Walter Samuel also denied Florent Malouda and Chelsea appealed in vain for a penalty when Motta tangled with Branislav Ivanovic after a corner.
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Unfortunately for John Toshack's side the big defender, who had stayed up after a corner, was unable to get much power on his back-post header and Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev collected comfortably.
Freddie Sears volleyed wide after a corner was half-punched clear by Foster before a Larsson clearance hit Matthew Upson - playing at left-back - and forced Foster into a fine reaction save at his near post.
Roque Santa Cruz, deployed on the right by Martino, ought to have tested Japan keeper Eiji Kawashima after a corner dropped invitingly but the striker missed from close to the penalty spot as a largely soporific half ended goalless.
And, when Newcastle did catch a backtracking Bolton out with a pacy attack after clearing a corner, Joey O'Brien cynically brought down Jonas Gutierrez.
With 20 minutes played, Scott Brown fired over the bar after a Naylor corner was cleared, then Celtic keeper Zaluska made a double save from a Riordan free-kick sent in from the edge of the area.
Simone Perrotta opened the scoring on 17 minutes after a scramble at a corner and then Toni turned home Mirko Vucinic's cross on the stroke of half-time.
Then, after a Well corner, Hearts broke at speed, Bruno Aguiar feeding Driver who sped away from visiting skipper Stephen Craigan only to shoot into the side-netting.
Dunne directed a free header after a Duff corner to the unmarked John O'Shea but the Manchester United defender skied his effort before the French earned a relieving free-kick.
Liverpool's three-pronged attack of Ryan Babel, Dirk Kuyt and Torres were moving the ball around crisply and a second goal almost arrived after a Gerrard corner, but keeper Mickael Landreau was alert to Daniel Agger's flicked header.
Hartley blazed over the bar after a Michael Paton corner five minutes from time, while Travner saw a diagonal free-kick from just outside the penalty area whistle past the left-hand post.
Ferdinand looked to have sealed it when he calmly sidefooted a loose ball into the bottom corner after a cross from the third former Tottenham player in the Sunderland starting line-up, the influential Steed Malbranque, caused yet more problems.
But Stoke, who have won every league game in which they have scored first this season, broke the deadlock to take maximum points when Sidibe rose to guide a powerful header into the far corner after a wonderful piece of interplay saw Higginbotham get free on the left.
Celtic failed to clear a Charlie Adam corner and after a sequence of head tennis the ball fell to Ehiogu who executed a graceful overhead kick.
Taylor-Fletcher struck the post from 20 yards after 39 minutes but a minute later he stabbed home from a corner after Mark Kennedy had cleared Ian Evatt's initial effort off the line.
Soon after Blackpool won a corner and Barker rose well to head the ball into the roof of the net.
The home side grabbed a controversial second shortly after the break when a Baines corner floated over a crowd of players to leave the unmarked Distin with a straightforward tap-in.
Danny Higginbotham opened the scoring with a sweet left-foot volley after Rovers failed to clear a corner.
Alan Maybury sent an effort over the bar shortly after the hour mark before Liam Craig headed in a Danny Grainger corner after 73 minutes to level.
First Mark Meenan touched down in the corner after a Vale break from their own 22.
And then Danielli slid into the corner after a fine passing movement from the Bath backs.
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Brabin felt his side may have turned the corner after a convincing 4-1 win over Woking on Saturday.
Anderson saw his well-placed curling shot from wide on the right tipped away for a corner after Fletcher's perfect pass.
James Milner put the Villa ahead when he angled a superb strike into the far side of net after a well-worked corner.
Barry Robson's surging run after 20 minutes forced a corner for the visitors, but Paul Hartley's cross evaded Caldwell at the back post.
Ten minutes later, Scott Severin saw his diving header skim the top of the Hibs crossbar after connecting with a Valois corner kick.
The Bulls reclaimed the lead when Nero raced over in the corner after a break from Sykes and good support play from Deacon.
Worrincy then went over in the corner after a fine break from Orr from just inside his own half for their third try.
With his father directing from the corner after a 13-year absence, he dominated Guerrero in a performance not totally expected at the age of 36.
The prolific Dutchman did the job himself with a crucial strike after 84 minutes, sweeping home from almost on the line after Ferdinand flicked on a Giggs corner.
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