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Sunday December 9, 2007 Finished Ewood Park

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Blackburn Rovers

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  1. Hammers pinch Ewood points

    Hammers pinch Ewood points

    West Ham United pinched a narrow 1-0 victory at Ewood Park against Blackburn Rovers with a close-range Dean Ashton goal set up by George McCartney. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • West Ham
    • 90+5' There it is. The three points belong to West Ham. That is four away wins this season for Alan Curbishley's outfit.
    • 90+4' Emerton 25 yards from goal SHOOTS... it is wide and that should be the points to West Ham.
    • 90+3' Blackburn cannot find space in the final third with time running out...
    • 90+1' Corner to the Hammers. Ashton takes it short and scoops it over two defenders... Boa Morte VOLLEYS AT FRIEDEL - WHO BLOCKS AT THE NEAR POST!!
    • 90' Four minutes of time added on to play.
    • 88' West Ham change: Cole replaced by Henri Camara.
    • 87' The ball drops to TUGAY 20 YARDS OUT.... WHAT A SAVE BY GREEN!! He stopped it unsighted to keep West Ham in the lead. A minute before Santa Cruz headed centimetres past the post from six yards.
    • 85' Tugay is back on the field after initially limping off with help.
    • 83' Tugay goes down hurt with the ball at his feet and Cole carries on with it, entering the box before squaring to Ashton - who shoots over the top!! A glorious chance for him.
    • 81' He talks to Cole yet there is no second yellow card. He was going for the ball and the ref respects that - he caught Friedel near his private parts though. Ouch.
    • 80' Cole chases a loose ball in the box and studs Friedel!! The goalie is furious and starts on Cole, lying on the ground, as does Samba. Ashton gets involved and the ref has a decision to make here...
    • 77' Tugay scoops the football over West Ham's defence and Santa Cruz nicks it away... HE'S THROUGH... AND SMACKS IT OVER THE CROSSBAR!!! He should have scored.
    • 76' West Ham also make a change: Jonathan Spector replaces Solano.
    • 76' Blackburn sub: Mark Hughes brings on a striker, Jason Roberts, for a wide man, Pedersen.
    • 75' Pedersen crosses for Santa Cruz, whose header is just wide of the post!!
    • 73' Ashton wins the ball from Samba in the penalty area and plays it out to Solano... his cross to the back of the box is volleyed cleanly by Boa Morte - WHAT A SAVE BY FRIEDEL!!
    • 72' Samba chases down the ball, showing little sign of injury. He tries a shot that tamely dribbles to Green.
    • 72' Pedersen races down the left and passes low into the danger zone - Rovers are again frustrated as a West Ham boot is there first.
    • 71' Samba is back on although he is hobbling. Blackburn take off Dunn instead, bringing Steven Reid into the action.
    • 69' Samba is helped off and wants to play further but is struggling...
    • 68' Yellow card to Cole for a bad tackle on Samba, who is hurt. That means the striker will miss the next game against Middlesbrough.
    • 66' Dunn and Tugay trying to make something in a central position but there are Hammers defenders everywhere. Dunn plays in Pedersen on the right and he shoots wide of the near post. Silly boy - that has to go across goal.
    • 64' Ashton fed down the left side and he whips a devastating ball over Friedel and away past the far post! Cole was a yard behind it. Great ball in.
    • 63' Cole penalised as he battled for the ball. He is not happy about that.
    • 60' Blackburn free-kick on the left. Savage passes to Tugay, whose shot is skewed wide of the goal. It is difficult to strike a ball moving across you.
    • 58' Cole on the left tries to find Ashton, cut out by Blackburn. The former is looking in good nick after a poor spell in the last couple of seasons.
    • 57' McCartney completely mis-kicks and Dunn puts the corner on Samba's head... Green dives low to his right to save and Ooijer cannot get the ball past the 'keeper at the second try!
    • 55' A few high balls are thrown in by Blackburn... defended by West Ham...
    • 52' McCartney in the area got a shot away at goal and it could have been a handball against Samba and therefore a penalty; but it did not matter as McCartney pulled an excellent low cross to the edge of the six-yard box for Ashton to finish. Super-sub.
    • 52' ASHTON SCORES FOR WEST HAM!!! 1-0!!
    • 51' Boa Morte steals the ball away from a Blackburn man and ghosts through the defence... he is tackled for a corner on the by-line...
    • 50' Pedersen with a ball on the floor that ends with Benni McCarthy, ineffective so far, taking too long to shoot and being tackled on the edge of the box.
