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Saturday October 25, 2008 Finished Ewood Park

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Blackburn Rovers

  • McCarthy 90’

Middlesbrough

  • Alves 74’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • Middlesbrough
    • - Thanks for joining me this evening; make sure you stick with us for all the latest news from the Premier League...
    • 90+4 FULL-TIME: THAT'S IT! A dramatic finale and Rovers earn a point...although perhaps in hindsight they will wonder how they didn't win all three.
    • 90+3 EQUALISER! MCCARTHY HEADS BLACKBURN LEVEL! The sub climbs highest to meet a corner from the right, flicking his effort into the corner!
    • 90+1 Blackburn win a corner off Aliadiere...cleared at the near post...Villanueva completely mis-cues his attempted shot from distance...
    • 90 The Rovers fans roar on their side as the assistant referee shows four minutes of injury time...
    • 88 Blackburn are starting to push and push as they turn up the heat in the final minutes...
    • 86 Downing leads a Boro break...he cuts the ball along the edge of the box...but Alves completely mis-kicks his attempt on goal.
    • 85 Wheater is booked for a late challenge down in the left corner...chance for Blackburn to curl in a dangerous cross...
    • 84 BORO SUB: Tuncay is replaced by Emnes...Southgate looks to spice up his side for the final few minutes.
    • 82 Blackburn have just under ten minutes to get themselves a goal and a point after dominating most of the match...
    • 81 ...Villanueva curls in the corner...Turnbull claims at the second attempt...but the linesman flags that the ball had gone out of play anyway...
    • 80 Good defending from Wheater as he blocks Villanueva with a sliding tackle as the midfielder looked to cross from the left...corner...
    • 78 Boro take a free-kick quickly...Tuncay is played in down the right...but his first-time cross is just too high for his team-mates in the box.
    • 77 Olsson is booked for a challenge on Aliadiere....the defender has made a number of fouls this evening; it was only a matter of time before he was shown a yellow...
    • 76 Rovers boss Ince looks so annoyed on the touchline; he must be furious with his side.
    • 75 That goal was massively against the run of play, but Boro have made Blackburn pay for not profitting from their dominance.
    • 74 GOAL! AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY! Alves has done nothing all game...but he controls a ball over the top, cuts onto his right foot and buries his shot past the keeper!
    • 73 Santa Cruz again finds some space through the middle, but he is swamped by Boro defenders before he can get the ball out from under his feet...
    • 72 Downing plays a nice one-two with Digard, but his low cross is cut out at the near post.
    • 71 Aliadiere is penalised for pulling back Villanueva...good battling performance from Boro as they look to hold on to this point.
    • 70 Blackburn will be growing increasingly frustrated with their inability to carve out a decent chance in the second half...Turnbull hasn't had a shot to save.
    • 68 DANGEROUS! Villanueva swings a good cross into the middle from the left...McCarthy shows good willingness to attack the header, but Pogatetz has him tightly marked.
    • 66 McCarthy feeds Emerton out on the right...good cross into the middle, headed clear by Riggott...
    • 64 Ince makes the first change of the match as McCarthy comes on for Derbyshire...
    • 63 Derbyshire over-hits a cross from the right with three colleagues waiting in the box...Benni McCarthy is stripping off on the Blackburn bench...
    • 61 JUST WIDE! Alves finally makes his mark on the match as he cuts in on to his left-foot...but stabs a shot inches wide of the far post...it was deflected on the way.
    • 59 Boro haven't had any sort of chance whatsoever for quite sometime now, probably since Tuncay had the ball in the back of the net in the first half. No signs of any chances from Southgate as yet.
    • 58 Alves has been completely anonymous so far this evening...the stats show he has touched the ball just 15 times in total in almost an hour.
    • 57 Derbyshire is booked for pulling back and then tripping Tuncay...
    • 55 Nothing too much in the way of goalmouth incidents in the second half, although Blackburn are dominating the possession and territory
    • 54 ...Emerton curls the set-piece to the back post...the ball misses everyone, but Nelsen, stealing in at the back post, can't react in time to profit.
    • 53 Santa Cruz is back and in the thick of the action...Blackburn win a free-kick, 40 yards out...
    • 51 Santa Cruz is up and walking again after some treatment on the sideline...doesn't look too happy though...
    • 49 Santa Cruz is down holding his neck after that clash at the back post with Emerton...the physio comes on for treatment...
    • 48 Blackburn win a free-kick on the left...curled to the back post, but two Blackburn players get in each others way as they go for the ball...
    • 47 The rain is still sheeting down here at Ewood Park...pretty tricky conditions underfoot, and the ball is skiding off the turf....
    • 46 JUST WIDE! Villanueva cuts on to his left foot and curls an effort narrowly wide of the far post...he showed good strength there, the Chilean.
    • 46 The second half is underway...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Good half of football in terrible conditions; either side could win this in the second half.
