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Sunday November 11, 2007 Finished Old Trafford

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Manchester United

  • Ronaldo 34’, 35’

Blackburn Rovers

  1. Ronaldo sends United clear

    Ronaldo sends United clear

    A first-half Cristiano Ronaldo double gave Manchester United a comfortable 2-0 win over ten-man Blackburn at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90'+2 There goes the final whistle! And United cruise to a comfortable 2-0 victory, thanks to two goals in a minute!
    • 89' SAMABA GOES CLOSE TO GRABBING A CONSOLATION GOAL! Van der Sar gets down well to make the save from Samba's header and preserve Untied's clean sheet!
    • 86' Samba goes into the book... the big man gets hurts in the challenge, and the ref waits until he gets to his feet before brandishing the card...
    • 83' Ferdinand with a super volley from a corner! Great save from Friedel to keep the England defender's drive out!
    • 80' This game is over as a contest now... there's no way back for Blackburn...
    • 78' And then Mark huhges make a change... Derbyshire on for Santa Cruz.
    • 77' Michael Carrick will get a run out with just over ten minutes left... Hargreaves is the man to be replaced...
    • 76' Nelsen is the next to go into the book for taking Giggs down after the Welshmen looked to burst through with some delightful skill!
    • 75' Mokoena into the book for a trip on Giggs... no arguments there.
    • 71' Here come United again... with Anderson... through to Evra.... good covering challenge from Nelsen!
    • 68' Louis Saha is taken off... Nani comes on to replace him...
    • 65' Bentley brings Van der Sar into action with a low drive from 25 yards out... no problems for the Dutchman!
    • 62' Oooh! Ronaldo goes very close to his hat-trick with a screamer from 25 yards! Inches over the bar!
    • 60' Since Blackburn went down to ten men, it's been all United... Rovers simply cannot cope with their movement...
    • 57' Brown tangles with Warnock... it's a free kick for United... just outside the box on the right hand side.
    • 56' That's a real shame for Blackburn... they were just beginning to look threatening... now you have to fear a cricket score...
    • 54' Corner now to Blackburn... Bentley takes it deep to SAMBA! The big man nods goalwards, but Van der Sar is there to make the save!
    • 53' DUNN IS SENT OFF! The Blackburn midfielder receives his second yellow for a tackle from behind on Saha and that's an early bath for him! Blackburn down to ten men and that should be that now...
    • 51' Blackburn have started the second half very well... they're just lacking a final ball at the moment...
    • 47' GIGGS! Oooh! A first time volley from the veteran lands on the top of Friedel's net!
    • 46' Back underway in Manchester!
    • 45'+3 There goes the whistle! And United head into the dressing rooms two Cristiano Ronaldo goals to the good!
    • 45' Tevez with a terrible defensive clearance... Warnock gets the ball on the left... he crosses in! Van der Sar is there to claim... but that was a nervous moment for United!
    • 40' BENTLEY! Oooh! The ball comes through to the England winger after Pedersen heads into the box! But his effort is straight at Van der Sar who claims the ball gratefully!
    • 38' Evra and McCarthy clash and both hit the deck in some discomfort...
    • 35' GOAL! RONALDO MAKES IT TWO A MINUTE LATER! It's a great quick break from the back... started by Saha who feeds Tevez... the Argentinian plays a lovely ball with the outside of his boot to the unmarked Ronaldo in the middle... and he applies the finishing touch!
    • 34' GOAL! RONALDO LEAPS LIKE A SALMON TO MEET GIGGS' CORNER AND HEAD POWERFULLY OVER BENTLEY ON THE LINE! Ronaldo's so good in the air!
    • 33' Giggs takes it short to Ronaldo who goes for goal! Just wide of the far post!
    • 33' Saha nearly gets through here! Super challenge from Nelsen! Corner to United...
    • 32' Nice skills from Anderson out on the far side... the ball eventually works its way to Brown, who lines up a blockbuster but in doing so allows Samba to race out and make a fearless block!
    • 30' Dunn hauls Tevez to the floor and he goes into the book for his indiscretion...
    • 25' Samba slices an attempted clearance... Saha nearly profits, but Nelsen mops up for his team-mate.
    • 24' Santa Cruz and McCarthy link up well for Rovers here... neat back heel from the Paraguayan, but his skills don't lead to a goalscoring chance...
    • 22' Giggs puts over the corner... Ferdinand flicks on... RONALDO WITH THE VOLLEY! Cleared off the line by Bentley!
    • 21' It's Hargreaves this time! But his effort hits the wall and loops behind for a corner!
    • 20' Tevez feeds Ronaldo... free kick United as Nelsen piles into the back of the Portuguese! Another chance for the flying winger to have a crack at goal...
    • 19' WHAT AN EFFORT FROM SAMBA! Ronaldo loses the ball 30 yards from goal... it falls to the huge defender and he lets fly with an absolute screamer! OFF THE BAR!
    • 17' Oh dear. That's a typical Ronaldo free-kick... way over the bar and never troubling Friedel....
    • 16' Anderson is felled by Mokoena and that will be a free kick about 30 yards out... one for Ronaldo then.
    • 13' Chance for McCarthy... Pedersen tees the South African up on the edge of the United box... but he delays letting fly a little too long and Evra makes the eventual challenge!
    • 10' Bentley looks like he's picked up a knock here... but he's probably going to be able to run that one off.
    • 8' And then Saha directs a header wide of the mark!
    • 7' Tevez again causing problems in the Blackburn box... he twists this way and that before letting fly! Well blocked by Nelsen!
    • 6' TEVEZ! Oooh! The Argentinian brings Freidel into action with a low drive from outside the box!
    • 4' Pedersen lets fly after a neat lay-off from McCarthy! He pulls his effort wide of the mark... but early warning signs for United.
    • 2' Ferdinand and Vidic with an uncharacteristic misunderstanding... it's not serious this time though...
    • 1' Underway at Old Trafford!
    • - Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
    • - Blackburn: Friedel, Emerton, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Bentley, Dunn, Mokoena, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, McCarthy - Subs: Brown, Ooijer, Kerimoglu, Berner, Derbyshire
    • - Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Anderson, Hargreaves, Giggs, Tevez, Saha - Subs: Kuszczak, Carrick, Nani, O'Shea, Fletcher
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  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Blackburn Rovers
    57% Possession 42%
    21 Shots 12
    9 Shots on target 5
    0 Saves 0
    9 Corners 4
    20 Fouls 7
    2 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 1
    17 Tackles 14
    336 Accurate passes 245
    62 Bad passes 31

