Jerome had a chance to equalise when he beat Blackburn's offside trap to latch onto a through ball but he fired wide from the corner of the six-yard box.

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Ebanks-Blake's strike came after some intricate passing saw him latch onto a through-ball to beat last man Darren Purse.

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But Spain demonstrated their threat when Villa escaped central defenders Stephen McManus and David Weir to latch on to a speeding ball from midfield, but his shot went over the bar from 18 yards.

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Beckford, who is a target for a number of leading clubs, took advantage of defensive indecision to latch on to a long ball from Jonny Howson and hold off Wes Brown before beating Tomasz Kuszczak from an acute angle.

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The youngster showed good pace, and excellent balance on the slippy surface, to latch onto a through-pass and slide the ball under Brian Murphy in the Swansea goal.

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But Jelavic was not to be denied with his next attempt, the striker brushing off the challenge of Mulgrew to latch on to Weiss's quickly taken free-kick and sliding a shot past Forster, the ball rebounding off the right-hand post but spinning back over the line.

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