He slipped the ball to Sturridge, who lashed an angled drive past Walker. A minute later Blake completed the scoreline with a shot from 20 yards.Wolverhampton Wanderers: Oakes; Muscat, Lescott, Butler, Camara, Newton (Miller, 58), Rae (Andrews,79), Cameron, Kennedy, Sturridge, Blake. Substitutes not used: Ndah, Pollet, Murray (gk).Walsall: Walker; Shields, Roper, Holdsworth, Aranalde, Wrack, O'Connor (Bennett, 83), Simpson (Byfield, 73), Corica, Marcelo, Leit?(Barras, 82). Substitutes: Harper (gk), Biancalani.Referee: M Dean (The Wirral).. West Bromwich wasted their opportunity of going second in the First Division as Dickson Etuhu's headed goal decided a match with two bizarrely similar missed penalties within two minutes of each other. After 56 minutes, Adam Eaton had a fierce shot palmed away and Etuhu, the former Manchester City midfielder who looks an impressive acquisition for North End, emphatically headed in Rob Edwards' cross.Jon Macken should have doubled Preston's lead with a free header from Michael Keane's clever cross.

Instead they had to withstand a late charge as Albion tried to salvage something from a sub-standard performance.Dobie almost redeemed his penalty miss with a shot on the turn that just passed the post and even Albion's goalkeeper, Russell Hoult, joined the last flurry, volleying over the top when a goal from him would have been a suitably eccentric finale.Preston, still with play-off aspirations, had been the better side in a first half that gave little clue to the strange things to come. Macken and Cresswell threatened repeatedly against an off-colour Albion, who only came to life immediately before half time when Edwards slid in to deny Andy Johnson.Up to that point, a penalty might have seemed their best chance of a goal, though both sides later demonstrated that route was not the easy option it had previously appeared.Preston North End (4-4-2): Lucas; Edwards, Lucketti, Gregan, Eaton; Gudjonsson (Skora, 80), Etuhu, McKenna, Keane; Macken (Healy, 80), Cresswell. Substitutes not used: Basham, Anderson, Moilanen (gk).West Bromwich Albion (4-4-2): Hoult; Balis, Sigurdsson, Butler (Lyttle, 84), Gilchrist; A Chambers (Fox, 60), McInnes, Johnson, Clements; Roberts (Taylor, 44), Dobie. Substitutes not used: Adamson (gk), Jord?Referee: P Danson (Leicester).* The Bolton defender, Colin Hendry has rejected a loan move to West Bromwich.. Tottenham Hotspur's goalkeeper Kasey Keller has asked manager Glenn Hoddle to allow him to play in two games for the United States next month so he can maintain his place as the country's first choice keeper at the World Cup. However the North London club want the 32-year-old back immediately after the Honduras game to be cover for Neil Sullivan when they take on Manchester United in the Premiership on 6 March, followed by their FA Cup quarter-final encounter with Chelsea four days later."I was given permission from Glenn to go out for the Gold Cup and for the recent friendly in Italy but now I've heard from the US Soccer Federation that I have to come back after the first game against Honduras," Keller said yesterday That means I will only be out with the US side for a week. Every game that I play for the national team is a positive move towards winning the No 1 spot in the World Cup this summer."If I could play these two games I think I would be pretty much there.

A £100,000 bargain signing from Finland's VPS Vaasa five years ago, Jaaskelainen will pick up a pay rise worth around £2m over the length of his new contract.The Bolton striker Paul Wheatcroft has joined Mansfield Town on a month's loan. The Stags have also taken Derby County's England Under-21 midfielder Adam Murray for a similar period.Fifa and the World Cup co-hosts Japan and South Korea have agreed to allow the sale of beer at stadiums during this year's event, though fans will only be able to buy one cup of beer at a time from 90 minutes before the game begins until the end of half-time.A press release from the Korean World Cup Organising Committee did not reveal the size of the cup, and committee officials were not immediately available for comment.Fifa and the World Cup organising committees made the decision during talks in Tokyo yesterday to discuss stadium security at the tournament, which has the American brewers Budweiser as one of its main sponsors. Organisers also will not allow fans to bring beer or any other alcoholic drinks into stadiums, will not sell beer to drunken fans, and reserve the right to ban beer sales entirely.There was an alcohol ban during the finals in Italy and France and partial restrictions during the tournament in the US in 1994 amid concerns about hooliganism.The former Arsenal defender Nelson Vivas could miss the World Cup after sustaining knee ligament damage. The Argentinian, now playing in Italy for Internazionale, picked up the injury in training and may be out of action for several months..

David Trezeguet, the Juventus striker, rates tonight's match with Deportivo La Coru?n Spain as "crucial". Group D is the tightest of all the Champions' League groups, with Juve, Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen and Deportivo all square on four points. But the goalless draw at the Stadio delle Alpi last Wednesday showed that the Italians are not in for an easy ride. Tr?guet said: "We are going there to win, for us it is a crucial match. Deportivo are a great team but we managed to make their lives difficult without playing very well.