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Sunday November 25, 2007 Finished Craven Cottage

2 - 2

Fulham

  • Murphy 51’ (pen.)
  • Kamara 63’

Blackburn Rovers

  • Emerton 57’
  • Warnock 79’
  1. Fulham throw away another lead

    Fulham throw away another lead

    Fulham's inability to hold onto a lead cost them as twice they surrendered the advantage in a 2-2 draw with Blackburn Rovers. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90+4' All over, and once again Fulham have thrown away a lead. in fact, twice again. Lawrie Sanchez will be fuming.
    • 90+2' Bentley tries to make himself a hero, bending an effort from the edge of the box, but Niemi makes a relatively easy catch.
    • 90' Blackburn bring on Steven Reid for Aaron Mokoena.
    • 88' Kuqi barrels into Samba. You could hear that collision in Chiswick.
    • 86' There doesn't look like being a late winner - neither side creating much in these dying minutes.
    • 83' A double change from the exasperated Lawrie Sanchez as he brings David Healy and Seol Ki-Hyeon on.
    • 79' GOAL!!! Fulham concede another late goal as Stephen Warnock completes a brilliant performance with the equaliser! Roberts twists past his man and squares low for Warnock to slot into the empty net!
    • 76' So close from Chris Samba!! He powers a header on goal but Niemi denies him!
    • 75' Emerton goes close!! Niemi parries a Pedersen effort and reacts brilliantly to turn behind the follow-up!
    • 74' Blackburn would love to have a second striker but they are lacking options on the bench. Roberts came on early and there is no Santa Cruz.
    • 71' Bad, lunging tackle on Kamara by Mokoena, and Fulham will swing this into the box. It's poor.
    • 68' Change from Fulham - Shefki Kuqi is on for Hameur Bouazza. Fulham going for the jugular.
    • 65' What a chance now for the visitors! Ooijer comes storming forward and finds Bentley on the right, but he sidefoots wide from 15 yards!
    • 63' GOAL!! Fulham back in front out of nothing!! Simon Davies crosses low from the right and Diomansy Kamara is left with a simple tap-in. Blackburn want an offside decision but he is just behind Davies when the pass is played so the goal is valid.
    • 60' Blackburn are very much in the ascendancy with both full-backs bombing forward at every opportunity.
    • 57' GOAL!!! Blackburn come away on the break with Warnock crossing from the right. Roberts is about eight miles offside but is allowed to flick on to Emerton, who finishes left-footed. The goal stands, one-all!
    • 55' Cynical tackle by Dejan Stefanovic. Yellow card. The free-kick is taken quickly and catches Fulham off-guard, but neither Roberts nor Emerton can turn it in!
    • 54' A spirited response from Blackburn sees them win a free-kick 25 yards out on the left. Bentley bends it onto the head of Pedersen who somehow heads wide! A free header.
    • 51' GOAL!! Murphy slots the penalty into the bottom-right corner as Friedel dives the wrong way. Fulham have the edge.
    • 50' Penalty Fulham!! Out of nowhere, Warnock fouls Davies and it will by Danny Murphy versus Brad Friedel from 12 yards.
    • 46' We're back under way at Craven Cottage!
    • 46' Half-time. Please come back for the second half. It'll be great.
    • 45+3' Another superb low ball across the face of goal from Warnock, but once again there is nobody there to knock it in.
    • 45+3' Crossed low to Roberts who turns and shoots eight yards out. Blocked.
    • 45+1' Kamara brings a save from Friedel with a cross-shot... the Fulham striker has been lively at least.
    • 45' Yawn. 'Super' Sunday my foot.
    • 42' (This comment is left intentionally blank)
    • 38' Baird heads behind for a Blackburn corner. Bentley to deliver. Headed away.
    • 36' Lengthy treatment for Tugay - possibly rheumatism. He eventually creaks back onto the pitch.
    • 33' Not much going on here. If you're not careful I'll start doing the African World Cup draw.
    • 29' A Blackburn corner passes across the face of goal, and now Fulham have a go. Punched away by Friedel.
    • 27' Over in south-west London, you have missed about three throw-ins and an offside.
    • 26' Meanwhile, half of the Fulham team are in a group with Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino.
    • 25' Wales are with Germany, Russia, Finland, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein.
    • 24' Scotland have had even more of a mare. They have Holland, Norway, Macedonia and Iceland.
    • 22' The Republic of Ireland have got Italy and Bulgaria. Sounds like a fun group. Look, if something happens at Craven Cottage you'll find out, OK?
    • 21' Bouazza makes a surging run down the left and his cross is caught by Friedel. But what about that draw? Croatia! Plenty of air miles going to three former Soviet necks of the woods, too.
    • 18' Great cross from the left by Stephen Warnock, but there is nobody there to meet it. That's what happens when you play one up front.
    • 16' England's World Cup group has been drawn. We've got Croatia again! Plus Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra. Right, back to the game.
    • 14' Ambitious shot from Dempsey, who drags his effort well wide from 25 yards.
    • 11' David Bentley goes down looking for a penalty. Terrible dive, and he is rightly shown a yellow card.
    • 8' Davis releases Diomansy Kamara, who races clear but is denied by Friedel! Maybe if he had tried to take the ball around the keeper...
    • 7' Off goes McCarthy, and Jason Roberts replaces him after taking a while to get ready.
    • 5' Benni McCarthy has gone down injured following a dreadful tackle from Dejan Stefanovic. He'll be lucky if he's able to continue. This is where Mark Hughes regrets not putting Roque Santa Cruz on the bench.
    • 4' Did you know that cardamom is one of Guatemala's main exports? That's right - it's the World Cup draw - go to the home page and click into it for live coverage.
    • 1' Off we go. There is much giggling here, with referee Mike Dean wearing an almost identical yellow colour to Fulham keeper Antti Niemi.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Fulham v Blackburn from Craven Cottage!

