Sentence examples for weakened side from inspiring English sources

José Mourinho is threatening to rest virtually his entire Chelsea team and potentially hand Liverpool the Premier League title after revealing he will seek permission from Roman Abramovich to pick a deliberately weakened side in protest at being made to play the game on Sunday.

West Indies, who fielded a heavily weakened side because of a contract dispute, lost all three games.

Raina, 24, captained India in four one-day fixtures last year, when he led a similarly weakened side, with several senior players missing, in a triangular series against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.

Speculation that Manchester United might field a weakened side against Blackpool does not faze him.

Should Spurs lose, his decision to go with a weakened side here will be questioned exhaustively.

Arsenal drew 2-2, shoulduld they also be punished for putting out a weakened side?

David Moyes had fielded a weakened side for Tuesday's Merseyside derby to concentrate on this quarter-final.

A low-key Derby d'Italia at San Siro on Saturday, Juventus beating Internazionale even with a weakened side.

Chris Coleman's weakened side showed plenty of spirit to fight back twice but were finally undone by the Bayern Munich winger's class.

Wenger has no intention of fielding a weakened side against Fenerbahce on Tuesday, despite the north London derby with Tottenham taking place next weekend.

Such is the volume of cricket that Fletcher will not rule out sending a weakened side to India for the Champions Trophy.