And when Gavin Hamilton won the toss, he opted to give his new-look attack first use of the same square on which the two winning teams had won chasing targets on Saturday.

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Other officials involved in the investigation cautioned that the alleged plan to attack Times Square wasn't close to fruition.

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Southampton had a chance to put the result beyond doubt when a swift counter-attack found Lee Holmes in space with the option to square it for Lambert but he opted to shoot and then headed wide from Lambert's follow-up.

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