Clearly, Blankfein meant to portray himself as committed to searching for a fair bipartisan solution, warning that the US will be behind the eight-ball if our creditors stop buying 10 year treasuries at a yield of 1.71%.

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He dived to his right to deny Jenas, then made a miraculous point-blank stop from Defoe after Gary Naysmith had inexplicably turned the ball into his path from only six yards out.

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Although he had a largely solid game against Manchester United in the Carling Cup final on Sunday, as a full-back your main two jobs are to defend the goal and stop people crossing the ball.

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Either side could have grabbed a winner in the last few minutes of the match, first when 19-year-old Wigan striker McManaman forced another athletic stop from flying Finn Jaaskelainen before Wheater smashed a loose ball in the area inches wide of the Wigan goal.

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