  • 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
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 33 2 0
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 14 4
      6 Wes Brown 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 37 1 2
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 38 6 2
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 36 7 2
      4 Owen Hargreaves 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 38 7 5
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 2 7 4 0 2 1 0 34 1 1
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 24 11 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 21 3 0
      9 Louis Saha 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 13 2 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 1
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 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 4 1 0
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 5 1
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 1 1
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 3 0
      4 Christopher Samba 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 20 2 5
      19 David Dunn 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18 4 3
      11 David Bentley 0 4 3 3 5 0 0 28 4 2
      7 Brett Emerton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 2
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 4 0
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 29 4 0
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 2 0
      20 Bruno Berner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Matt Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' SAMABA GOES CLOSE TO GRABBING A CONSOLATION GOAL! Van der Sar gets down well to make the save from Samba's header and preserve Untied's clean sheet!
    • 83' Ferdinand with a super volley from a corner! Great save from Friedel to keep the England defender's drive out!
    • 71' Here come United again... with Anderson... through to Evra.... good covering challenge from Nelsen!
    • 65' Bentley brings Van der Sar into action with a low drive from 25 yards out... no problems for the Dutchman!
    • 62' Oooh! Ronaldo goes very close to his hat-trick with a screamer from 25 yards! Inches over the bar!
    • 53' DUNN IS SENT OFF! The Blackburn midfielder receives his second yellow for a tackle from behind on Saha and that's an early bath for him! Blackburn down to ten men and that should be that now...
    • 47' GIGGS! Oooh! A first time volley from the veteran lands on the top of Friedel's net!
    • 40' BENTLEY! Oooh! The ball comes through to the England winger after Pedersen heads into the box! But his effort is straight at Van der Sar who claims the ball gratefully!
    • 35' GOAL! RONALDO MAKES IT TWO A MINUTE LATER! It's a great quick break from the back... started by Saha who feeds Tevez... the Argentinian plays a lovely ball with the outside of his boot to the unmarked Ronaldo in the middle... and he applies the finishing touch!
    • 34' GOAL! RONALDO LEAPS LIKE A SALMON TO MEET GIGGS' CORNER AND HEAD POWERFULLY OVER BENTLEY ON THE LINE! Ronaldo's so good in the air!
    • 33' Giggs takes it short to Ronaldo who goes for goal! Just wide of the far post!
    • 22' Giggs puts over the corner... Ferdinand flicks on... RONALDO WITH THE VOLLEY! Cleared off the line by Bentley!
    • 19' WHAT AN EFFORT FROM SAMBA! Ronaldo loses the ball 30 yards from goal... it falls to the huge defender and he lets fly with an absolute screamer! OFF THE BAR!
    • 8' And then Saha directs a header wide of the mark!
    • 7' Tevez again causing problems in the Blackburn box... he twists this way and that before letting fly! Well blocked by Nelsen!
    • 6' TEVEZ! Oooh! The Argentinian brings Freidel into action with a low drive from outside the box!
    • 4' Pedersen lets fly after a neat lay-off from McCarthy! He pulls his effort wide of the mark... but early warning signs for United.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    On the Field

    • van der Sar
    • Brown
    • Vidic
    • Ferdinand
    • Evra
    • Ronaldo
    • Hargreaves
    • Anderson
    • Giggs
    • Saha
    • Tevez

    Subs

    • Carrick
    • O'Shea
    • Kuszczak
    • Fletcher
    • Nani

    Injured

    • Scholes
    • Neville
    • Silvestre
    • Rooney
    • Park
    • Foster

    Suspended

    None

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    On the Field

    • Friedel
    • Emerton
    • Nelsen
    • Samba
    • Warnock
    • Bentley
    • Mokoena
    • Dunn
    • Pedersen
    • McCarthy
    • Santa Cruz

    Subs

    • Tugay
    • Ooijer
    • Berner
    • Derbyshire
    • Brown

    Injured

    • Savage

    Suspended

    None