I am happy we pulled off a last gasp win against Bolton and I was jumping up and down with sheer unadulterated joy as everyone else around me at Anfield but Roy Hodgson should really have taken the chance to show some humility following what was a very lucky escape for the club and indeed his position as manager of the club. (caughtoffside.com)
To interpret the Exodus by just «explaining away» God's miraculous intervention is to replace a grand example of God's caring for Israel with a plain old lucky escape, and to replace one of the central formative events of Judaism with an insignificant incident. (religion-online.org)
Last season's near things against Wigan in the semis and Hull City in the final, as well as the weekend's lucky escape against Reading will have taught them that. (justarsenal.com)