Moments later, Pratley took an inswinging corner and Sinclair was given the time and space to strike the ball narrowly wide from 20 yards.
Between them they strike the ball with ferocity and vigour - and again, with each being a year older, Levein's insightful coaching will have improved all three.
But Cardiff made the game safe with a third goal on 73 minutes, Joe Ledley's pass across the left channel allowing Parry to strike the ball through Evans' legs into the net.
The Serbian world No. 3 then began to strike the ball more crisply and consistently and in the tiebreaker he took the lead for good by hitting an ace and winning a 19-shot rally on the first two points.
Soon afterwards, Givet gave Rovers the lead with a stunning strike - smashing the ball into the corner of the net after Ciaran Clark had half-cleared Morten Gamst Pedersen's throw.
Sheridan won a header and, after Sandaza beat Jamie Hamill to the loose ball, the Spaniard played the ball into the path of his strike partner, who rounded goalkeeper MacDonald to score.
With the scoreboard reading a healthy 134-1, Masakadza had already hit two boundaries in Thilan Thushara's last over when he tried another lusty strike from the final ball of the over, with 38 needed off 37 balls.
Rangers began to threaten and a superb thrusting run from Nacho Novo, retaining his place after two goals on Tuesday, set up Kris Boyd, but his strike partner curled the ball wide of the post from the edge of the box.
Hateley almost doubled Motherwell's lead with a curling strike, Bell beating the ball to safety in the 88th minute.
The visitors did look more threatening as soon as the second period began and Steve Livingstone had their first strike at goal but but sent the ball wide.
But he was lucky with his goal, snatching at a Valencia cross only for the ball to strike him flush in the face before deflecting into the net.
Then with just six minutes remaining, Burton grabbed the winner with a quality strike, pouncing on a knockdown to lash the ball into the back of the net.
Sutton piled more misery on the home side with a strike four minutes from time after Sheridan worked the ball in from the edge of the penalty area and set up the former St Mirren man to blast home from close range.
Half the top 10 scorers in the tournament have a strike rate of better than the run-a-ball rate of 100 and considerably so in some cases - but Trott and Bell sit in the mid-90s.
Andrey Arshavin pulled one back with a superb strike before Robin van Persie forced the ball home to equalise.
The ball appeared to strike Carragher's arm late on as he went up with fellow defender Daniel Agger to head clear.
Rangers had claims for a penalty denied after the ball appeared to strike Jose Goncalves on the hand in the penalty box.
Milner delivered and inattentive Swedish defending allowed Onuoha to control the ball, and strike a swivelled shot into the corner of the net.
Those concerns were not helped when Bolton had strong appeals for a penalty turned down despite the ball appearing to strike Drogba's arm.
Arsenal full-back Kieran Gibbs made a decent block from a shot by Edwards after 15 minutes, while Priskin went close with a vicious strike across goal after picking up the ball on the left and cutting inside just after the half-hour mark.
The 22-year-old had not scored since late August but defeated Krul with a powerful strike after Long and Chris Beardsley worked the ball into his path.
Valencia also had United's only other decent chance of the opening half after Federico Macheda, making his first start of the Premier League season, slipped the ball into his path but Robinson saved the 18-yard strike.
Berbatov had the opportunity to underline his worth to United after the ball dropped to the unmarked striker 14 yards from goal but his strike lacked power and Robinson saved.
He reached 67 not out but crucially lost strike and Abdur Rehman was caught off the final ball of the game.
The Brazilian juggled the ball over Amauri on the edge of the area before firing a superb strike past goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
Sunderland had the first chance after six minutes when Stephen Kelly gave the ball away to Jones whose strike on goal was crisp but poorly directed straight at Sorenson who palmed away, and Reid could only fire the follow-up well over the bar.
"Guys don't seem to care about striking out anymore, but when you strike out, you're not putting the ball in play, and when you don't do that, nothing can happen, " said Keith Hernandez, the former batting champion who is now a television analyst for the Mets.
The Panathinaikos centre-back received the ball with no apparent danger around him, but an awful first touch allowed the enterprising Park Ji-sung to steal the ball and charge into the box before sliding a well-placed left-footed strike past the onrushing Tzoras.
Stekelenburg had a clear view of Forlan's swerving strike from 25 yards out and got a hand to the ball, but was still unable to keep it out.
Ivica Olic scored the only goal of the game in the 62nd minute, stroking the ball into the empty net after keeper Nir Davidovic parried Mario Gomez's 20-yard strike into his path.
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