    • 44 BRAVE! Santa Cruz runs behind the Boro defence as he gets on an angled ball through the middle...his slide gets to the ball just before Turnbull, but the keeper is brave enough to get enough on the effort to take all the pace of it.
    • 43 Both sides will feel aggreived not to be leading at the break...Blackburn have had the better of the possession, but the visitors had a goal wrongly disallowed.
    • 41 FINE CHALLENGE! Wheater does well to track Villanueva's run across him and put in a fine tackle as the midfielder looked to profit from Warnock's cute pass through the middle...
    • 40 Aliadiere is helped to the sideline for some treatment on his knee...Boro boss Southgate only has six subs after a late injury to Mido...
    • 39 Aliadiere is down holding the inside of his knee after a clash with Olsson...replays show the clash was accidental, and the Boro man is soon back on his feet.
    • 38 This time Villanueva does get his shot from 25 yards away...but his effort is blocked on the edge of the box.
    • 37 Villanueva is angry with himself after he turns down a couple of opportunities to let fly as he cuts in from the right wing...and the chance passes him by.
    • 35 Boro have plenty of strength and height at the back this evening...but Blackburn are still causing the visitors plenty of problems with crosses...Emerton just fails to get on the end of another thrown in from the left...
    • 33 Villanueva finds some space on the right...he fires a 50-yard pass into Santa Cruz, who lays off to Warnock...dreadful shot, sliced well wide.
    • 32 Aliadiere turns his man in the box and fires a dangerous low cross into the middle...cleared by Nelsen
    • 30 Derbyshire claims a penalty when the ball strikes Wheater on the arm on the left-side of the box as the Blackburn man looked to turn an over-hit cross back into the middle...
    • 28 FINE SAVE! Turnbull palms clear after Santa Cruz met the corner from the left with a firm header.
    • 27 Pogatetz has to be strong and alert to head behind for a corner as Santa Cruz looked to sprint on to Derbyshire's through-ball from the left...
    • 25 Blackburn look to be taking a patient approach today; they are content to knock the ball about in midfield without too much purpose.
    • 23 WRONGLY DISALLOWED! Tuncay has a fantastic goal disallowed for offside as he beats the advancing defenders with a well-timed run before finishing a cross lofted back into the box with a superb overhead kick!
    • 22 The game has quietened down a little after a frantic opening...
    • 21 Robinson does well to collect Wheater's header on his own six-yard box as two Boro forwards look to pounce on the loose ball...
    • 20 Downing curls the ball to the back post...where Santa Cruz has to head behind for a corner...
    • 19 Boro win a free-kick, 40 yards from goal when Olsson fouls Tuncay...
    • 17 Villanueva has had quite an influencial start to this match...he looks to be in a creative mood when he gets on the ball, spreading play left and right.
    • 16 WIDE! Santa Cruz in the thick of the action again as he heads wide from 10 yards out after he had been found by a cross from the left.
    • 15 OFF THE POST! Santa Cruz gets through the middle after a fine pass from Warnock...the star striker gets the ball onto his left foot as he just gets into the box...but the ball cannons back off the post after his shot beat the keeper.
    • 13 Derbyshire mis-kicks when Santa Cruz heads down to him in the box...half-chance, nothing more.
    • 12 Turnbull doesn't cope particularly well with a long ball hit into the box...he palms it down from under his own bar, only getting on to the loose ball seconds before Derbyshire.
    • 11 Blackburn win a couple of corners in quick succession...good delivery from Villanueva, but Boro clear their lines.
    • 10 SAVE! Emerton holds off his man as a long ball is pumped into the box...he hits his right-foot effort first time from a tight angle...saved by the legs of the keeper at the near post!
    • 9 Good spell from Blackburn as they press and press outside the Boro box...but play breaks down and the visitors break...great start to this match.
    • 8 ONSIDE! The Blackburn defence stands still as Aliadiere sprints onto a hopeful ball pumped back into the box...the flag stays down...but the Boro man casually hits his first-time volley against the crossbar!
    • 7 Aliadiere shows good defensive willing as he tracks back down the right and puts in a good tackle on Warnock...the French forward will need to do plenty of that tonight.
    • 6 Decent start to this match from both sides...the conditions aren't easy, but both sides are willing to push forward early on - which promises much.
    • 4 ACROSS THE FACE! Villanueva fires over another dangerous cross from the left...the ball skids off the turf just in front of two Blackburn men flying into the six-yard box...
    • 3 DECENT EFFORT! Villanueva fires a deflected effort from 30 yards narrowly wide as Blackburn respond with a corner of their own...
    • 2 ....the set-piece is cleared at the back post by Blackburn...
    • 2 Middlesbrough win a free-kick on the right-edge of the box when Aliadiere is brought down by a sliding challenge from Olsson...
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • 0 Blackburn's star man Roque Santa Cruz is fit to start for the home side...big boost that as Rovers look to give their fans some home goals to cheer...
    • - It's raining in Lancashire...heavily. Peeing down, in fact. Should make for an interesting match...
    • - Hi there; welcome to our coverage of Middlesbrough's trip to Ewood Park to face Blackburn...

