And they nearly extended their advantage two minutes later when Johne Murphy raced after Vesty's grubber kick.
Fabregas almost doubled Arsenal's advantage two minutes later when he again drove deep into the area, but this time his shot could only find the side-netting.
Heskey should have doubled England's advantage two minutes later, but he headed over the top after Rooney's cross left the goal at the Aston Villa striker's mercy.
Meanwhile, Tunisia snatched a 2-2 draw in Nigeria thanks to a 90th-minute Oussama Darragi goal in a top-of-the-table Group B clash, to maintain a two-point advantage with two matches left.
The Irish province held the early advantage with two penalties from Contepomi to one from Goode.
Rob Liley gave Quins an early 6-0 advantage with two well-taken penalties during a scrappy opening passage of play.
Dion Dublin also tested the Blues keeper with a header but Chelsea doubled the advantage with two injury-time strikes.
Despite having a 26-15 shots advantage through two periods, the Rangers found themselves locked in a tie heading into the third.
Hewitt, without a title since his Wimbledon win, took advantage of two double faults to close out the tie-break and the match.
In his first fight since a knockout defeat to Michael Sprott last February, Harrison looked cautious but made a weight advantage of two stones count.
"It's a good feeling to be in this position, to have home-court advantage for two rounds if we're lucky enough to make it that far, " Felton said.
Pakistan lost their momentum after the alleged ball-tampering incident, allowing Pietersen to take advantage with two massive sixes off Kaneria, over mid-wicket and straight down the ground.
Quins reclaimed the advantage with two successive Evans penalties, but Gopperth once again put the home crowd on edge when he landed a penalty in the 62nd minute.
Leon Pryce put the home side ahead again before Wilshere and Hodgson both took advantage of two passing errors by the Great Britain international to crash over the line.
Toronto failed to take advantage of two bases-loaded situations.
There were ironic cheers for the Spaniard when, in game six, he held serve for the first time in the match, but Murray saw off the set with ease to extend his advantage to two sets.
Serving for a two-set lead at 5-4, Falla faltered for the first time, but Federer was unable to take advantage, two break points slipping by before the Colombian forced his opponent off court and put away an easy volley on his fourth set point.
Taking all the polls together, he seems to have a point or two advantage.
Samoa's territorial advantage led to two more Williams penalties, the second after a trademark charge from powerhouse Leicester winger Alesana Tuilagi.
Copper bears still have the overall near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend is in place on the daily bar chart.
Copper bears have the solid overall near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend is in place on the daily bar chart.
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The greenback bears have the overall near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend line remains in place on the daily bar chart.
The greenback bears still have the near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend line is in place on the daily bar chart.
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The crude oil bears have the overall near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend is in place on the daily bar chart.
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Copper bears still have the solid overall near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend is in place on the daily bar chart.
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The greenback bears still have the solid near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend line is in place on the daily bar chart.
Loeb won just one stage on the final morning but with a comfortable advantage courtesy of two dominant days, he was never threatened.
The greenback bears still have the overall near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend line remains in place on the daily bar chart.
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The crude oil bears still have the overall near-term technical advantage as a two-month-old downtrend is in place on the daily bar chart.
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