Sentences with phrase «lucky escape against»

Not exact matches

Yet again Arsenal put themselves in a difficult position and yet again they were lucky to escape from another embarrassing defeat yesterday against Preston North End.

The team was lucky to escape with all points against Leicester and a compact defence would have won us three points at Spurs as we led at half time.

I thought sometimes, we put in a decent shift against opposition teams and the players are at the top of their game... I would only call us «Lucky» if we somehow managed to escape at a hair's breath when things don't go in our favour... Beep!

-- Lucky to escape with a narrow win against Leicester.

There have been times where United have been lucky to escape punishment as they did against Arsenal when David De Gea's quick reflexes saved Lukaku even more blushes.

Haggis, a striking Maine Coon cat, had a very lucky escape from lily poisoning after brushing up against a bouquet of lilies, the pollen from which turned his white fur yellow.