His shot hit the underside of the crossbar, bounced and came into play again.
His penalty was fiercely struck, against the underside of the crossbar.
But from Cech's glove, the ball ricocheted off the underside of the crossbar, down, and out.
He had missed the Gladbach goal from point-blank range, then hit the underside of the crossbar in injury time.
Eduardo Vargas almost equalised for Chile but his shot on the turn struck the underside of the crossbar.
Mladenovic's second goal needed no luck as the Serbian blasted the ball in off the underside of the crossbar.
The ball was floated the other way, where it caught the underside of the crossbar and dropped over the line.
But with the pressure on, Mijatovic blasted his shot against the underside of the crossbar; it bounced down and out.
Schürrle stroked in Lahm's centre for the sixth goal and then whacked in a shot off the underside of the crossbar.
Jonas Olsson, excellent defensively, almost scored a third for Albion but his header from a corner did not cross the line after hitting the underside of the crossbar.
Confidence has never been a problem for Hasselbaink and his rasping shot was still rising as it struck the underside of the crossbar and flew into the net.
