For Arsenal, Alexander Hleb hit the side netting, and Baptista shot tamely at James before wasting another free header.

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Drogba had a second chance with another free-kick shortly after but dragged his shot wide, prompting frustration to surface in the stands.

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Langfield held Clarkson's attempted chip and the striker had another shot deflected wide after good movement to meet Brian McLean's free-kick.

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Hearts had another scare two minutes later when a fierce shot from Amoruso following a short free-kick by Van Bronckhorst whistled past the post.

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Thomas Hitzlsperger had the first shot with a ninth-minute free-kick, blocked by Deco, and the Stuttgart midfielder lashed another left-footed effort goalwards moments later which rippled Ricardo's side-netting.

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