From the left side, Bastian Schweinsteiger's cross picked out Muller, whose header skipped off the turf, struck the underside of the bar and nestled in the net.
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When Coventry finally threatened, Sara's close-range header from Gary McAllister's cross was kept out.
With no-one around him, Wilson's attempt to cut out Patrice Evra's cross ended with him sending a rasping volley past the hapless James.
Rooney opened the scoring with the deftest of final touches, clipping in Rafael's cross from six yards out.
But Ellington came off the bench and slotted home Danny Graham's cross from six yards out to hand Watford a point.
The visitors got off to a dream start when Stuart Fleetwood was afforded the time to bring Jake Jervis's cross down six yards out, before turning and firing home.
Sunderland looked a different team after the restart and Mancini cut a frustrated figure on the touchline as the hosts hustled and harried their disjointed opponents, with Hart called into action for the first time when the impressive Elmohamady's cross almost caught him out at the near post.
Roberto Mancini's men burst out of the blocks and no sooner had Ben Foster smothered Edin Dzeko's low cross, the Birmingham keeper was picking the ball out of the net.
Woolford sent a 25-yards effort wide and perhaps should have scored after getting on the end of Cole Skuse's cross when just six yards out.
While just one goal remained the difference between the sides, though, the visitors always felt like they had a chance and when substitute Abou Diaby headed Adebayor's cross wide from six yards out, Bolton might have thought they had a chance.
But, on the pitch, his players kept their focus and Chelsea were lucky to escape again when Petr Cech missed Stewart Downing's cross and only a flick from Terry diverted the ball out of John Carew's path at the far post.
From the resulting corner, Phil O'Donnell could only deflect Clarkson's driven cross wide from four yards out.
He denied Shaun Murray with a super diving save and kept out Murphy's cross-shot with 11 minutes left.
Eric Abidal's cross from the right was cut out by Thomas Vermaelen.
And the hosts stated their intentions early on when Mark Kerr's first-minute cross was just out of the reach of striker Lee Miller.
The Dutchman should have added another minutes later when Meireles's cross found him unmarked six yards out, but he failed to connect properly with his header and put it wide.
United had one last anxious moment when another Downing cross was just out of Dunne's reach at the back post, but Ferguson's side held out for a deserved victory.
Rangers' Allan McGregor was tested when Steve McGarry's cross found the diving head of Ross McCormack 10 yards out and the ball bounced clear off the goalkeeper's knees.
With McCarthy's men still reeling, Arsenal carved out a superb third, when Bacary Sagna's cross was brilliantly laid off by Van Persie for Fabregas to slot home.
Fulham striker Collins John put the Dutch ahead when Liam Ridgewell failed to cut out Edson Braafheid's cross.
And the home side took the lead on 27 minutes when England winger Hall took full-back Webb's cut-out pass to cross at the corner.
Kompany then fired wide in first-half injury time after Milner's poor cross on a counterattack was pushed out to him by Cech.
Gareth Wardlaw missed a great chance to level in the 45th minute when the ball fell invitingly for the former Cowdenbeath striker six yards out following Hegarty's cross, but he sliced well wide.
There was considerably more Estonian involvement in England's third goal a minute later when Rahn spectacularly headed past his own keeper from outside the penalty area as he tried to cut out Ashley Cole's cross.
Liverpool's only worrying moment came after 10 minutes when Zambrotta's cross found Ibrahimovic unmarked only eight yards out, but he could not keep his effort down and Dudek was grateful to see it fly over the top.
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Forest's efforts were rewarded when Sonko's attempted clearance flew into his own net with four minutes to go and then, deep into injury time, Tudgay was on hand to convert McGugan's right-wing cross from two yards out for the winner.
Burnley continued to show the positive approach that has made them such a tough proposition on their own territory this season, and they thought they had taken the lead after 69 minutes when Steven Fletcher turned in McDonald's cross, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
St Johnstone were more enterprising at the start of the second half and Samuel should have scored when he latched on to Cleveland Taylor's cross but the striker elected to stretch out a foot instead of heading the ball and the effort was collected comfortably by keeper Brown.
City's hopes of a comeback were snuffed out six minutes from time when Dunne missed Rooney's cross and Ronaldo turned home.
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