His profligacy went unpunished, however, as he did convert another gilt-edged chance with 13 minutes left.
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But they will regret this opportunity after spurning a number of gilt-edged chances during the compelling tie.
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Striker Aruna Dindane was Pompey's main culprit as he squandered three gilt-edged chances and capitalise on an early spell of pressure.
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Louis Saha missed a gilt-edged chance when Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi blocked his strike before Tim Cahill's header hit the Latics post.
Then a disastrous back-pass from Christopher Samba presented Drogba with a gilt-edged chance but the Ivorian's shot was saved by Robinson with his legs.
Last season's Masters and Grand Prix winner squandered a 3-0 lead against the Widnes qualifier and missed a gilt-edged chance to go 4-0 ahead.
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Larsson also had a gilt-edged chance for the visitors after Bikey gave the ball away for Burnley only for the Blues' substitute to shoot over.
The home side, handicapped by the loss of stand-off Danny McGuire beforehand with a leg injury, were also guilty of letting several gilt-edged chances go begging.
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The visitors had a gilt-edged chance to punish the miss when a slip by Birmingham centre-back Johnson allowed Everton forward Yakubu a strike at goal from 10 yards.
Berbatov, meanwhile, endured a frustrating afternoon in the face of a stubborn Rovers rearguard and was guilty of missing a gilt-edged chance inside the area with 10 minutes remaining.
Richardson should have broken the deadlock as England looked to up the tempo, but he missed a gilt-edged chance at the back post as Nugent flicked on James Milner's cross.
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Stoddart failed to take a difficult pass in the Quins 22 that would have sent him under the posts, before a further gilt-edged opportunity presented itself to the home side.
With Rangers leaving gaps at the back, towering PSV striker Marcus Berg missed a gilt-edged chance, mis-kicking from three yards after Erik Pieters and Dzsudzsak had cut the home side open.
The midfielder cajoled his stuttering side into a greater urgency and, after David Ngog and Raul Meireles missed two gilt-edged chances, it was left to the Reds captain to grab an equaliser.
Wilkinson's kick from out on the touchline was wide but England had a gilt-edged chance after 29 minutes when Ollie Barkley had a simple drop goal chance in front of the posts.
Murray, 23, squandered a gilt-edged break-back opportunity at 3-4 and found himself serving to stay in the set in the following game, but held to force his 29-year-old opponent to serve it out.
Yakubu missed a number of gilt-edged chances in the 0-0 draw at Fulham last week and Arteta believes the difficult time he had at the World Cup in South Africa may have affected the striker's confidence.
The visitors wasted another gilt-edged try opportunity in first-half injury time, when a fine forward effort seemed to take Glasgow over the line, only for referee Alan Lewis to rule the ball was held up.
Despite their eight-point deficit, the Rhinos created a sustained spell of pressure on the brink of half time, but Jordan Tansey spurned a gilt-edged chance to bring Leeds to within two points of regular season champions.
Rio Ferdinand's last-ditch tackle denied the Argentine a gilt-edged chance to make it two and United had another let off when the referee waved away penalty calls after Keane fell on the ball in the area.
The Blades had been chasing victory with substitute Marcus Bent guilty of missing a gilt-edged chance from Bjorn Helge Riise's corner on the edge of the six-yard box while Joe Mattock lashed a 20-yard volley wide.
City created another gilt-edged chance to break the deadlock on the stroke of half-time when James Milner's free-kick found its way to the unmarked Yaya Toure six yards out - but Mignolet managed to divert the Ivorian's effort narrowly wide.
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Polish substitute Ebi Smolarek had two decent efforts for his side in the closing stages but neither were on target, before Tomasz Zahorski missed a gilt-edged chance in the 88th minute when, after going clean through, he was denied by the feet of Runje as Croatia held on for the win.
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