Emmanuel Adebayor had the ball in the net - only for referee Alan Wiley to rule the goal out for a foul on McShane as the Togo striker climbed to reach a header on 15 minutes.
Holden had the ball in the back of the net from Sturridge's classy back-heel but the ball was deemed to have gone out of play, while Sturridge and Elmander could have made it worse for the visitors but their shots were narrowly wide.
Earnshaw, making his first start in a competitive match for over a year, twice had the ball in the back of the net before half-time but his celebrations were curtailed by the referee's whistle.
Soresenen completely mis-handled the ball into the net, leaving the Danish keeper head-in-hands with embarrassment.
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Scotland took the lead on a rare break when defender Holmar Eyjolfsson lost the ball in his own penalty area and Murphy hammered the ball into the net from the right-hand side of the penalty box.
The on-loan Everton striker had the ball in the net from a similar move but was rightly pulled up for offside.
Easter finally got the ball in the net after a by-now trademark run and cross from Bale, but the short-range effort cannoned in off his hand and was disallowed.
Khalil smashed a shot against the bar after the hour mark, but the unlucky Abbas decisively turned the ball into his own net in injury-time as he tried to cut out a cross from Iraq captain Younis Mahmoud.
And when Pompey did get the ball in the net, referee Graham Poll - in his last Premiership match - controversially ruled the goal out after consulting with his assistant.
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Obua passed up an excellent chance to put the ball in the net when his attempted tap-in was blocked by Fraser, but the Hearts man had already been flagged offside shortly before Suso Santana's volley was saved by the Motherwell keeper.
Eight minutes after halftime, Bayern finally had the ball in the net but Ribery's close-range effort was ruled offsides.
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Fletcher and Morrison combined with the type of incisive one-two one associates with La Furia Roja, and when the West Brom midfielder crossed for Miller to tap the ball home, Fletcher's former Manchester United team-mate Pique slid in to knock the ball into his own net.
Hamilton were in front nine minutes before half-time when Falkirk failed to clear Easton's throw-in and the ball fell to McCarthy, who lashed into the net past Flinders.
The striker did have had the ball in the net soon after from a Barry free-kick but his effort was disallowed for a push on defender Christopher Samba.
Argentina thoroughly deserved the victory, which was never in serious doubt from when Park Chu-Young directed the ball into his own net.
Chelsea did get the ball in the net for a second time shortly before half-time, but Michael Ballack was so far offside from Florent Malouda's pass that he barely even bothered celebrating.
Severin put Langfield under pressure with a short back-pass and the keeper was left red-faced again as the United midfielder nipped in to tuck the ball into an empty net.
Stuttgart had the ball in the net again moments later when Zdravko Kuzmanovic's free-kick went straight in off the post but Matthieu Delpierre had strayed offside as the kick was taken, much to the relief of the Ibrox fans.
Stoke lost keeper Thomas Sorensen with a finger injury in the warm-up, and deputy Simonsen soon found himself picking the ball out of the net.
Matthews made a superb double save before the ball fell to Lecky in the six-yard box and the striker poked into the net.
Taylor pushed Levan Tskitishvili's spot-kick onto a post but Healy slid the ball into his own net as he came in to clear the rebound.
Micah Richards thought he had made it 2-0 but his effort was ruled out for offside, while Brown had the ball in the City net but it was chalked off for handball as he charged down a clearance.
Two minutes later, the stalemate was broken when Sheils broke free on the counter-attack and outran the United defence to round Zaluska and confidently bury the ball in the back of the net.
Three minutes later Kevin Twaddle crossed from the left and Don Goodman stroked the ball into the net from close range to make it 2-1 and put 'Well in front.
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