Rooney is now reportedly waiting for an official response before deciding his next move, but 1966 World Cup-winner Ball believes swallowing his punishment will make him a better player.
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The ball kissed the baseline for a winner, and Stosur waved in apology to Mladenovic.
The substitute then set up the winner, pulling the ball back for Welbeck, whose acrobatic effort capped a thrilling encounter.
Commendably, after the break, rather than sit back and plant men behind the ball, Hull went in search of the winner.
Even that kind of ball-striking paled in comparison with 2003 winner Padraig Harrington who was beaten into joint second by a stroke, alongside South African James Kingston.
The pair combined superbly to set up what proved to be Villa's winner, when Agbonlahor played the ball out wide to Young, whose return cross was headed in by the striker who had continued his run into the box.
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Later, Tsonga attempted a down-the-line forehand winner, a tough shot because the ball must travel over the outside of the net, which is six inches higher than the middle.
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Right at the last, Bendtner sent a glanced header goalwards and Djourou was inches away from diverting the ball past Mignolet as Arsenal's last hopes of a winner disappeared.
With six minutes of injury time played, Celtic threw everything at Accies in search of a winner and the drama continued as Stokes headed the ball into the net from Mulgrew's corner in the last action of the match.
But just as Rovers seemed set to push for a winner, they were undone by Berger's through ball which enabled the electric Agbonlahor to burst forward and fire home.
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United scored a late winner when Goodwillie chased down Swanson's long pass and steered the ball under Brown and into the net.
Then with just six minutes remaining, Burton grabbed the winner with a quality strike, pouncing on a knockdown to lash the ball into the back of the net.
However, the on-loan Watford midfielder netted a dramatic winner deep into injury time, skipping past substitute Paton and drilling the ball into the bottom corner of the net.
Seyi George Olofinjana hit the winner in the 87th minute after he raced on to Freddy Eastwood's through ball and coolly chipped keeper Luke McCormick.
But then, in the 72nd minute, David headed the ball to Robbie, who made a perfect pass to Landon, who chipped in the game-winner.
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Dario Monteiro was the hero for Mozambique when he grabbed the winner in Maputo in the 83rd minute after he beat the offside trap and slammed the ball home from the edge of the penalty area.
Holt's dramatic winner against Reading sealed a move that begun when chief executive David McNally hastily threw a loose ball back from the director's box for a Norwich throw-in.
Liverpool's winner spun off the foot of Fulham's Pantsil as he attempted to clear a loose ball and the defeat leaves Fulham only four points above the relegation zone.
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The three-time major winner took a drop under penalty but thought it was an illegal drop, so picked up the ball and dropped again in a different spot.
Derby's pressure eventually told and their winner came after a superb counter-attack involving Teale, Pearson and Dickov, who pulled the ball back for Hulse to put the Rams in front.
Claridge, who had spurned an earlier chance, scored the evntual winner after 18 minutes with a right-foot shot from 12 yards after Neil Harris nodded the ball into his path.
Brown's 66th-minute dismissal for an off-the-ball clash with Rangers' Kyle Lafferty was the main flashpoint in an absorbing contest that featured an injury-time winner by the Ibrox side's Maurice Edu.
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