    • 49' Warnock with an appalling effort of a back-pass that runs out for a corner kick. Solano's set-piece for West Ham is poor, straight to Friedel with no one challenging.
    • 48' Mokoena will be away at the African Cup of Nations next month with South Africa.
    • 47' There is certainly physicality up front for West Ham now with both Cole and Ashton. Boa Morte provides the speed and guile just behind them.
    • 46' The second half starts. Rovers are playing from right to left as we look at the pitch.
    • - Changes at the break. Mokoena is brought off to allow Robbie Savage a place on the field, while West Ham hit-man Dean Ashton replaces the injured Etherington.
    • 45+2' Tugay with a cultured curled through ball, towards Santa Cruz, that is just cut out by Upson and the whistle sounds for half-time.
    • 45+1' There is one minute of added time to play... Cole steals the ball from Ooijer and is in the box... he goes down but the tackle is clean.
    • 45' The Hammers throw one long into the box but then ref blows up for some reason.
    • 43' Cole plays a clever one-two with Boa Morte and slips in Etherington... offside. He went a touch too early and could not get back in line.
    • 42' Santa Cruz almost to a cross that Robert Green claims in his six-yard box. You get the feeling that it will take a header from close range to settle this tight match.
    • 40' SOLANO STRIKES IT OVER THE BAR!! To start with he passes low across towards Cole but it is defended at the last minute - when the ball falls to him again he cracks a half-volley half-a-yard over. He is not happy with the runs in the middle from his strikers.
    • 39' Santa Cruz had a hand in providing that ball for Warnock - but his next pass to the left is awful.
    • 38' A sudden break down the left-wing by Stephen Warnock... he sends in a good cross that is fractionally too far ahead of Dunn and he cannot get his header back across.
    • 35' An attacking run from Etherington is brought to an end by Dunn. Nobby Solano puts it to the back post - too far to the back post. Another Peruvian on the pitch in freezing Lancashire.
    • 34' Parker on the ball unleashes a shot that Friedel watches as it flies across goal and just misses the post!!
    • 30' Brett Emerton catches McCartney late and Wiley blows up for a free-kick.
    • 28' Blackburn will move into the European qualification slots with a win, while 11th-placed West Ham look to catch them in the table.
    • 26' Blackburn now with the set-piece, attacking their opposition's back-line... we need a clear sight of goal, denied us so far.
    • 24' Cole passes out to the right into space, where Neill is lurking. The Australian dinks a cross that Cole attacks but the ref somehow gives a goal-kick when it is headed behind by Samba.
    • 23' A clever ball low from Tugay is slightly off-target. Good football from Blackburn.
    • 21' Carlton Cole is working hard up front for West Ham.
    • 19' Matthew Etherington feeds a pass down the left for George McCartney to whip in a low cross... Brad Friedel is on top of it.
    • 18' Boa Morte with a run that West Ham cannot capitalise on. I would not say it was end-to-end - but this encounter features two teams with promise and it remains to be seen who will emerge as the stronger.
    • 16' Now Blackburn are the team putting their foot on the ball and passing it well. Tugay picks up the ball... AND STRIKES A PHENOMENAL SHOT THAT IS INCHES WIDE OF THE TOP CORNER! The veteran has got a shot like a bullet and that was a prime example of it from 35 yards.
    • 14' Dunn looking for his strikers with a ball through the channel - it is just cut out.
    • 12' Andre Ooijer is shown a yellow card for a slightly late challenge on Boa Morte.
    • 10' West Ham are on the ball and searching for a way through this Rovers defence missing Nelsen.
    • 8' Referee Alan Wiley has a few words with Aaron Mokoena after he catches Scott Parker late. No booking for him though.
    • 7' There is a decent atmosphere inside the ground. Blackburn is the smallest town that can boast a Premier League club and they do okay for crowds and noise, bearing that in mind.
    • 5' David Dunn strikes from the right and it is not far away!! Peruvian Roque Santa Cruz set the ball up for the Blackburn lad.
    • 2' Hammers captain Lucas Neill attacks near the corner flag from right-back and Rovers centre-half Christopher Samba is forced to deal with the final ball in from Nolberto Solano.
    • 1' The first half begins with Blackburn in blue and white halves of course and West Ham in maroon. The home side are kicking from left to right.
    • - Carlton Cole partners Luis Boa Morte in attack for West Ham here at Ewood Park.
    • - Rovers skipper Ryan Nelsen is suspended, as is David Bentley.
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  • Team Stats

