The waiter came back to make sure the cup was empty, then returned with seven minutes remaining and again with four minutes to go.
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Finally, Liverpool started to come into the game with 10 minutes to go before half-time with, for the first time, Dirk Kuyt starting to find his range from out on the right flank.
United's forward pairing were brought off with 15 minutes to go and, with Owen Hargreaves coming on to shore up the midfield, the home side continued to go close as they secured a victory which took them back to the top of the table.
And a bonus came when news filtered through that leaders Halesowen had let slip a 4-1 lead with nine minutes to go to draw 4-4 with Swindon Supermarine.
Fourie pulled a try back for Leeds with 11 minutes to go, converted by Thomas, but with the bonus point threatening to slip from their grasp the hosts went for the kill.
But United themselves continued to go for an equaliser and were unlucky, with three minutes to go, when Hannah headed just over the bar from a Telesnikov corner.
Goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, back after missing Thursday's Uefa Cup tie, had to react quickly to block Aliadiere with 20 minutes to go.
Lopez converted a three-point play, and after a free throw by Jimmy Butler, Wallace nailed a 3-pointer, then came up with a steal and dunk to give the Nets a 103-91 advantage with 2 minutes to go.
Reihana slotted the kick to level the scores with 12 minutes to go.
But Canterbury, last year's finalists, gave themselves a chance when they pulled back to 31-29 with 10 minutes to go.
The penalty count had gone against Sale all game, and a powerful Bath scrum gave James the chance to narrow Sale's lead to 20-19 with eight minutes to go.
He missed a glorious chance of his own a few minutes after that, but with 20 minutes to go a huge strike from distance from Obasi put the game beyond Belgium.
And Bath were able to grind out the win despite the yellow card given to Danny Grewcock for stamping with nine minutes to go.
After getting the nod to come off the bench with 20 minutes to go, Tom Jarvis (who I was to replace) went and got himself sin-binned which halved the time left for me to make my glorious comeback so thanks Tom!
"Our challenge is to risk winning, to still be in the game with 10 minutes to go, " Kirwan insists.
City, though, have paid a premium to amass the attacking talent with which to win tight matches, and with 20 minutes to go they struck the telling blow.
And the Tongan blind-side then put his side in deep trouble as he was red-carded following a forearm smash to the face of a Samoan with nine minutes to go.
Elima got the home crowd on their feet around the hour mark when he got under Bosc's high kick, but the Morris brothers combined to restore Australia's advantage with 12 minutes to go.
But Wakefield still looked dangerous and with 10 minutes to go they came back into the game with two tries in as many minutes.
Cardiff's revival began with 25 minutes to go as Campbell poked the ball in with his head after Bradley Middleton had headed across goal from a high ball into the box.
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Scrum-half Jace Van Dijk, who set-up two tries, was hammered to the ground in a crunching tackle with two minutes to go and got up only for his legs to look like rubber.
Paul Cooke and Blaymire combined twice to give the visitors the slenderest of hope with 35 minutes to go.
Their tactical naivety cost them with five minutes to go, though, and they emerged only with a losing bonus point.
In a frantic period midway through the second half five goals were scored in 26 minutes, and Rapinoe hit a stunning half volley from the corner of the penalty area to level the match at 2-2 with 20 minutes to go.
The display turned out to be costly, as it drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty and forced the Bills to kick off from their 20-yard line with two minutes to go in the half.
With eight minutes to go, Senegal striker Moussa Konate pulled his side level with a goal against the run of play.
Reece looked to have gone over for a score-levelling try with five minutes to go but was pulled back for a forward pass.
But the Warriors were not to be denied a score, Goode dropping a goal with 25 minutes to go, which appeared to go between the sticks via a helping Quins hand.
But, despite Anelka's liveliness up front, the Trotters were struggling to trouble the home defence and after Campo was sent off with 10 minutes to go for a second booking, their hopes faded.
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