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Blackburn Rovers
    36% Possession 63%
    6 Shots 18
    4 Shots on target 9
    5 Saves 1
    3 Corners 6
    11 Fouls 19
    2 Offsides 4
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 19
    156 Accurate passes 349
    50 Bad passes 57

  • 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
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 0 2
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 15 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 0 2
      6 Dejan Stefanovic 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 1 1
      10 Steven Davis 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 5 6
      27 Danny Murphy 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 20 8 3
      25 Simon Davies 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 5 2
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 13 4 2
      11 Diomansy Kamara 1 2 2 0 4 1 0 4 3 1
      24 Hameur Bouazza 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 5 2
      9 David Healy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      7 Ki-Hyeon Seol 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 4
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Shefki Kuqi 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      4 Christopher Samba 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 32 0 7
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 3 0
      3 Stephen Warnock 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 33 9 5
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 37 0 0
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 42 10 1
      11 David Bentley 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 23 6 1
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 66 9 3
      7 Brett Emerton 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 30 4 1
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 6 2 1 4 0 0 21 8 1
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Steven Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      13 Zurab Khizanishvili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Robbie Savage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Jason Roberts 0 3 1 2 4 2 2 17 5 0

  • Summary

    • 79' GOAL!!! Fulham concede another late goal as Stephen Warnock completes a brilliant performance with the equaliser! Roberts twists past his man and squares low for Warnock to slot into the empty net!
    • 76' So close from Chris Samba!! He powers a header on goal but Niemi denies him!
    • 75' Emerton goes close!! Niemi parries a Pedersen effort and reacts brilliantly to turn behind the follow-up!
    • 65' What a chance now for the visitors! Ooijer comes storming forward and finds Bentley on the right, but he sidefoots wide from 15 yards!
    • 63' GOAL!! Fulham back in front out of nothing!! Simon Davies crosses low from the right and Diomansy Kamara is left with a simple tap-in. Blackburn want an offside decision but he is just behind Davies when the pass is played so the goal is valid.
    • 57' GOAL!!! Blackburn come away on the break with Warnock crossing from the right. Roberts is about eight miles offside but is allowed to flick on to Emerton, who finishes left-footed. The goal stands, one-all!
    • 54' A spirited response from Blackburn sees them win a free-kick 25 yards out on the left. Bentley bends it onto the head of Pedersen who somehow heads wide! A free header.
    • 51' GOAL!! Murphy slots the penalty into the bottom-right corner as Friedel dives the wrong way. Fulham have the edge.
    • 50' Penalty Fulham!! Out of nowhere, Warnock fouls Davies and it will by Danny Murphy versus Brad Friedel from 12 yards.
    • 16' England's World Cup group has been drawn. We've got Croatia again! Plus Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Andorra. Right, back to the game.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Fulham v Blackburn from Craven Cottage!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: Chris Baird

    Starting line-up

    • A. Niemi
    • C. Baird
    • A. Hughes
    • D. Stefanovic Yellow Card
    • P. Konchesky
    • S. Davies
    • D. Murphy Yellow Card
    • S. Davis
    • H. Bouazza Substitution Out (83′)
    • D. Kamara Goal Substitution Out (83′)
    • C. Dempsey

    Subs

    • S. Kuqi Substitution In68′
    • D. Healy Substitution In83′
    • S. Ki-Hyeon Substitution In83′
    • C. Bocanegra
    • T. Warner

    Injured

    • P. Christanval
    • I. Pearce
    • K. Keller
    • L. Cook
    • M. Volz
    • J. Bullard
    • B. McBride
    • N. Ashton

    Suspended

    None

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    Starting line-up

    • B. Friedel
    • A. Ooijer
    • R. Nelsen
    • C. Samba
    • S. Warnock Goal
    • B. Emerton Goal
    • A. Mokoena Substitution Out (90′)
    • K. Tugay
    • M. Pedersen
    • D. Bentley Yellow Card
    • B. McCarthy Substitution Out (7′)

    Subs

    • R. Savage
    • J. Roberts Substitution In7′
    • S. Reid Substitution In90′
    • Z. Khizanishvili
    • J. Brown

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • D. Dunn