The United States outshot Europe by 35-17, but Jonathan Quick allowed three goals on 17 shots, falling victim to blunders in front of him.
It was, by all accounts, an entirely preventable blunder, committed in front of an audience of 23 million television viewers, that exposed the weaknesses of an organization that has long spurned the safeguards of a modern presidential campaign, such as the free software that detects plagiarism.
That seemed like what would happen, but after defending for many moves, and many hours, Shirov blundered and put his king in front of bishop so that Carlsen could promote his pawn and force Shirov to trade his rook for it, creating an easily won ending for Carlsen.
Whales are warm-blooded, air-breathing mammals that swim in a pod, not a school, so do not make the blunder to refer to whales as fish, especially in front of your friends.
I'm in the right valley now, but... Mud to left of me, Mud to right of me, Mud in front of me, Now my feet blunder'd... Half a League Onwards it most certainly is not!
A double defensive blunder by the hosts at the start of the second half left Douglas Costa unmarked in front of goal but again Hradecky, at full stretch, got a leg to the ball to send the Brazilian's low shot wide.
Early on Franck Ribery's 35-yard free-kick bounced in front of Oscar Perez but, unlike Algeria's Faouzi Chaouchi who blundered on this semi-artificial pitch on Sunday, the Mexico goalkeeper collected easily.
Thanks to an outbreak of blunders – one of which involved him throwing the ball into his own net in front of the Kop when playing against Liverpool in 1967 – he was often referred to on the terraces as "careless hands".
As he stood in front of his locker Saturday afternoon, again offering contrition for his epic and costly fielding blunder from the night before, Castillo explained what he was thinking about.
The many PR blunders that damaged Liverpool last season are unlikely to be repeated with a manager who is so engaging in front of the world's media.