    Blackburn Rovers Stats West Ham
    56% Possession 44%
    17 Shots 12
    6 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 3
    9 Corners 5
    18 Fouls 15
    1 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 22
    319 Accurate passes 257
    46 Bad passes 37

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 4 0
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 27 2 1
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 0 1
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 6 1
      4 Christopher Samba 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 32 0 4
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 51 9 3
      19 David Dunn 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 17 1 1
      7 Brett Emerton 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 34 0 0
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 19 6 1
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 23 5 2
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 30 10 5
      27 Matt Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Steven Reid 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 2 0
      8 Robbie Savage 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 1 0
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Jason Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      4 Daniel Gabbidon 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 2 1
      3 George McCartney 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 25 9 0
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 0 3
      6 Matthew Upson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 0 1
      8 Scott Parker 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 41 11 3
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 27 0 2
      15 Nolberto Solano 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 2 3
      11 Matthew Etherington 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 4 0
      12 Carlton Cole 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 19 1 0
      34 Luis Boa Morte 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 15 4 8
      18 Jonathan Spector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
      16 Mark Noble 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Dean Ashton 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 12 3 0
      33 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Richard Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1' Corner to the Hammers. Ashton takes it short and scoops it over two defenders... Boa Morte VOLLEYS AT FRIEDEL - WHO BLOCKS AT THE NEAR POST!!
    • 87' The ball drops to TUGAY 20 YARDS OUT.... WHAT A SAVE BY GREEN!! He stopped it unsighted to keep West Ham in the lead. A minute before Santa Cruz headed centimetres past the post from six yards.
    • 83' Tugay goes down hurt with the ball at his feet and Cole carries on with it, entering the box before squaring to Ashton - who shoots over the top!! A glorious chance for him.
    • 80' Cole chases a loose ball in the box and studs Friedel!! The goalie is furious and starts on Cole, lying on the ground, as does Samba. Ashton gets involved and the ref has a decision to make here...
    • 77' Tugay scoops the football over West Ham's defence and Santa Cruz nicks it away... HE'S THROUGH... AND SMACKS IT OVER THE CROSSBAR!!! He should have scored.
    • 75' Pedersen crosses for Santa Cruz, whose header is just wide of the post!!
    • 73' Ashton wins the ball from Samba in the penalty area and plays it out to Solano... his cross to the back of the box is volleyed cleanly by Boa Morte - WHAT A SAVE BY FRIEDEL!!
    • 66' Dunn and Tugay trying to make something in a central position but there are Hammers defenders everywhere. Dunn plays in Pedersen on the right and he shoots wide of the near post. Silly boy - that has to go across goal.
    • 64' Ashton fed down the left side and he whips a devastating ball over Friedel and away past the far post! Cole was a yard behind it. Great ball in.
    • 57' McCartney completely mis-kicks and Dunn puts the corner on Samba's head... Green dives low to his right to save and Ooijer cannot get the ball past the 'keeper at the second try!
    • 52' ASHTON SCORES FOR WEST HAM!!! 1-0!!
    • 51' Boa Morte steals the ball away from a Blackburn man and ghosts through the defence... he is tackled for a corner on the by-line...
    • 45+1' There is one minute of added time to play... Cole steals the ball from Ooijer and is in the box... he goes down but the tackle is clean.
    • 40' SOLANO STRIKES IT OVER THE BAR!! To start with he passes low across towards Cole but it is defended at the last minute - when the ball falls to him again he cracks a half-volley half-a-yard over. He is not happy with the runs in the middle from his strikers.
    • 38' A sudden break down the left-wing by Stephen Warnock... he sends in a good cross that is fractionally too far ahead of Dunn and he cannot get his header back across.
    • 34' Parker on the ball unleashes a shot that Friedel watches as it flies across goal and just misses the post!!
    • 16' Now Blackburn are the team putting their foot on the ball and passing it well. Tugay picks up the ball... AND STRIKES A PHENOMENAL SHOT THAT IS INCHES WIDE OF THE TOP CORNER! The veteran has got a shot like a bullet and that was a prime example of it from 35 yards.
    • 5' David Dunn strikes from the right and it is not far away!! Peruvian Roque Santa Cruz set the ball up for the Blackburn lad.
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Live Team Line-Up

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: David Dunn

    On the Field

    • Friedel
    • Emerton
    • Ooijer
    • Samba
    • Warnock
    • Pedersen
    • Tugay
    • Mokoena
    • Dunn
    • Santa Cruz
    • McCarthy

    Subs

    • Savage
    • Roberts
    • Reid
    • Derbyshire
    • Brown

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • Nelsen
    • Bentley

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    On the Field

    • Green
    • Neill
    • Gabbidon
    • Upson
    • McCartney
    • Solano
    • Mullins
    • Parker
    • Etherington
    • Cole
    • Boa Morte

    Subs

    • Wright
    • Ashton
    • Camara
    • Spector
    • Noble

    Injured

    • Dyer
    • Bellamy
    • Zamora
    • Davenport
    • Ferdinand
    • Faubert

    Suspended

    None