The Scots threw men forward but could not break through - Craig Burley's late first-time shot being saved by Taffarel.
The ball fell at the feet of Dembele 12 yards out and his low first-time shot gave Marcus Hahnemann little chance.
The clearance was collected by Kilbane, though, and the former Sunderland man saw his first-time shot come straight back off Gordon's post.
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Zaza did even better to stop Robinho's first-time shot after good work by Stephen Ireland, while Wright-Phillips was horribly off-target following another sublime Elano through-ball.
Kyle Walker's backheader to Brad Friedel was nowhere near strong enough and fell into the path of Beckford, whose first-time shot was pushed behind by the American keeper.
Dunne's headed clearance only reached John Terry on the edge of the area, and his first-time shot was turned in by Drogba, who was lurking inside the six-yard box.
Then Taarabt turned on the style, setting up Ramage to fire a fierce first-time shot into the far corner before freeing Priskin to flash one home from 18 yards.
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres inadvertently flicked on a corner to Jonathan Greening at the far post but the Baggies skipper saw his first-time shot saved and the rebound blocked by the legs of Reina.
That was until Leighton Baines felled Rudolf Otepka and, instead of crossing, the Czech midfielder rolled his free-kick inside for Sultes to squeeze a first-time shot through numerous bodies and into Howard's bottom right-hand corner.
The advantage lasted until eight minutes from the end, when a defensive blunder allowed Pape Souare to find Moussa Konate inside the penalty area and the Senegal forward clipped a first-time shot over goalkeeper Jack Butland.
After 20 minutes the home side produced a fabulous move, John Arne Riise picking out Pennant with a raking 70-yard pass and his cross finding Yossi Benayoun, who saw his first-time shot blocked eight yards out.
The Dutch international had a snapshot smartly pushed away by keeper Nikolay Mihaylov while, at the other end, Marc Janko, who had earlier been caught by a flailing Tom Huddlestone arm, had a first-time shot skid wide.
Villa had also brought a fine save out of Eduardo early on, while Xavi fired a first-time shot over from a corner but, after surviving those scares, Carlos Queiroz's side not only found a way of keeping Spain at arms length, they also began to threaten at the other end.
Downing was allowed the freedom of the right wing and fired in a cross to Bent, whose first-time side-footed shot flew into the roof of the net.
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The visitors equalised in first-half injury-time after defender Wilkie's first shot from long range was blocked by Jones.
The wait for the opening goal to level up the tie was not a long one, however, as a spirited Ronaldo surged down the left flank and surprised Lloris with a first time left-footed shot that went through the keeper's legs, his seventh goal in six Champions League matches this season.
Norwich only came to life in first-half injury-time when Paul McVeigh fired in a shot which Marlon Beresford saved with his feet and Gary Holt shot over from the rebound.
However, British and Irish Lion Jones ensured his side a 10-6 half-time lead as his first successful penalty shot ended the opening period.
But in first-half stoppage time, the Congolese equalised when Samarange Binguila powered home a long-range shot.
Bob Whiteside said he had been told by one of his brother's colleagues that he had been "executed as the Algerian army went in the first time - they just lined up four and shot them".
Wise did give his side a glimmer of hope in first-half stoppage time when he got on the end of Livermore's driven cross-shot and lifted the ball over Szucs from close range.
And in first-half injury-time Campbell slipped as he attempted to shoot but the ball ran to Ormerod, who shot beyond David Marshall to put Holloway's men 3-2 up at the end of a breathtaking half.
The Swiss brought on Hakan Yakin at half-time but his first contribution was a long-range shot which almost hit the corner flag.
The 22-year-old made it safe in first-half injury-time when he did well to turn on the edge of the penalty area and slide a low shot past the despairing dive of goalkeeper Zeng Cheng.
Carrick doubled that lead minutes later when he swept home Valencia's cut-back, and Rafael made it three before half-time when his left-foot shot from the edge of the squeezed home to give him his first goal at Old Trafford.
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The home side went two goals up through a Luis Gonzalez header and a Diego shot before Peter Petras pulled a goal back in first-half injury time.
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So Hodgson will have been especially disappointed to see them concede again, from another corner, in first-half injury time after Schwarzer had done brilliantly to turn away Fabio Grosso's shot.
And in first-half stoppage time Barnes worked some space just outside the Liverpool box only to miscue with his shot.
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