But it wasn't all plain sailing for Shakhtar after it scored a hugely controversial goal to go to 1-1.

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The fans' new-found optimism seemed to transmit to the players on the pitch as they produced a consummate performance, but it was not all plain sailing for Spurs.

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Instead, the behind-the-scenes features suggest it was all plain sailing.

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It is not, of course, all plain sailing, particularly within India and China, which have both relied on years of rapid economic growth to try and employ ever-growing numbers joining the workforce.

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Of course it was not all plain sailing.

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It was not all plain sailing for Murray.

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But it is not all plain sailing.

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Though widely acknowledged as a pragmatic operator who is excellent at his job, life at the Premier League helm has certainly not been all plain sailing for Scudamore and he has deep experience in riding various storms of controversy.

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It's not all plain sailing.

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This is not to say that it will all be plain sailing.

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It has not, of course, all been plain sailing.

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It has not all been plain sailing, though.

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But not all will be plain sailing for Mr Michael.

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