From the resulting corner Radhi Jaidi climbed to power a header against the crossbar.
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Yet the Mersysiders held out once more and soon grew in confidence, substitute Diniyar Bilyaletdinov crossing from Coleman to power a header at Cech.
Frazer Wright then squandered a great chance to double the lead when he was unchallenged to power a header just wide from an Eremenko corner.
They went in front within five minutes of the restart when Dawson floated a corner over and Turner climbed above Julien Faubert to power a header in.
And the hosts broke the deadlock just before the half-hour mark when McAusland rose to meet Mooy's corner from the right and power a header past Mark Howard.
The decisive moment came in the seventh minute, when the Honduras midfielder Roger Espinoza crossed from the left, and Jerry Bengtson jumped above Jordi Alba to power a header past Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea.
McQuade came within inches of scoring before Wardlaw struck again, rising above the defence to power home a header after good work from Scott Linton down the left.
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.
And that was to prove costly, as Kalvenes threw himself at Conway's delivery to power home an impressive header.
Pedersen's corner, swung in at pace, was met by Samba who produced a header of such power that a poorly positioned Fulop did not even attempt a save.
The only first half chance of note for the home team fell to Chris Samba, but the big defender, who later went off injured, could not generate sufficient power on his eighth minute header to trouble Edwin van der Sar.
Unfortunately for John Toshack's side the big defender, who had stayed up after a corner, was unable to get much power on his back-post header and Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev collected comfortably.
Having given warning of his power in the air with an effort over the bar, Crespo adjusted his radar to flight a header beyond Howard moments later.
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