Though Everton dominated possession, the fine link-up play down the left between Pienaar and Baines asked real questions of Villa right-winger Marc Albrighton - and though he was perhaps naive defensively, the 20-year-old showed real promise going forward.
Lines and characters have been fine-tuned, and to bring the play down to a just-manageable three-and-a-half hours, sections had to be ruthlessly chopped.
Even when through on goal, the quality of the finishing let the build-up play down.
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Elsewhere in British Islam, most leaders were anxious to help free Mr Bigley and play down intra-Muslim jealousies.
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Germany's Bundesliga has two teams going up and down, with a play-off match between the third-bottom and third-top team from the first and second divisions.
He uses his fingernails instead of a pick, which is quite common, except instead of plucking strings upward individually, he can play more than one string at a time by stroking down --- and up -- with the backs of his nails, which allows him to play several notes at once.
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No-one should play down four incidents in such a short period of time.
Having them play stripped-down in studio, with just the two guitars, hinted at the possibility of just how epic these songs actually are.
And Mr Obama's cost-control mechanisms, imperfect though they are, have a fiscally useful role to play in bringing down the costs of government-provided insurance for the poor and the elderly.
In many ways it was a game of contrasts - with Newcastle often searching out tall striker Carroll, while the visitors looked to play the ball down the channels for Bellamy - but both teams were united by their desire to attack.
Mr Putin's absence from Russia is - perhaps - an attempt to play down the whole occasion.
But Mr Mantega was keen to play down the symbolic transition - which comes after China officially overtook Japan as the world's second-biggest economy last year.
The salesman led me to an expansive display of window units, doing his best to play down that all two-dozen models were the exact same kind of ugly.
West Ham threatened in patches, with Matthew Etherington having their best chance of earning a point when he volleyed into the side-netting after strong play down the left side by Cole.
But as we saw last night, the five-point plan really boils down to one point -- folks at the very top get to play by a different set of rules than you do.
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The High Court in May allowed Jadeja to play domestic matches after he challenged a five-year ban handed down in December 2000, but has stopped short of letting him play for India again.
"You don't ruin expensive landscaping to put down water-hogging grass so your kids can play on a busy street, " I answer.
Other businessmen have tried to play down any rift in France-U.S. relations.
On their next time down the court Lin completed a three-point play, tying it at 87 with just over a minute left.
Clarke was two down with six to play in the third-place match but birdied the 13th and 16th on his way to overcoming Australian Leaney.
"I like to play a three-man midfield and play football through midfield, so to suddenly be down a number of players in midfield is a huge problem, " added Gannon.
Bricks salvaged from torn-down houses are used as flooring, but the open kitchen and the open second-floor play area give the house a Western feel.
He's gone 17-17 in seven NFL seasons as a starter, but did not play a down for Buffalo after spending all of last year as the team's third-stringer.
Earlier this year, the BBC reported that Jersey-based Play.com was shutting down its online retail business after the government closed the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) loophole.
They survived some horrendous luck, with injuries to key players such as Petr Cech and John Terry, to push United all the way but the way they play might just have let them down - and I say that as a huge admirer of Chelsea.
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Only two deliveries had been sent down after the re-start when bad light stopped play but Sidebottom's first ball after the resumption knocked back Tim Southee's middle stump - the 19-year-old playing across the line to a full-pitch ball that swung back at him a touch.
It twice refused to allow the Indian team to play in the annual limited-over series in Toronto and also turned down a request from the Board of Control for Cricket in India to play a Test series in Pakistan last year.
Although the day began with Sri Lanka on 366-8, India - from 79 overs - recorded their best ever score in a single day's play, and much of that was down to the remarkable batting of the Delhi-born 31-year-old.
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Zach LeDay had 13 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 13 seed South Florida (12-19), which shot 24.2 percent and squandered an eight-point cushion down the stretch in a game between offensively challenged squads that both went 3-15 in conference play.
Lay, Skilling and their attorneys are indeed starting from their own one-yard line and looking down a long field of play.
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