Kraft made two stops, first to deny substitute Houssine Kharja and then to parry Thiago Motta's point-blank header, before Eto'o's goalbound effort was deflected just wide.
And when Fulham finally did create a chance - Northern Ireland striker David Healy meeting Simon Davies' cross with a point-blank header - Hart made a fine one-handed reflex save.
Eidur Gudjohnsen had two opportunities - one which he guided wide and high and the other blocked by Green - and Zola had a point-blank header saved before Stanic's goal.
West Brom kept pressing and stretched a Reds defence which needed a lunge from Carragher to divert a Fortune shot over before the Baggies striker sent a point-blank header horribly over.
Striker Villa hit the underside of the bar with only David de Gea to beat before the goalkeeper made a reaction save from Nicola Zigic's point-blank header and then tipped over another effort.
England seemed keen to gift Croatia another goal as first Bridge cleared on to the top of his own crossbar and then Carson repaired some of the damage by brilliantly saving Olic's point-blank header.
First van Persie saw his point blank header kept out by Wojciech Szczesny then a mistake by Bacary Sagna let the Dutch star free and the defender responded by pulling him down in the penalty area.
First he pushed away Scholes' header from point-blank range on the half-hour mark as England finally managed to push forward.
Knight missed a chance to level the scores and fellow defender Gary Cahill's header from point-blank range was superbly kept out by veteran keeper Edwin Van Der Sar, making his first start this season after breaking his fingers in the summer.
Then Carson partially atoned for his earlier error with a fine save from point-blank range to keep out a header from Olic.
Saints responded and Saganowski twice came close to equalising, with a header which hit Matt Kilgallon and a point-blank drive blocked by Paddy Kenny.
The final chance again fell to St Johnstone but Davidson's header from Millar's cutback was blocked at point-blank range by a combination of Jaakkola and the defenders in front of him and the same fate met Robertson's follow-up.
That was not Southend's only chance of the half and it took a superb point-blank save from Petr Cech to keep out Alex Revell's header on 40 minutes to keep the scores level.
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