Sentence examples for side struggle from inspiring English sources

The Belgium striker has admitted that he takes no pleasure in seeing his former side struggle, despite Chelsea deciding that Lukaku was not good enough to cut it among their squad.

Head coach Pablo Mastroeni watched his side struggle for large parts of the game, but he isn't concerned about the quality of the performance: he just wants to keep winning.

While fans and pundits are quick criticise Özil, the fact that Wenger's side struggle when he isn't at the races does show how important he is to the team.

A 19-year-old Jovetic scored twice for Fiorentina in a Champions League defeat four years ago which left then manager Rafael Benitez reflecting that he had never seen a side struggle so much as his own did in the first half.

The vapour could have been steam coming from the ears of the Stoke manager, Mark Hughes, at full time such was the thunderous look on his face after watching his side struggle to come through a third-round tie against a side 95 places below them in the football pyramid.

He knows everything," said Mancini, who has seen his side struggle for goals without suspended striker Mario Balotelli.

You sense Grimes's dreamy side struggling to emerge.

The remain side struggled to regain the media initiative.

But his side struggled still to find the decisive breakthrough.

Hodgson's caution was understandable after his side struggled to overcome a determined Bolton.

The same theory applies to an in-form defender facing a side struggling for goals.