Saunders came close to breaking the deadlock when his 20-yard drive smacked the post.
Watford tried again after the break but Fielding came to the rescue when he tipped Sordell's 20-yard effort around the post.
Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey needed to be at full stretch to palm Branimir Subasic's 25-yard shot round the post before the Azerbaijan striker scared Wales again.
As the home side started to string passes together Imrie fired a low shot from the edge of the box that went a yard wide of the post.
It took the United striker's tally to 14 in the league and, with the home side momentarily rocking, he was only denied another when his 18 yard strike hit the post.
And England enjoyed more good fortune a minute later when defender Lucio advanced from the back and crashed a rising 25-yard drive against the post with Foster well beaten.
The Rams started brightly and could have gone ahead after just 50 seconds when Ipswich goalkeeper Andy Marshall was forced to turn Adam Bolder's 20-yard effort round the post.
Routledge almost broke the deadlock after the restart but fizzed a 20-yard effort against the post and Nigel Reo-Coker burst through on goal only to once again be denied by the defiant Rensing.
Mark McLaughlin got too much on his header when Marco Paixao swung in a right-footed corner and Gallacher would have been relieved to see the ball flash a yard wide of his post.
BBC: Alex Neil (r) and Steven Thomson in action at St Mirren Park
Striker Cole came within a few inches of an equaliser after blasting a 20-yard shot against the left post, but with five minutes remaining the points were made safe with another penalty.
Hoolahan almost made amends shortly afterwards but his 12-yard strike was tipped around the post by Turner.
He is based at New Scotland Yard and has been in his post since September 1997.
An 18-yard Berbatov strike also hit the post before the late drama.
Soon after, Darren Fletcher saw his curling 25-yard drive superbly tipped round the post by Green as the Red Devils continued to press.
Nenad Milijas had a long range free-kick pushed aside by Jussi Jaaskelainen, who also stood up bravely to deny Matt Jarvis and tipped a well-struck 25-yard effort from Milijas around the post.
Soon after, Ballack hit the outside of the post with a 25-yard free-kick as Chelsea continued to press.
The striker should have doubled Tottenham's lead but his six-yard effort was unintentionally deflected onto the post by Emanuel Pogatetz's arm.
The goal inspired Palace to create their best chance of the half as Carle's 25-yard strike from whistled just past the post.
For Glentoran, Hamilton sent a 25-yard free-kick flashing wide of the post.
Maguire sent a low 20-yard drive against the outside of a Hibs post after a solo run, but the Dons had largely lost their cohesion after going behind.
Deco and Lampard played a lovely one-two in the build-up to the England midfielder testing Doni's reactions with a 25-yard drive that was headed just inside the post.
But as Greece pushed forward, South Korea attacked the large areas of vacant space, with Bolton's Lee Chung-yong's 18-yard strike pushed past the left-hand post by Tzoras in the 85th minute.
Pepe, showing considerable enterprise for a central defender, had a goal disallowed in the 17th minute for being narrowly offside before Ronaldo saw his 35-yard free-kick brilliantly tipped onto the post by Turkey goalkeeper Volkan.
The visitors started brightly and were denied twice in the opening stages by Gravesend goalkeeper Paul Wilkerson, who first blocked Chris Piper's strike with his legs before turning a 25-yard Tony Taggart free-kick round the post.
As half-time approached, Steven MacLean held the ball up well and set up Mackie, whose 25-yard shot fizzed narrowly wide of Combe's post.
They were gifted a chance to get back in the match on 50 minutes when Skrela had a straight-forward 25-yard penalty, but it drifted wide of the post.
Ivorian Dindane then sent a 22-yard shot just wide and also headed past the post from 10 yards when unmarked as he met an inviting cross from Jamie O'Hara.
Keith Treacy gave the visitors the lead by squeezing a well-struck 25-yard, low free-kick in at the near post.
Chris Porter went close to doubling the lead but his deflected 20-yard strike went just wide of Steve Simonsen's post.
Steven Whittaker's back-post cross was headed into the six-yard box by Kyle Lafferty and Boyd raced in to volley past goalkeeper Graham Stack.
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