They were happy to win a hard-fought game against the Raiders.
Once again, a close, hard-fought game goes down to the final seconds, and the outcome hinged on a single play.
I expect a hard-fought game that goes down to the wire.
It was a hard-fought game where Ecuador found themselves down in the first 5 minutes of the match.
In 2005, the team started strong, but later found itself on the wrong end of some close, hard-fought games.
"It was a hard-fought game, but we expected that from this series."
It was a hard-fought game, but we played some quality football and won 3-2.
Then everyone would be coming in here saying what a hard-fought game it was and how hard we scrapped.
The two teams would square off in seven hard-fought games during the final two weeks of the season.
They came in here and won a really hard-fought game.