The match could not have started much better for the Welsh side, who laid down an early marker of intent when Chopra got across Alex Baptiste to toe-poke a cross from Peter Whittingham that smashed against the crossbar after just four minutes.

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The home side continued to press forward and from a Pedersen corner Santa Cruz peeled away from his marker for a header which came back off the bar.

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