Mario Gomez got lucky as the ball tangled in his legs under a James Collins challenge on the right and the Stuttgart attacker was able to send a hopeful, low cross into the Wales box.
England desperately needed a score and it came when Roby kicked ahead for St Helens team-mate James Graham, but the ball took a lucky defection off the goal post to rebound into his own path for him to touch down.
While Inter's attackers were struggling to make friends with the ball, their defenders were faring little better and were lucky to get away with a Giggs through-ball to Berbatov, who failed to cross to the unmarked Ji-Sung Park.
While there were one or two lucky moments, particularly for Hilfenhaus, there was also some clean ball-striking.
But he was lucky with his goal, snatching at a Valencia cross only for the ball to strike him flush in the face before deflecting into the net.
Sharks number eight Sebastien Chabal was lucky not to follow Jones to the sin bin when he kicked the ball away after his side were penalised for standing up in the scrum.
The Villa keeper then got lucky when he advanced outside his area and his attempt to chest the ball down fell to Fuller, only for Laursen to cannily fence the Jamaican into a tight shooting angle which saw him fire into the side-netting.
Replays showed that Owen was lucky to have been given the try with O'Driscoll clearly holding the ball up above the try-line.
The home side adopted a route one approach when Marcus Hahnemann's long kick was flicked on by Kevin Doyle and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake wriggled clear of the commanding Zat Knight, but he tried to punch the ball into the net, only to see his effort rebound off a post and he was lucky to escape punishment from referee Peter Walton.
Having taken an early lead, Stoke seemed happy to soak up the West Ham punches and they were lucky to get away with it when Herita Ilunga found a way through on the left wing and laid the ball back into a crowded box, somehow missing all his team-mates.
But, on the pitch, his players kept their focus and Chelsea were lucky to escape again when Petr Cech missed Stewart Downing's cross and only a flick from Terry diverted the ball out of John Carew's path at the far post.
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