Sentences with phrase «big stroke of luck»

A seven match losing run ended and the Villa defence picked up just their second clean sheet of the season, albeit thanks to a big stroke of luck and some wayward finishing from the Manchester City attackers.

And to be fair, we did get a big stroke of luck with Gabriel not seeing red so I am not saying Arsenal were robbed or anything, just that the rub of the green was against us as it were.

Recruiting Volker was one of the biggest strokes of luck in my scientific life as he was not only the key person to set up the first HCV cell culture system, but also an exceptional mind creating true team spirit and synergy within the research team.

Perhaps the biggest stroke of luck (or maybe this is just how things work), is that each of my bosses saw me as a younger version of themselves, which made the whole mentor - mentee thing natural.