  • Team Stats

    Blackburn Rovers Stats Middlesbrough
    63% Possession 36%
    15 Shots 7
    4 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 3
    9 Corners 2
    11 Fouls 17
    6 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 23
    361 Accurate passes 170
    76 Bad passes 46

  • 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 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 2 2
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 12 1
      29 Martin Olsson 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 23 11 1
      7 Brett Emerton 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 34 7 1
      22 Danny Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 1
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 41 9 1
      11 Vincenzo Grella 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 51 5 5
      19 Carlos Villanueva 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 40 9 1
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 0 4 2 2 0 4 0 27 8 0
      27 Matt Derbyshire 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 13 8 0
      13 Zurab Khizanishvili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Benedict McCarthy 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 10 1 0
      30 Jason Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Keith Treacy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
      17 Keith Andrews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      31 David Wheater 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 18 1 4
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 2
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 4 0
      5 Chris Riggott 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 20 3 2
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 30 7 4
      8 Didier Digard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 6 3
      19 Stewart Downing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 6 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 13 2 0
      12 Afonso Alves 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 9 4 1
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 1 0 3 9 0 0 15 0 7
      15 Mohamed Shawky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0
      40 Jonathon Grounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 John Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3 EQUALISER! MCCARTHY HEADS BLACKBURN LEVEL! The sub climbs highest to meet a corner from the right, flicking his effort into the corner!
    • 74 GOAL! AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY! Alves has done nothing all game...but he controls a ball over the top, cuts onto his right foot and buries his shot past the keeper!
    • 61 JUST WIDE! Alves finally makes his mark on the match as he cuts in on to his left-foot...but stabs a shot inches wide of the far post...it was deflected on the way.
    • 41 FINE CHALLENGE! Wheater does well to track Villanueva's run across him and put in a fine tackle as the midfielder looked to profit from Warnock's cute pass through the middle...
    • 28 FINE SAVE! Turnbull palms clear after Santa Cruz met the corner from the left with a firm header.
    • 23 WRONGLY DISALLOWED! Tuncay has a fantastic goal disallowed for offside as he beats the advancing defenders with a well-timed run before finishing a cross lofted back into the box with a superb overhead kick!
    • 10 SAVE! Emerton holds off his man as a long ball is pumped into the box...he hits his right-foot effort first time from a tight angle...saved by the legs of the keeper at the near post!
    • 8 ONSIDE! The Blackburn defence stands still as Aliadiere sprints onto a hopeful ball pumped back into the box...the flag stays down...but the Boro man casually hits his first-time volley against the crossbar!
    • 4 ACROSS THE FACE! Villanueva fires over another dangerous cross from the left...the ball skids off the turf just in front of two Blackburn men flying into the six-yard box...

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Paul Ince

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    Starting line-up

    • P. Robinson
    • A. Ooijer
    • R. Nelsen
    • M. Olsson Yellow Card
    • D. Simpson
    • B. Emerton
    • C. Villanueva
    • V. Grella
    • S. Warnock
    • R. Santa Cruz
    • M. Derbyshire Yellow Card Substitution Out (65′)

    Subs

    • K. Tugay
    • B. McCarthy Substitution In64′ Goal
    • J. Roberts
    • K. Andrews
    • Z. Khizanishvili
    • J. Brown
    • K. Treacy

    Injured

    • D. Dunn
    • S. Reid
    • C. Samba

    Suspended

    None

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz

    Starting line-up

    • R. Turnbull
    • D. Wheater
    • E. Pogatetz
    • C. Riggott
    • A. Taylor
    • J. Aliadière
    • D. Digard
    • G. O'Neil
    • S. Downing
    • A. Alves Goal
    • S. Tuncay Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • B. Jones
    • M. Shawky
    • A. Johnson
    • J. Grounds
    • M. Emnes Substitution In84′
    • J. Johnson

    Injured

    • J. Arca
    • R. Huth
    • J. Hoyte
    • M. Bates
    • S. Hines
    • R. Williams

    Suspended

    None

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