Celtic captain Shaun Maloney missed a sitter and both goalkeepers dealt comfortably with some poor finishing.

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Only poor finishing by the Black and Ambers prevented an even greater victory margin.

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Blackpool were made to pay for their poor finishing when Morrison gave the Owls the lead.

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Mexico had plenty of chances with a whopping 17-1 advantage in shots, but El Tri was plagued by poor finishing and dismal execution on set pieces.

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Instead, they will be frustrated that they stand three points behind their rivals after being denied victory by a mixture of questionable refereeing decisions and poor finishing.

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The match itself was a straightforward affair for United, although a combination of stubborn Stoke defending and poor finishing, particularly from Dimitar Berbatov, initially frustrated the home team.

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With the clock ticking down, Bordeaux had their best two chances - but a combination of poor finishing and superb goalkeeping cost them their chance of a last-four berth.

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Thereafter, only Portsmouth looked like scoring and, with substitute Nwankwo Kanu pulling the strings and Glen Johnson bombing forward down the right, only poor finishing kept Sunderland in the game.

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There was little between the two sides, but West Ham were made to pay for some poor finishing and are left still looking for a first clean sheet in the league since February.

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And they only had themselves - and their poor finishing - to blame, not least Butterfield who fired an early chance over, curled another effort wide of the post, saw another shot held by Rochdale goalkeeper Josh Lillis and was inches off target with a header.

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Until that moment it had been a story of inspired saves from M'bolhi, poor American finishing and a lineman's error, which denied Clint Dempsey a goal in the first half.

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So twice we did a very poor job of finishing.

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The Linnets won promotion to Blue Square North by winning the Southern League last season and, despite a poor run of results in recent weeks, have accumulated enough points to avoid finishing in the bottom three.

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