Sentence examples for was slightly fortunate from inspiring English sources

Danny Rose was slightly fortunate to avoid the concession of a penalty for a nibble at Silva but El Shaarawy made sure that Tottenham's relief was short-lived.

Booked CB Sergio Ramos 7/10 Picked up a foolish booking and he was slightly fortunate not to score an own-goal, but it was his brilliant header that saved Madrid at the death.

While Hart subsequently did very well to deny Loïc Rémy a goal, Cabaye was slightly fortunate not to receive a second yellow card for a foolish tackle on Jesús Navas, who had replaced Dzeko.

The goalkeeper always looked second favourite, although Wales was slightly fortunate when the ball broke kindly, allowing him to continue his run and push it home as Bryan Smith tried desperately and vainly to make the block.

With the sold-out crowd baying for a red card the 26-year-old was slightly fortunate to see only yellow, having lifted the fly-half's legs in the tackle and made no apparent attempt to bring him to ground safely.

Bournemouth's opening goal - although well-deserved - was slightly fortunate, as Ritchie's relatively tame shot hit a bobble on a poor pitch to deflect over the helpless Lewis.

Sylva is slightly fortunate that the ball reached his arms before a Uruguayan head.

The Reggae Boyz were slightly fortunate to beat Guatemala on an awful pitch in Kingston earlier in the campaign.

38 min: Masjstorovic is slightly fortunate to escape a second yellow card for handball, although it didn't look deliberate.

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Because if Jones's team were slightly fortunate not to be 20 points adrift of South Africa by half-time last week, their subsequent fightback was a glimpse of what might yet be.