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This cannot have been an easy evening for Courtois, given all the blurring of lines, but he made some splendid saves at key moments of the game.

Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better with a headed chance.

By that stage Coutinho had already been denied with a powerful shot that was heading for the bottom corner until De Gea produced the first in a series of splendid saves.

Wes Morgan, their centre-half, spent part of that period operating as an auxiliary striker, almost winning the game in a breathless finale featuring a string of splendid saves from Ben Foster.

Only a combination of profligacy in front of goal, heroic last-ditch British tackling and a couple of splendid saves from the British goalkeeper, Craig Connell, precluded the men in yellow from being completely out of sight at the break.

White forced a splendid save from Japan's goalkeeper Kaihori, and Jill Scott headed wide.

Manucho met a well-delivered corner at the near post and forced Khune into a splendid save! 3.31pm GMT GOAL!

That might account for the air of expectation that saw Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink drawing a splendid save from Fabien Barthez at the start of the game.

Koumas took the kick, drilling his shot hard to Agayev's right only to see the goalkeeper make a splendid save.

Tim Krul had already made a splendid save to keep out Agüero, and Dzeko had put another effort narrowly wide, before the early bombardment conjured up the opening goal.

The goalkeeper dives at Muller's feet to concede a corner, from which he then proceeds to make a splendid save from Thomas Muller.