But Villa had numerous chances to get a second-half winner with John Carew heading against the bar late on.

BBC: Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth

Lee Grant saved well from Chris Martin and Barnett nodded over the bar as Norwich pressed for the winner.

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They had begun in lively fashion when Henri Lansbury - the injury-time match-winner against Millwall on Tuesday - blazed over the bar after only a minute.

BBC: Sport - Football - Burnley 2-1 Norwich

Sensing their first lost points since that Merseyside derby, Liverpool pressed for a winner and they were inches away when Suarez struck the bar with a 20-yard free-kick.

BBC: Liverpool 1-1 Wigan

Benchergui had a great chance to snatch an injury time winner for USMA but somehow fired his shot from close range over the bar.

BBC: SPORT | Football | African | USMA 1-1 Jeanne d'Arc

And they came within inches of a late winner when Young drifted a cross onto the head of Carew who headed onto the bar from 18 yards out with James stranded.

BBC: Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth

Despite the qualiser, it felt for a time as though Stoke were the more likely to go on and get a winner and Shawcross came round the back to head Whelan's free-kick against the bar.

BBC: Hull 2-1 Stoke

The winner of my informal poll on where to get the best ice cream was nearly unanimously Juice Bar (12 Broad Street, 508-228-5799), a small corner shop in Nantucket town that deservedly has a line snaking out its door and around the corner during high season.

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