Blackpool had to change their keeper at the interval with Ghanaian Richard Kingson replacing Matt Gilks and his first job was almost picking the ball out of the net as Portuguese midfielder Boa Morte latched on to a cute through-ball by Parker but shot narrowly wide of the right-hand post.
Easter finally got the ball in the net after a by-now trademark run and cross from Bale, but the short-range effort cannoned in off his hand and was disallowed.
And Berrer charges to the net to calmly stab the ball away with a sweet back-handed volley.
Philip Jordan charged upfield right through the heart of the Monaghan defence and he was able to palm the ball into the net after playing a clever one-two with Gerard Cavlan.
And they were only deprived of a lead they deserved by awful refereeing from Mike Dean, who inexplicably failed to play the advantage rule, blowing for a free-kick after Malouda turned the ball into the net from close range.
The striker did have had the ball in the net soon after from a Barry free-kick but his effort was disallowed for a push on defender Christopher Samba.
Soon afterwards, Givet gave Rovers the lead with a stunning strike - smashing the ball into the corner of the net after Ciaran Clark had half-cleared Morten Gamst Pedersen's throw.
Chelsea did get the ball in the net for a second time shortly before half-time, but Michael Ballack was so far offside from Florent Malouda's pass that he barely even bothered celebrating.
After a low-key start, Didier Drogba rolled the ball into an empty net after David James kicked at thin air.
The on-loan Everton striker had the ball in the net from a similar move but was rightly pulled up for offside.
Earnshaw, making his first start in a competitive match for over a year, twice had the ball in the back of the net before half-time but his celebrations were curtailed by the referee's whistle.
Taylor pushed Levan Tskitishvili's spot-kick onto a post but Healy slid the ball into his own net as he came in to clear the rebound.
Thomas Hitzlsperger nearly added insult to injury as he crashed a free-kick towards the Wales net, only for Hennessey to plunge full-stretch to push the ball away.
Dorrans half-volleyed the ball into the roof of the Czech net from 10 yards from a cushioned Naismith header, but the effort was correctly ruled out for offside.
With three minutes remaining, the points were safe as Anderson drove the ball into the box for Rooney to caress it into the net with a delightful left-foot half-volley.
Khalil smashed a shot against the bar after the hour mark, but the unlucky Abbas decisively turned the ball into his own net in injury-time as he tried to cut out a cross from Iraq captain Younis Mahmoud.
Later, Tsonga attempted a down-the-line forehand winner, a tough shot because the ball must travel over the outside of the net, which is six inches higher than the middle.
WSJ: Rafael Nadal, the Underrated Tactician, Stalks Novak Djokovic
Luck favoured the hosts on 61 minutes when Boruc attempted to clear from a routine back-pass from Zewlakow but the ball bobbled over his swinging foot before rolling into an empty net.
Midfielder Nader Abdussalah played in Osman with a clever pass which Afful failed to clear and the 30-year-old slotted the ball into the net from an acute angle with only four minutes remaining.
Emmanuel Adebayor had the ball in the net - only for referee Alan Wiley to rule the goal out for a foul on McShane as the Togo striker climbed to reach a header on 15 minutes.
Malouda rounded off a fine passing move with a sweet back-post finish to make it 2-0 and Lampard practically walked the ball into the net when he met substitute Nicolas Anelka's pass from another swift breakaway.
Stoke lost keeper Thomas Sorensen with a finger injury in the warm-up, and deputy Simonsen soon found himself picking the ball out of the net.
Ipswich's keeper handled the ball outside his penalty area following a hopeful punt forward and three minutes later replacement keeper Arran Lee-Barrett was picking the ball out of his net.
The visiting side did have the ball in the net just before the interval when Senderos slid in to convert a deep Leighton Baines free-kick but the defender was penalised for offside.
But when the same two players tangled on the edge of the penalty area in the 72nd minute, the ball broke loose for Smith to clinch victory with a neat 20-yard chip into the empty net.
The midfielder saw red when he punched the ball into the net with only seconds left on the clock, earning himself a second booking and one-match European suspension that could see him sit out the Champions League group match against Villarreal.
应用推荐