But despite the home side's dominance, the Germans reached the break on level terms.
Mulgrew was deputising alongside Andrew Considine at the centre of the home defence, which was looking fragile despite the home side's dominance of possession.
The home side finally gained dominance in the scrum and were awarded a penalty from the set piece on 55 minutes to make it 15-9.
Beckford headed wide for the visitors from a Bradley Johnson cross and Freedman shot wide as the Leeds strikeforce looked to take advantage of their side's dominance.
Houllier's side maintained their dominance after the break and Baker almost added a fourth goal when he headed narrowly wide from another Bannan corner, while Kyle Walker and Delfouneso also went close.
Desperate to see his side convert their dominance into goals, Brown replaced the ineffective Garcia with Nicky Barmby shortly after half-time and Hull immediately began playing with a greater sense of urgency and belief.
Gerrard was at the fulcrum of the home side's overwhelming dominance, with Torres the chief outlet.
But despite his side's apparent dominance, and odds of 50-1 offered against an England win, he promised no complacency.
It was Liverpool's turn to have the upper hand and the home side eventually pressed home their dominance midway through the second half.
When the action resumed, the tireless Feeney twice fired wide before the break as the home side failed to make their dominance count.
Finally, the home side found the breakthrough their dominance deserved, Martyn Williams checking the Quins defence before his pop-pass found Hewitt cutting a superb angle.
An own goal from Park Chu-Young got Argentina off to the perfect start before Higuain nodded in, and after Martin Demichelis' error allowed Lee Chung-Yong to pull a goal back, Maradona's side got the goals their dominance perhaps deserved.
The home side's 15 minutes of dominance eventually told on the scoreboard as Parks levelled the game with a penalty from in front of the posts.
Opportunities continued to arrive for the home side after the interval but their possession and dominance failed to be rewarded.
McGeady hit wide himself and Keane then shot across face of goal as Tony Mowbray's side looked to take advantage of their increasing dominance.
But despite United's dominance, Arsenal's championship-winning side of the 2003-04 season took home the Best Team prize.
As predicted, Argentina's scrum was massively superior to England's and the Pumas' dominance gave Rodriguez another chance to kick his side ahead but he squeezed his effort wide.
Ferguson set himself apart from almost every manager in the game during that extended dominance by showing how many times he could rebuild a winning side around world-class talent.
But the Sharks dominance waned as the Bulls won a penalty inside the home side's 22 on 60 minutes and Hougaard knocked the ball over to close the gap to just a point.
Leicester began brightly, with the Ospreys not even reaching their 22 in the first 12 minutes, and the home side could feel hard done by to just have Flood's first penalty to show for their dominance.
And, despite resting several first-teamers with Tuesday's Carling Cup semi-final against Arsenal in mind, Juande Ramos could have been forgiven for a sense of bemusement at how his side were not five or six goals up at half-time, such was the hosts' dominance.
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