driving force

Instead, he is now Liverpool's driving force and will be a key figure in national coach Ronald Koeman's World Cup plans.

Big profits haven’t seemed to be the driving force yet in the Ryder Cup, but like everything else in sports, that is likely to change.

It's a far cry from how she has brought up her own daughter, Aliyah, who works at the centre and is described as one of the driving forces there.

He's very emotional, we saw that little spat at half-time against Fulham, but he's the driving force on the pitch and he keeps popping up with goals and drives that team forward.

Players completing their education is extremely important to the club and Per Mertesacker, the former player and now academy manager, is the driving force behind this.