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Sunday April 26, 2009 Finished Ewood Park

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Blackburn Rovers

  • McCarthy 45’
  • Nelsen 60’

Wigan Athletic

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  1. Blackburn win eases pressure

    Blackburn win eases pressure

    Blackburn Rovers took a huge step towards Premier League safety with a crucial 2-0 win over Wigan Athletic at Ewood Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • Wigan Athletic
    • - Thanks for joining us today! Make sure you come back on Monday night for Newcastle's clash with Portsmouth!
    • 90'+5 And there goes the final whistle! All over at a rocking Ewood Park! And Blackburn take a huge step towards safety!
    • 90'+4 Blocked twice on the line by Andrews to keep Rovers' clean sheet! Bramble with the first header from a corner and then Kapo on the follow up!
    • 90'+3 Robinson gets the vote for man of the match, as announced by the tannoy system!
    • 90'+2 Robinson again called into action! This time, it's De Ridder who cuts inside and fires goalwards! Robbo is there to push behind for a corner!
    • 90' Four minutes of added time to be played...
    • 87' Wigan are pressing for a late consolation - credit to them - but this one looks like ending in Blackburn's favour... and what a three points it could prove to be.
    • 85' Villaneuva lashes an effort over the bar as time runs out...
    • 82' McCarthy now departs to rapturous applause... Villaneuva comes on to replace him.
    • 78' And Andrews comes on to replace Grella for Rovers...
    • 78' Wigan make two changes now... off go Watson and Figueroa and on come Kapo and De Ridder...
    • 75' Robinson again comes to Rovers' rescue, this time with a great save to deny Rodallega a sharp, low drive!
    • 72' Samba again heads goalwards! But again, his effort lacks power and Kirkland is able to make the save!
    • 66' WHAT A DOUBLE SAVE BY ROBINSON! First he denies Boyce from point blank range before stopping Valencia's follow-up! An almighty goalmouth scramble ensues and Dunn heads Scharner's header off the line! What a period of play!
    • 65' N'Zogbia! Ooh! The Frenchman directs a header inches over the bar!
    • 64' Dunn comes on to replace the tiring legs of Tugay...
    • 61' What a filip for Rovers! And Ewood is rocking now!
    • 60' GOAL! NELSEN GIVES BLACKBURN A TWO-GOAL LEAD! McCarthy delivers a wickedly-bending free-kick into the mixer where Nelsen flicks on with his head past Kirkland and into the back of the net! 2-0 now!
    • 59' Robinson dallies over what he thinks is a back pass from Nelsen - it's not, it's simply a poor shot from Figueroa - and Zaki nearly capitalises! In the end, Robinson falls on the ball!
    • 57' WATSON! Oooh! That could easily have been the equaliser! Watson latches onto Figueroa's clever little through pass before blasting goalwards! Robinson saves with his feet!
    • 55' SAMBA! Ooh! It's not the best header ever seen, but he gets there ahead of Kirkland... it comes off the back of his head and bounces wide of the post!
    • 53' Scharner and Samba go head to head in a race for the ball down on the near side... and the Wigan man wins it!
    • 50' Zaki tumbles under the challenge of Warnock... he wants a free-kick, but the linesman gives a free-kick the other way! A finger-wagging 50'from the Egyptian - not one to lack self confidence - follows...
    • 48' Warnock latches onto Tugay's little lay off on the overlap... but his first touch is heavy and Kirkland is able to claim at his feet!
    • 46' One change to tell you about... Amr Zaki is back! He returns to replace Mido for Wigan.
    • 46' Back underway at Ewood!
    • 45'+2 And there goes the half-time whistle! Blackburn head in a goal to the good!
    • 45'+1 GOAL! BLACKBURN TAKE THE LEAD! It's McCarthy who heads home from a corner as Kirkland fails to get there!
    • 43' Bramble meets it... Mido keeps it alive... but not for long and Blackburn clear to safety.
    • 42' Valencia does well to win another corner as the first half comes to a close....
