Ilsinho slipped a lovely pass forward and Adriano's run was good enough to enable him to slip past Aaron Hughes, round Mark Schwarzer, and slot into the empty net.

BBC: Fulham 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Liverpool keeper Reina blocked Rooney's spot-kick, but the rebound fell kindly for the England striker to slot home into an empty net.

BBC: Man Utd 2-1 Liverpool

He seized on an error by the defenders to calmly round goalkeeper Juma Kaseja and slot the ball into an empty net.

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The empty gaze of the old into the distance is mirrored in the gaze of the young into slot machines.

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Such materials could be used to make hydrogen cartridges that would slot into fuel-cell cars, making refuelling as simple as pulling into a filling station and swapping an empty cartridge for a full one.

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