Blackburn 3-0 Stoke
Sam Allardyce’s Blackburn Rovers reign got off to the perfect start with an impressive win against Stoke City. Benni McCarthy’s penalty, awarded after Ibrahima Sonko fouled Morten Gamst Pedersen, opened the scoring in the ninth minute. Jason Roberts bundled home the second from close range and McCarthy turned in a third before half-time. Roberts was [...]
Wigan 3-0 Blackburn
Antonio Valencia inspired Wigan to victory over Blackburn to pile more pressure on Rovers boss Paul Ince. Emile Heskey’s backheel, followed two minutes later by Valencia’s low drive, gave Wigan a perfect start as they dominated the first half. Substitute David Dunn gave Rovers more attacking threat, but their best chance came from Ryan Taylor’s [...]
Blackburn 1-3 Liverpool
Goals from Xabi Alonso, Yossi Benayoun and Steven Gerrard were enough to keep Liverpool top of the table and leave Blackburn without a league win in 10. Stephen Warnock stopped Benayoun giving Liverpool the lead before Morten Gamst Pedersen fired against the crossbar. After half-time Alonso sidefooted past Paul Robinson to open the scoring and [...]
Tottenham 1-0 Blackburn
Tottenham moved out of the Premier League’s bottom three with a victory over Blackburn, who had defender Martin Olsson sent off on 39 minutes. Aaron Lennon was Spurs’ inspiration and he set up the winner when he robbed Olsson, went on a run and cut the ball back for Roman Pavlyuchenko to slot in. Pavlyuchenko [...]
Blackburn 0-2 Chelsea
Nicolas Anelka scored twice to continue his fine start to the season as Chelsea marched back to the top of the Premier League with a win at a wet Ewood Park. In a one-sided first half, only keeper Paul Robinson kept Rovers in it, saving well from Anelka and Jon Obi Mikel. However, he could [...]
West Brom 2-2 Blackburn
West Brom and Blackburn shared the spoils in an intense and entertaining battle with Keith Andrews spoiling the home party with a last-gasp equaliser. Blackburn took the lead with a Benni McCarthy penalty, but the South African was then sent off for a second booking. West Brom hit back brilliantly in the second half with [...]
Blackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough
Substitute Benni McCarthy rescued a point for Blackburn with a dramatic injury-time header at Ewood Park. McCarthy levelled after heading home Brett Emerton’s corner, which Blackburn keeper Paul Robinson had come up for. Boro had taken a 74th-minute lead when Afonso Alves smashed the ball past Robinson from the edge of the box. Earlier Boro’s [...]
Blackburn 0-2 Man Utd
Wes Brown and Wayne Rooney got the goals as Manchester United recorded a fourth consecutive win by seeing off Blackburn at a rain-soaked Ewood Park. Brown headed in from a Rooney cross, although Blackburn claimed keeper Jason Brown had been impeded by United’s Nemanja Vidic in the build-up. Rooney swept home a second after a [...]
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