21.   However the alliance, widely seen as enjoying Kremlin support, would considerably reduce their margin for manoeuvre in editorial decision-making.

22.   Christoph Bechmann and Henning Helwig reduced the margin for Germany, who must have rued resting Reitz to play his understudy Nils Kowalczek.

23.   Flatley then reduced the margin with a third penalty just before the interval.

24.   Veteran Dhanraj Pillay pounced on a loose ball following a goal-mouth melee and found the net to reduce the margin.

25.   Johnson kicked his second penalty to reduce the margin to nine points at half-time.

26.   Jorgina Rimoldi took advantage of a penalty stroke to reduce the margin for Argentina, who were stuck on four points.

27.   Nick Butcher reduced the margin for U.S. with a penalty corner two minutes into the secnd session, before the Spanish goal machine took over again.

28.   Nor Saiful and Mirnawan Nawawi reduced the margin for Malaysia with two goals in a four-minute burst towards the end, but the Koreans ended deserving winners.

29.   Paul Gaudoin reduced the margin seven minutes from the final whistle with a penalty corner push, but Australia failed to get the equaliser against the spirited Spanish defence.

30.   Poland reduced the margin through a second goal by Mir and one by Radoskaw Klockowski.