    • 39' Oooh! N'Zogbia's delivery is good, right into the mixer, but it deflects off Pedersen's head for a corner! The Rovers midfielder really didn't know too much about that one then!
    • 38' Mido stays down for a minute, clutching his shoulder... but he'll carry on...
    • 37' Mido draws a foul from Warnock and now Wigan have a free-kick in a similar position to that of Blackburn's a minute ago.
    • 36' Bramble downs Samba with a high foot and Blackburn will have a free-kick near the corner flag... but Pedersen wastes it terribly and Wigan have a goal-kick.
    • 33' Samba runs onto a through ball... but he's a big man and far from twinkle-toed... the he tries to cut back inside, but the move loses momentum...
    • 31' Samba rises again to meet a long ball into the Wigan box... his effort is on target, but Kirkland is well behind it to make the save!
    • 27' Lovely from Wigan! Valencia plays in to Rodallega who lays off for Watson! But the former Crystal Palace midfielder lashes over the bar under slight pressure from Grella!
    • 26' N'Zogbia marauds forward now... he takes on Ooijer before firing on goal! Wide of the mark and into the advertising hoardings behind Robinson's goal!
    • 24' Chance for Rovers! Another long thow reaches Diouf who nods goalwards! Cattermole is there on the line to stop it, but he slips and falls over! There's not a single Blackburn player near the action though and Cattermole finally composes himself and hacks clear! Time seemed to stand still for a moment there!
    • 21' Warnock gets down to the by-line at the other end soon after... but Samba can't get any power on his header and Kirkland gratefully claims...
    • 18' But here come Wigan at the other end... and Warnock is forced to flick behind fore a corner...
    • 15' The crowd are responding the their side's decent start... it might not be pretty, but they're looking dangerous.
    • 12' And then Pedersen drags a shot wide of the far post! Three chances in quick succession for the hosts!
    • 12' McCarthy rises to meet the resulting corner and forces Kirkland to push behind for another corner!
    • 11' SAMBA! What a great cross from Pedersen, but the big man's effort is scrambled behind!
    • 10' Samba with a chance to get his head on another pumped ball into the box... but he opts to reach it with his boot instead and as a result, the chance goes begging.
    • 7' Wigan deal with this one comfortably, but it's clear that Blackburn will look to get it long at any given opportunity.
    • 6' Chance for a long throw into the box now... Samba will be the target...
    • 4' Replays show Warnock to have got a cruicial touch on that Valencia shot... one that took it onto the bar...
    • 3' OFF THE BAR BY VALENCIA! Straight down to the other end and the Wigan man skins Warnock before letting fly with a screamer that thuds back off the underside of the crossbar!
    • 3' McCarthy nearly gets his head on a decent cross into the middle by Diouf!
    • 2' It's a sunny day in the North-West, and there's a big crowd at Ewood to enjoy it.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway in Lancashire!
    • - For Wigan, Lee Cattermole returns to the midfield while Amr Zaki takes up a place on the bench after his stay-away spat with Steve Bruce.
    • - So, Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce makes the bold move of playing Chris Samba up front from the start... that should make things interesting for the Wigan defence.
    • - Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).
    • - Wigan: Kirkland, Boyce, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Watson, Cattermole, N'Zogbia, Mido, Rodallega - Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Koumas, De Ridder, Kapo, Zaki, Brown
    • - Here are the teams... Blackburn: Robinson, Ooijer, Nelsen, Givet, Warnock, Diouf, Grella, Kerimoglu, Pedersen, Samba, McCarthy - Subs: Bunn, Dunn, Khizanishvili, Andrews, Villanueva, Olsson, Doran
    • - Blackburn host Wigan at Ewood Park as the battle for Premier League survival hots up.

