Town had come closest to breaking the deadlock but they went behind when defender Damien Delaney skewed into his own net from David McGoldrick's cross.
Albion's defensive problems have been evident all season and in the 28th minute they fell behind when Dutch defender Shelton Martis hesitated in possession, allowing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard to nick the ball off him before clipping it over home goalkeeper Dean Kiely.
Minutes later, Buffon pushed out a Jerome Boateng cross and was relieved to see the loose ball bounce off his own defender, Andrea Barzagli, and behind for a corner.
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Cardiff, who had previously enjoyed the longest-winning run in the whole league, were given a warning early on as only a last-ditch lunge from defender Mark Hudson prevented them going behind.
The home side fell behind on 23 minutes when defender Mark McLaughlin headed into his own net.
Saints went further behind just before the break when defender Sonny Nickle completely miskicked an attempted clearance on the slippery surface and centre David Boyle followed up to touch down.
Silva, a Brazilian national-team defender, actually apologized to the fans he left behind at AC Milan when he arrived in France, because his move was seen as a step down.
They might have fallen behind after only 90 seconds when home defender Ian Evatt's header appeared destined for the top corner but Michel Salgado headed the ball on to the underside of the bar before it was scrambled clear.
Melchiot was denied a 25th-minute opener when Giles Barnes appeared to clear the defender's five-yard back-heel from behind the goal-line.
Levante earlier won 2-1 at home to midtable Valladolid thanks to a 90th-minute own goal from Serbian defender Antonio Rukavina, which put "Los Granotes" behind their Valencian rivals on goal difference.
Having won the first leg 5-0, Mazembe were overwhelming favorites ahead of the clash in Rades but fell behind to an early goal from Esperance's Ghanaian defender Harrison Afful.
Defender Jamison Olave had a sensational day, making several key stops, some even from behind.
Bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth -- who agreed to sell defender Younes Kaboul to Tottenham this weekend just so the wage bill could be paid -- went behind when Emmanuel Adebayor fired City ahead with his first goal since his traumatic experience with Togo at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
He's mastered a knee-buckling behind-the-back bounce move that allows him to change directions or immediately stop while his defender zooms off in the wrong direction.
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