Van Nistelrooy was generally kept quiet in the first half but his sharp turn and shot from the right had to be neatly saved by Igor Akinfeev while Kolodin nearly handed the Dutch the opener near half-time as his sloppy pass found van der Vaart who shot straight at the Russian keeper.

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England snatched a late try when Foden intercepted replacement CJ van der Linde's mislaid pass in the 77th minute, but any hopes of a comeback been extinguished long before then.

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However, the best chance of the latter stages fell to Zenit's Danny, the Portuguese star latching onto Arshavin's pass only to fire over with just Van der Sar to beat.

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And the winning goal came in the 69th minute when Van der Vaart collected Gonzalo Higuain's pass before firing home a low shot into the bottom corner.

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The first effort on target did not arrive until after the half-hour, with Paulo Ferreira venturing forward and slipping a pass in for Frank Lampard, who forced Van der Sar to make a smart low save.

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Fabregas was at the centre of affairs again, punishing United for failing to pick up Nasri when he threaded through a perfect pass for the France midfield man to beat Van der Sar with an emphatic finish.

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Drogba then gave Chelsea hope, if only for a matter of seconds, when he took Michael Essien's pass on his chest and drilled a low finish beyond Van der Sar.

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Van der Merwe found the space to score Glasgow's opening try following a neat pass by Parks, who added the conversion to extend the lead to 10-5.

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Martin Petrov slid a defence-splitting pass into Stephen Ireland's clever run and his poked shot was blocked by on-rushing keeper Edwin van der Sar.

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