  • Team Stats

    Blackburn Rovers Stats Wigan Athletic
    50% Possession 50%
    12 Shots 24
    6 Shots on target 9
    9 Saves 4
    4 Corners 9
    11 Fouls 11
    6 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 16
    176 Accurate passes 194
    47 Bad passes 41

  • 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 9 8 0
      4 Christopher Samba 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 13 7 1
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 10 2
      21 Gaël Givet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 3
      6 Ryan Nelsen 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 12 1 1
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 1 2
      11 Vincenzo Grella 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 27 4 3
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 11 8 1
      10 Benedict McCarthy 1 4 2 3 0 3 1 13 2 0
      18 El Hadji Diouf 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 15 1 0
      17 Keith Andrews 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1
      39 Aaron Doran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Zurab Khizanishvili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Mark Bunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 David Dunn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 0
      29 Martin Olsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Carlos Villanueva 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 19 1 0
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 6 1
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 14 1 2
      19 Titus Bramble 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 1 1
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 23 6 7
      8 Ben Watson 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 21 9 0
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 20 1 2
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 19 6 1
      20 Hugo Rodallega 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 22 3 0
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 9 1 0
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      3 Erik Edman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Amr Zaki 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 1
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90'+4 Blocked twice on the line by Andrews to keep Rovers' clean sheet! Bramble with the first header from a corner and then Kapo on the follow up!
    • 90'+2 Robinson again called into action! This time, it's De Ridder who cuts inside and fires goalwards! Robbo is there to push behind for a corner!
    • 75' Robinson again comes to Rovers' rescue, this time with a great save to deny Rodallega a sharp, low drive!
    • 72' Samba again heads goalwards! But again, his effort lacks power and Kirkland is able to make the save!
    • 66' WHAT A DOUBLE SAVE BY ROBINSON! First he denies Boyce from point blank range before stopping Valencia's follow-up! An almighty goalmouth scramble ensues and Dunn heads Scharner's header off the line! What a period of play!
    • 65' N'Zogbia! Ooh! The Frenchman directs a header inches over the bar!
    • 60' GOAL! NELSEN GIVES BLACKBURN A TWO-GOAL LEAD! McCarthy delivers a wickedly-bending free-kick into the mixer where Nelsen flicks on with his head past Kirkland and into the back of the net! 2-0 now!
    • 59' Robinson dallies over what he thinks is a back pass from Nelsen - it's not, it's simply a poor shot from Figueroa - and Zaki nearly capitalises! In the end, Robinson falls on the ball!
    • 57' WATSON! Oooh! That could easily have been the equaliser! Watson latches onto Figueroa's clever little through pass before blasting goalwards! Robinson saves with his feet!
    • 55' SAMBA! Ooh! It's not the best header ever seen, but he gets there ahead of Kirkland... it comes off the back of his head and bounces wide of the post!
    • 45'+1 GOAL! BLACKBURN TAKE THE LEAD! It's McCarthy who heads home from a corner as Kirkland fails to get there!
    • 39' Oooh! N'Zogbia's delivery is good, right into the mixer, but it deflects off Pedersen's head for a corner! The Rovers midfielder really didn't know too much about that one then!
    • 27' Lovely from Wigan! Valencia plays in to Rodallega who lays off for Watson! But the former Crystal Palace midfielder lashes over the bar under slight pressure from Grella!
    • 24' Chance for Rovers! Another long thow reaches Diouf who nods goalwards! Cattermole is there on the line to stop it, but he slips and falls over! There's not a single Blackburn player near the action though and Cattermole finally composes himself and hacks clear! Time seemed to stand still for a moment there!
    • 12' And then Pedersen drags a shot wide of the far post! Three chances in quick succession for the hosts!
    • 12' McCarthy rises to meet the resulting corner and forces Kirkland to push behind for another corner!
    • 11' SAMBA! What a great cross from Pedersen, but the big man's effort is scrambled behind!
    • 3' OFF THE BAR BY VALENCIA! Straight down to the other end and the Wigan man skins Warnock before letting fly with a screamer that thuds back off the underside of the crossbar!
    • - Blackburn host Wigan at Ewood Park as the battle for Premier League survival hots up.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Bennett

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    Starting line-up

    • P. Robinson
    • A. Ooijer
    • G. Givet
    • R. Nelsen Goal
    • S. Warnock
    • V. Grella Substitution Out (78′)
    • K. Tugay Substitution Out (64′)
    • E. Diouf
    • B. McCarthy Goal Substitution Out (82′)
    • C. Samba
    • M. Pedersen

    Subs

    • D. Dunn Substitution In64′
    • K. Andrews Substitution In78′
    • Z. Khizanishvili
    • C. Villanueva Substitution In82′
    • M. Olsson
    • M. Bunn
    • D. Aaron

    Injured

    • R. Santa Cruz
    • J. Roberts
    • B. Emerton
    • S. Reid

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Lee Cattermole

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • E. Boyce
    • P. Scharner
    • T. Bramble
    • M. Figueroa Substitution Out (78′)
    • A. Valencia
    • B. Watson Substitution Out (78′)
    • L. Cattermole
    • C. N'Zogbia
    • .. Mido Substitution Out (46′)
    • H. Rodallega

    Subs

    • O. Kapo Substitution In78′
    • M. Brown
    • J. Koumas
    • E. Edman
    • A. Zaki Substitution In46′
    • M. Pollitt
    • D. De Ridder Substitution In78′

    Injured

    • C. Won-Hee

    Suspended

    None

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  1. oh it want 2-0 it was 6-0 to wigan

    From Lorna, on Sat 2 May 1:05PM

  2. excellent result. Big plus for Big Sam..

