As soon as it hit the surface, it shot away in a splash into the warm tropical night.
But the central defender wanted too much time to get his shot away and allowed Pamarot to slide in and tackle.
Kiessling was also unlucky not to get a shot away on Scott Carson's goal after a fine run from another dangerous German break.
Mehmet had come into collision with Smith after getting his shot away but referee Charlie Richmond was unmoved by the forward's penalty appeal.
Loovens' presence at a Celtic corner caused problems for the Rangers defence and Ledley got a shot away only to be foiled by Alexander's positioning.
Pandev produced a neat piece of trickery to beat two defenders in the box only for a superb one-handed save from Akinfeev to palm the shot away.
Then Edwards did well to win a goalmouth scramble to get a shot away, only for a deflection and Sergei Semak's acrobatic overhead kick to clear the danger.
Rangers were on the back foot again when David Goodwillie worked the space to get a shot away but Sasa Papac made a timely block to avert the danger.
Defoe danced into the penalty area but could not get his shot away in time, and the rebound fell kindly for Baros who saw his tame shot easily gathered by Cech.
Rooney's deft header played in Antonio Valencia but the winger lacked the incisiveness to get a shot away, while Michael Carrick's shot from 20 yards brought a decent save from Friedel.
However, that man Daley continued to be a danger and, on the hour mark, he danced into the penalty area and got a fierce shot away that Enckelman parried to safety.
Egypt should have then made it two, with players lining up to score in the six yard area, including Zidan and Abd Rabou, but they just could not get a shot away.
The midfielder stumbled as Ismael Bouzid cut across him but still managed to get a shot away, which MacDonald saved, and Conway's second effort was cleared off the line by Eggert Jonsson.
As Hamilton pressed for the equaliser, Nacho Novo, on for Miller, had plenty of time to score Rangers' second but took too long to get his shot away and Cerny made an impressive block.
The visitors passed up a good chance to halve their deficit when Paul Cairney went through on goal and rounded goalkeeper Peter Enckelman, but the midfielder did not get his shot away before being crowded out.
Paddy McCourt, given a rare start in the Celtic line-up, weaved his way into the Rennes penalty area early in the second half but an excellent challenge by M'Vila prevented the winger getting his shot away.
Paul Ince's men could have taken the lead early on, but Craig Westcarr was unable to connect with an inviting cross from on-loan debutant Karl Regan before going close again soon after when Elliot tipped his shot away from danger.
In the end, Fisher's 75 left him on two over, tied for 13th place, four shots adrift of the play-off, knowing that he was just that one poor shot away from being in there with Tom Watson and Stewart Cink himself.
The winger seemed to be barged to the ground in the six-yard box by Chris Maguire but still managed to get his shot away and, though Andrew Considine made a clearance, referee Mike Tumilty ruled that the ball had already crossed the line.
Scotland's Marc Warren had led for most of the final day, but four bogeys in his last five holes meant he finished in a tie for fourth -- one shot away from making the playoff as he was left to rue a three-putt at 18.
The closest Defoe came to his first Premier League goal of the season was a scuffed effort over the bar while Crouch twice got a glimpse of goal but was denied by good defensive challenges, from Ricketts and Paul Robinson, when he hesitated before getting a shot away.
"Suddenly, something shot me away from that house, " Weaver said, convinced beyond any doubt that he's still alive today only because of a higher power.
Browne had an early shot palmed away by Paul Murphy but then turned the ball in from an Andy Waterworth cross to give Distillery the lead.
And Keane almost brought the hosts level with a sublime piece of skill, controlling Robinson's long punt and holding off two defenders only to see his left-foot shot palmed away.
Matthew began poorly with bogeys at the 1st and 3rd but steadied the ship with six successive pars before letting another shot slide away at the 10th to drop to one under par.
Buckley should perhaps have placed his shot further away from Kenny, but there were no such problems for Graham, who poked the ball beyond the QPR keeper from eight yards to open the scoring.
In the final five minutes the busy McGregor had to make saves from Stuttgart replacements Julian Schieber and Thomas Hitzlsperger, while the latter also saw a fierce shot headed away from goal by Davis.
The Reds eventually rose from their stupor and Gerrard played in Torres, who chose to shoot from an acute angle instead of crossing for his team-mate and saw his shot turned away by keeper Ben Foster.
Van Marwijk's side showed signs of life when Van Persie latched on to a long ball over the top and played in substitute Rafael van der Vaart, who saw his low shot pushed away before Robben fired the rebound over.
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