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Saturday March 29, 2008 Finished Madejski Stadium

Reading 0 - Blackburn Rovers 0

Reading

Blackburn Rovers

  1. Ten-man Reading earn point

    Ten-man Reading earn point

    Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann made a string of stunning saves to earn 10-man Reading a vital point against Blackburn. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Reading
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90+3 Full-time and Reading have earned a vital point - but they could have had more.
    • 93' Yellow card for Khizanishvilli - try saying that one quickly.
    • 89' SANTA CRUZ!! Great save AGAIN from Hahnemann. He's been Reading's saviour today.
    • 85' David Dunn leaves the field. Matt Derbyshire is on for Rovers.
    • 84' HUNT...SURELY! But no. He was free, five yards out but he missed his kick. WHAT A CHANCE.
    • 81' Change for Blackburn, Andre Ooijer makes way for Benny McCarthy.
    • 76' Double change for ten-man Reading. Cisse and Long replace Kitson and Oster.
    • 75' HOW DID HAHNEMANN STOP THAT! Bentley sent over a free-kick and Reading's offside trap was comprehensively beaten. Zurab Khizanishvilli had a free header, but the Reading keeper made a vital stop!
    • 72' Matejovsky gets his marching orders! A second yellow card, for a foul on Jason Roberts. It was clumsy more than anything - that's HARSH.
    • 71' Dunn to SANTA CRUZ....JUST WIDE! Very nearly the lead to Blackkburn. Great ball from Dunn.
    • 70' Surely some changes soon - Rovers could use Matt Derbyshire's pace.
    • 65' HUNT...SHOULD HAVE SCORED! He had space in the box and side-footed the opportunity wide. The goal was gaping.
    • 61' Matejovsky gets in the book himself, for a crude fuel on David Dunn.
    • 59' Steven Reid is the latest Blackburn player to go in the book - for a foul on Matejovsky. That's four already for Rovers.
    • 55' Doyle with a good leap, and his header is JUST OVER!
    • 52' Jason Roberts is next up - petulance earned him that one.
    • 49' Warnock gets a yellow card...it's not clear why.
    • 46' We're under way in the second half...and Reading win a corner almost immediately. Blackburn clear.
    • 45' That's it for the first half folks. Not a classic by any means, but at least Stephen Hunt looks interested. They'll be needing two hairdryers - one for each manager.
    • 44' ALMOST A CHANCE FOR KITSON...he was sent through but Friedel won the foot race and cleared. To be fair he had a head start.
    • 43' Corner for Blackburn. Pedersen swings it over...James Harper clears for another one. After some farsical scenes with the ball - which apparently is not good enough - Reading clear.
    • 41' Good defending from Warnock, who tracks Liam Rosenior and executes a textbook sliding tackle...lovely play.
    • 39' Hahnemann gets one for his troubles too! That was silly...very silly.
    • 38' Handbags Central! Hahnemann is about to throw the ball out, when Nelsen bumps into him - He gets a yellow card for his troubles.
    • 36' Lovely run from Roberts. He skips past two or three challenges before Matejovsky brings him down. Free-kick 35 yards out...PEDERSEN!!! WHAT A HIT. Hahnemann pushes it over and collects the corner.
    • 34' Stephen Warnock checks Marek Matejovsky...no yellow card.
    • 31' For all their work and effort, Reading are still yet to create a genuine opening. Blackburn meanwhile are NOT AT THE RACES!
    • 29' More good work from Hunt. His cross is towards Kitson - but Friedel gathers comfortably.
    • 26' Friedel almost gets embarrassed by Kitson - who chases down his kick. That was great work from the striker, he's taking Hunt's lead out there. Meanwhile, free-kick to Reading wide on the right - foul by Nelsen. It's cleared.
    • 24' Beckham...I mean Bentley...lets the ball slip out when he should have whipped in a cross.
    • 21' Hunt is feverish! He's chasing everything in the middle as if his life depends on it.
    • 19' A moment of South American magic unfolds in Berkshire...Santa Cruz sends David Bentley away with a lovely back-heel. The "new Beckham" wastes the chance.
    • 17' Steve Coppell looks pensive, and well he might. Reading are still precariously placed and NEED something out of this game today to breath easier.
    • 15' Wonderful link-up between Dave Kitson and Stephen Hunt - Hunt bursts into the Rovers area for the second time, but it's out for a goal kick.
    • 13' Andre Bikey climbs all over Santa Cruz, but the referree is happy with the challenege. That's going to be an interesting battle.
    • 11' Good open start to the game. Neither side has taken control of the midfield yet, but you get a feeling goals will come...
    • 8' Blackburn's Pedersen is found in acres of space and sends a weighted header towards Jason Roberts...but the striker makes nothing of the opportunity.
    • 5' OOOHHH!! Almost 1-0 Reading...Great work from John Oster, who drove in from the right and saw his cross-come-shot parried by Brad Friedel. Stephen Hunt so nearly bagged the loose ball. Close shave for Blackburn..
    • 3' Morten Gamst Pedersen breaks free on the left, but his low cross is scooped up by Marcus Hahnemann.
    • 1' And we're under way at the Majedski Stadium. Reading are in their familiar blue and white hoops, with Rovers wearing their change strip of red and black shirts and black shorts.
    • - TEAM NEWS - Roque Santa Cruz and Ryan Nelsen have both shaken off injury concerns to start for Blackburn
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live coverage of Reading v Blackburn. We'll be under way shortly.

