The Americans and the Europeans undoubtedly viewed these conditions as a low bar to cross.
Bruno Cheyrou then had Hislop backpedalling to desperately claw away a cross from under his bar and then Hislop showed clean hands to hang on to Gerrard's free-kick.
It took a misplaced clearance by Cuellar that flew a couple of yards over the bar from a Nacho Novo cross to spark some Rangers pressure.
Benito Carbone went close early on for the visitors, heading a Steve Stone cross over the bar.
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First, Toni Huttunen chested the ball past Korhonen but was relieved as it bobbled wide of the goal, and then Tuomas Kansikas sliced a Bentley cross over his own bar.
It was important for Wigan to capitalise on their period of intense pressure but they were denied by the woodwork once more when Heskey's header from a Koumas cross rebounded off the bar.
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With 15 minutes remaining and chances few and far between, Lille came agonisingly close as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang poked a Ludovic Obraniak cross just over the bar.
The Baggies came close when Gretar Steinsson headed a whipped cross just over his own bar, and again when Odemwingie's lay-off played in Morrison, who fired past the post.
And within four minutes the Lions were 3-1 down on aggregate when a Rosa cross was met by a flying Botis header, which hit the bar and bounced down just over the line.
It was a deflating end to the drama for the hosts and they appeared ruffled, with Bolton going close to a leveller when Johan Elmander rattled the bar with a header from Matt Taylor's cross.
With Coventry on the back foot Craig Westcarr then headed over the bar from a John Thompson cross, before Hyldgaard saved from Reid.
Scott McDonald struck the Motherwell bar from a Danny Fox cross as the hour mark approached and a goalmouth scramble ended with a Samaras strike being deflected over.
And with almost the last touch of the game, substitute Ngog made the most of Sorensen's inability to deal with a deflected cross to head in under the bar.
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The third was a man in dark clothing and riding a white bike with black writing on the cross bar.
He almost gave the home side the lead after 23 minutes but his header from a Tom Cleverley cross hit the underside of the bar.
First Anelka curled a shot wide from just outside the box, then Lampard planted a header over the bar from Bosingwa's cross.
Stevie Smith fired just over from 20 yards then sent in a cross that was headed against the underside of the bar from Magennis.
And they came within inches of a late winner when Young drifted a cross onto the head of Carew who headed onto the bar from 18 yards out with James stranded.
Berbatov ensured little momentum was lost when he poked home the fourth five minutes after the restart after more good work from Valencia, and the Bulgarian very nearly laid on a fifth soon after when his cross was headed against the bar by Rooney.
Asaba was in the thick of the action within a minute with a header that went wide, before he struck a volley that soared over the bar from Ndlovu's cross.
McBain had a chance when he headed a Richard Hastings cross towards goal, but his effort went over the bar.
And just before the break, Anelka flicked a wicked low cross from Drogba on to the corner of post and bar.
Everton started superbly, with the influential Coleman sending over a dangerous early cross that home keeper Joe Murphy had to push over the bar.
Rangers' best effort of the first half was the result of a Neil McCann cross that was headed down by Shota Arveladze but bounced over the bar.
As expected, the hosts responded with determined effort, Primus denied from close range by Liam Rosenior's goal-line clearance before Pamarot crashed a header onto the bar from Gary O'Neil's pin-point cross.
Dunfermline's Stevie Crawford could not make Jiri Jarosik pay for a poor cross-field pass after quarter of an hour when his shot sailed over the bar.
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Soon after making that save Neuer had a fortunate escape when he misjudged Nani's looping cross, allowing the ball to bounce off the bar.
Unchallenged, Weir powered two more headers over the bar, then Wilson nudged Novo off the ball as the Spaniard raced to meet a cross right in front of goal.
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