In an ill-tempered second-half veteran striker Hassan failed to score after the Esperance keeper, Jean-Jacques Tizie, had left his line to close down on Emam.

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Centre-back Martis dallied on the ball and Gerrard robbed him of possession, drove through on to the home goal and lifted a shot over the on-rushing keeper Dean Kiely to score his 24th goal of the season.

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Cardiff striker Chopra headed Kevin McNaughton's cross past Hull keeper Brad Guzan from close-range to score his third goal in as many matches.

BBC: Hull 0-2 Cardiff

But, in truth, only Chelsea's occasional tendency to over-play and Sunderland keeper Fulop prevented this from being a cricket score.

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"We needed to score at least 300 runs in the first innings to make it competitive, " the wicket-keeper said.

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Swedish keeper Magnus Hedman tipped Etxeberia's shot round a post with the score still at 0-0 and made a brilliant point-blank save to deny Gaizka Mendieta on 52 minutes.

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