1.   Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.

2.   To add to his worries, Webb saw defender Frank Sinclair sent off as Chelsea battled in vain to halt their alarming slide down the Premier League.

3.   Indeed, the real issue for Apple these days is the alarming slide in its sales.

4.   Most important, the governing party wanted to arrest an alarming slide in support that had begun to menace its hold on power.

5.   PSG is looking to halt an alarming slide toward the foot of the standings that has left it just five points clear of the relegation zone.

6.   That would put their dialogue on the highest possible level, completing a recovery from an alarming slide only a few months ago.

7.   The government will resume land auctions in late April after a nine-month suspension that was intended to halt an alarming slide in property prices.