However, despite loud claims from the home side, referee Stephen Finnie was unimpressed and waved play on.
But Steve Coppell's side had referee Uriah Rennie to thank when he chose to book Johnson rather than award a penalty before the break when the midfielder seemed to be caught by Ivar Ingimarsson inside the area.
Ifil was sent in for an early bath in the 55th minute after the Englishman followed through on an aerial challenge with Samaras and delivered a kick at the Greek's thigh that was spotted by the stand-side assistant referee.
However, Michalak found himself on the wrong side of Irish referee Peter Fitzgibbon when he attempted and failed to pluck a Wayne Evans pass out of the air one-handed as the line beckoned.
Paul Scholes ambled through the Rest of the World's defence to pull one back for the home side, before the referee decided he had seen enough and blew the whistle with a minute to go.
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Witnesses said they saw Mr Rajapaksa, 22, physically attack the referee after his side lost a match this month.
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However, despite strenuous penalty appeals from the United players, referee Dougie McDonald awarded a corner to the home side and booked Garry Kenneth for dissent towards the assistant referee.
The home side's frustrations grew when referee Mike Dean turned down two penalty appeals inside five minutes.
The home side were enraged when the assistant referee signalled for a penalty against Cranie after the defender had blocked Whittingham's cross.
The system involves an extra official standing on the side of each goal assisting the referee and two touchline assistants by communicating through headsets.
Togo coach Didier Six was still fuming at the decision of the referee to disallow his side's effort with the scores level at 1-1 and made a hasty exit from the press conference.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson agreed that it was a poor decision but argued that his side have been denied clear penalties by referee Styles in the past.
Biggar crossed the home side's line after two minutes but referee Chris White had already blown up for a forward pass.
Ulster again killed the ball under pressure, receiving a severe talking to from referee Peter Allan as the home side chose to ignore the kick at goal and go for the try.
Capello's side were handed a double reprieve as local referee Abdullah Abdou firstly declined to send Foster off, a surprising decision, and then Luis Fabiano lashed the resulting penalty yards over the bar.
There were more crunching tackles than chances in a scrappy first 30 minutes, most notably when Manuel Da Costa caught Dempsey with an elbow to the side of the head that went unpunished by referee Andre Marriner.
"What is frustrating is that you are a yard away from the man that's clearly offside looking along the line and the referee's standing the other side of you and does not put the flag up, " said Jefferies.
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Referee Uriah Rennie waved away the home side's penalty appeals as City failed to score at home for the fifth game in a row.
Such side-bets can allow a crooked player or referee to cash in by pleasing a match-rigger in a way that is all but invisible even to a suspicious outsider.
Referee Mark Halsey then presented the home side with another chance to get the third when he adjudged that Robert Huth had felled McSheffrey, who duly sent Mark Schwarzer the wrong way from the spot.
But O'Gara continued to chip away and added two more penalties either side of Scarlets wing Jones being sin-binned, referee Barnes consistent in his dislike of players killing the ball.
Iniesta drilled his right-foot strike across goal - but the Dutch were incensed after referee Howard Webb had failed to award their side a corner moments earlier when a free-kick took a sizeable deflection off Cesc Fabregas.
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.
Atletico Madrid boss Javier Aguirre refused to condemn referee Hansson for the late penalty decision which cost his side victory.
In 2000 his side were involved in an infamous incident when they chased and surrounded referee Andy D'Urso after he awarded Middlesbrough a debatable penalty.
They said if the referee is against us that must mean we are the stronger side.
Her father, a judo referee who taught Shaherkani judo, has been nearly constantly by her side, often with his arm wrapped around her shoulder, partly due to a Saudi edict that she could only participate in the Games if constantly accompanied by a man.
Finnigan won a penalty for his side following a challenge by Esson, who was promptly shown a red card by referee Calum Murray.
McCarthy's mood quickly changed from joy to anger as his side were denied a penalty appeal when Radoslav Kovac clumsily hacked down Jones, but referee Phil Dowd was unmoved.
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