"If I had done something like that and we had lost the game, I would not have been allowed to go home, " Santos manager Muricy Ramalho said.

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With Joba Chamberlain having gone on the disabled list before the game with an oblique strain and David Robertson unavailable this series because of soreness in the area where the left knee meets the hamstring, manager Joe Girardi was counting on Sabathia to go deep in the game.

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With 20 minutes to go Charlton manager Alan Pardew introduced Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and youngster Lloyd Sam in an effort to rescue the game.

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