  • Team Stats

    Reading Stats Blackburn Rovers
    41% Possession 58%
    11 Shots 13
    1 Shots on target 5
    3 Saves 1
    6 Corners 8
    16 Fouls 10
    1 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 5
    1 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 16
    167 Accurate passes 294
    45 Bad passes 67

  • 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
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
      22 André Stéphane Bikey 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 10 1 2
      3 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 9 4
      19 Liam Rosenior 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 2 3
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 0
      28 Marek Matejovsky 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 22 4 2
      15 James Harper 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 6 4
      11 John Oster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 1
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 12 8 0
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 14 4 3
      12 Dave Kitson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0
      24 Shane Long 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
      17 Bobby Convey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Khalifa Cissé 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Michael Duberry 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 10 1 0
      13 Zurab Khizanishvili 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 25 0 1
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 45 15 5
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 2
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 6 3
      19 David Dunn 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 29 7 0
      14 Steven Reid 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50 11 1
      11 David Bentley 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 21 4 2
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 21 13 2
      30 Jason Roberts 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 12 4 0
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 17 6 0
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      8 Johann Vogel 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 1 0 0 1 0 0

  • Summary

    • 84' HUNT...SURELY! But no. He was free, five yards out but he missed his kick. WHAT A CHANCE.
    • 72' Matejovsky gets his marching orders! A second yellow card, for a foul on Jason Roberts. It was clumsy more than anything - that's HARSH.
    • 65' HUNT...SHOULD HAVE SCORED! He had space in the box and side-footed the opportunity wide. The goal was gaping.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live coverage of Reading v Blackburn. We'll be under way shortly.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Clattenburg

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    Captain: Ivar Ingimarsson

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann Yellow Card
    • Rosenior
    • Ingimarsson
    • Bikey
    • Shorey
    • Oster Substitution Out (76′)
    • Matejovsky Red Card
    • Harper
    • Hunt
    • Doyle
    • Kitson Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • Duberry
    • Convey
    • Long Substitution In (76′)
    • Federici
    • Cisse Substitution In (76′)

    Injured

    • Gunnarsson
    • Little
    • Murty

    Suspended

    None

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: David Dunn

    On the Field

    • Friedel
    • Ooijer Substitution Out (83′)
    • Nelsen Yellow Card
    • Khizanishvili Yellow Card
    • Warnock Yellow Card
    • Bentley
    • Reid Yellow Card
    • Dunn Substitution Out (86′)
    • Pedersen
    • Roberts Yellow Card
    • Santa Cruz

    Subs

    • McCarthy Substitution In (83′)
    • Mokoena
    • Derbyshire Substitution In (86′)
    • Brown
    • Vogel

    Injured

    • Emerton

    Suspended

    • Samba