    From Marin, on Fri 1 May 2:15PM

  3. great result

    From bsian55, on Thu 30 Apr 2:03PM

  4. Paul Robinson is the best Emglish goalkeeper, Fabio­ Capello. Besseh

    From explosive_besseh, on Mon 27 Apr 7:29AM

  5. good blackburn 2-0 i dont no what to say

    From Oliver, on Mon 27 Apr 6:28AM

  6. I once had respect for Allardyce for what he did at­ Bolton, Now after acting as Ferguson messenger and­ speaking lies about a fellow manager, I was hoping­ he'd take Blackburn down. How he can live with­ himself only he knows, but the lie him and Ferguson­ cooked up was beyond the pale. Sure he knows his­ football and for his budget he does quite well and now­ he has kept Blackburn from the Championship, which was­ where they were going, he has proved the effect he has­ may not be pretty but it's effective,

    Big Sam for­ what you and Ferguson did against a fellow manager­ makes you a coward and any respect you were due has all­ been undone...

    From LBgoode, on Sun 26 Apr 11:51PM

  7. Looks like Blackburn are going to stay up they are the­ most boring team in the premiership along with Bolton­ wanderers could have some thing to do with fat sam, who­ managed both would rather west Brom stay up.

    From Chris M, on Sun 26 Apr 8:23PM

  8. Christopher Samba the Striker ?????

    From wayne, on Sun 26 Apr 7:25PM

  9. hey

    From Fionn, on Sun 26 Apr 6:30PM
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    pepe reina is da best keeper in the world

    From stewart764, on Sun 26 Apr 6:28PM

  11. hahahaha 10-4 man u probably paid the ref 2 win the­ match for them!!!

    From stewart764, on Sun 26 Apr 6:18PM

  12. 137. You jackass, because that's how it works­ doesn't it!

    From Killer Jatt, on Sun 26 Apr 6:15PM
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    LIVERPOOL!!! LIVERPOOL!!!

    From stewart764, on Sun 26 Apr 6:15PM

  14. stephenmackenzie158
    Good i'll be there watching­ your lot get 'another' 3-0 whupping; yup,­ that's right ANOTHER 3-0 WHUPPING because we've­ already handed you a thrashing once this season. How­ dare you call yourself a 'football fan' - with­ references like that to Southampton, you have just­ confirmed that you are a lowlife. Pompey are a great­ club, with great fans and i will not let the views of a­ cretin like you change my views. Newcastle United WILL­ beat Pompey tomorrow, but Pompey will thankfully stay­ up; and to all those tipping NUFC for relegation . . .­ go look at every club's respective run-ins and you­ will note that NUFC have the easiest run-in (if you can­ call anything easy at this stage of the season).
    As­ for you stephenmackenzie158 - you shame football, and­ you shame Portsmouth Football Club.

    From cameron w, on Sun 26 Apr 6:15PM
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    iniesta could go to city for 35m ihate city but i hope­ manuget stuffed by them!

    From stewart764, on Sun 26 Apr 6:08PM
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    Wonderful Manchester United, shame you didn't play­ 1st half as well as you did 2nd half. What a scorline­ it would be 10 - 4. I think the referee didn't wake­ up until it was 0 - 2

    From J, on Sun 26 Apr 6:06PM

  17. lfc for da prem

    From stewart764, on Sun 26 Apr 6:02PM

  18. Both scoreres are good.

    From Nath, on Sun 26 Apr 6:01PM

  19. Both scoreres are good.

    From Nath, on Sun 26 Apr 6:01PM
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    Go Millwall!!

    From PHILIP P, on Sun 26 Apr 6:00PM
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