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.
But Kevin Kuranyi netted his second with a 90th-minute header to snatch a point and leave his team in fourth place, just two points off the leaders.
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.
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.
But Iwelumo's looping header on 88 minutes snatched an unlikely point for Tony Pulis' men.
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.
And, in the last minute of play, Pascali thought he had rescued a point for the hosts with a header from a short corner routine but Randolph again frustrated Killie.
N'Guessan deservedly pulled them within touching distance in the 73rd minute with a powerful header, but any hope of an unlikely point was short-lived as Olofinjana diverted Jason Koumas' goal-bound effort home.
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.
Then Carson partially atoned for his earlier error with a fine save from point-blank range to keep out a header from Olic.
Until, that is, Arsenal went wide as Hleb floated over a pin-point cross from the right for Adebayor to power home a header past a helpless Antti Niemi.
As expected, the hosts responded with determined effort, Primus denied from close range by Liam Rosenior's goal-line clearance before Pamarot crashed a header onto the bar from Gary O'Neil's pin-point cross.
Blackburn had been dominant up to that point and Cruz was denied an early goal when his near-post header from Bentley's corner was hacked off the line by Tyrone Mears.
At the other end, Schmeichel had to tip a Sears drive over the bar, but Leeds were in total command by this point and Howson underlined that with his second, a back-post header after a Gradel cross.
The home side kept battling to rescue at least a point, but it was Hearts who came closest late on with a Kyle header wide.
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.
Rogvi Jacobsen's header reduced the deficit seven minutes from the end but the visitors ended the qualifying tournament without a single point.
Germany defender Serdar Tasci's 63rd-minute header gave Stuttgart hope of a first league win since September, but Austria defender Christian Fuchs earned a point when he beat goalkeeper Jens Lehmann with a stunning free-kick.
And Dyer latched on to Steve Howard's excellent flicked header to fire past Fielding to extend their unbeaten league run to seven games and move them up to within a point of the play-off places.
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