1.   Was it curving passes to the only spot on the field where a speeding yellow-shirted striker could fire a shot?

2.   The Ghanaian striker fired the equalizer and then saw his goal-bound header helped into the net by Birmingham defender Chris Whyte, a former Leeds player.

3.   The striker fired a dipping shot that slipped between the crossbar and the outstretched hand of goalie Brice Samba.

4.   Wanderers, who started the game five points adrift of the others, were hopeful of cutting that to two when Scottish striker John McGinlay fired them ahead.

5.   Yokohama took the lead seven minutes before the break when striker Daisuke Sakata fired a low drive past Kashima goalkeeper Hitoshi Sogahata from the edge of the box.

6.   Zidane skillfully played the ball forward to Morientes and the striker fired home after working his way across the edge of area.

7.   However, the ball fell nicely for Adolfo Valencia but the striker fired high over the bar.

8.   The Russian striker fired over a relatively harmless-looking cross and Lama snatching at it steered the ball into his net.

9.   Then, six minutes later, Hartson scored when a free-kick rebounded off the Dunfermline wall and the former Arsenal striker fired past Thomson.

10.   The former Spurs striker fired home just after the break to give Bayern a three-point lead over Dortmund, although the Bavarians have played a game more.