From the left side, Bastian Schweinsteiger's cross picked out Muller, whose header skipped off the turf, struck the underside of the bar and nestled in the net.

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Jupp Heynckes' side continued to press after the half-time break when Stefan Kiessling saw his shot from the left tipped over the bar by Drobny while Ramos had the ball in the net again for the home side but the effort was chalked off after the assistant referee flagged for offside.

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The key moment of the game was probably Sexton's goal miss early in the second half when he blazed over the bar for a point when the net looked certain to bulge.

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Mali led 2-0 through a diving header by Mahamadou Samassa and Seydou Keita's third goal of the tournament, but Ghana's Wakaso Mubarak missed the chance to net his fifth when he blazed a 58th-minute penalty over the bar in the pouring rain at Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

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