden City.