After the interval former Newcastle striker Albert Luque extended the lead with a 45-yard chip before Dennis Rommedahl scored late on for Ajax.

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United gave possession to Lee Hendrie, who back-heeled the ball to Merson and his 20-yard chip was expertly touched away by Raimond van der Gouw.

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The Frenchman saw plenty of the ball in the early stages and linlked well with Nick Barmby before trying his luck with a 20-yard chip which cleared the bar.

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Novo got himself into the game, just failing to get on the end of a long ball into the Fiorentina box before he audaciously attempted a 40-yard chip that sailed over Frey's crossbar.

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But when the same two players tangled on the edge of the penalty area in the 72nd minute, the ball broke loose for Smith to clinch victory with a neat 20-yard chip into the empty net.

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Two plays later, with the Ravens trying to tie the game and send it into overtime, reliable place kicker Billy Cundiff, who'd been a perfect 6-for-6 on fourth-quarter field goals this season, hooked a 32-yard chip shot with 11 seconds remaining.

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Barca were not in the mood to be lenient and after Messi curled a 30-yard free-kick narrowly wide and forced Pyatov to catch his cheeky chip, they doubled their advantage.

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Later in the week I spent a fascinating hour in the company of Matthew Applegate, better known as Pixelh8, as he explored the realm of chip tunes - music made from old computers - in a talk at Kettle's Yard gallery in Cambridge, part of their celebration of the work of John Cage.

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Aurelien Rougerie's chip-and-chase was fielded by Felipe Contepomi before Corleto set off on a magnificent 50-yard winding run.

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