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Saturday September 27, 2008 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

  • Owen 50’ (pen.)

Blackburn Rovers

  • Samba 30’
  • Santa Cruz 40’
  1. Magpies slip to another defeat

    Magpies slip to another defeat

    Crisis-ridden Newcastle slumped to a fifth straight defeat as they lost 2-1 against Blackburn at St James' Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90' It's all over! Despite a decent second-half showing, Newcastle slump to a fifth defeat in a row. Oh dear Joe Kinnear!
    • 89' Roberts and Given have just clashed on the edge of the Newcastle box as they challenged for a loose ball. It was a foul by Roberts, who's duly booked.
    • 89' We're about to go into injury time and Blackburn have taken control of the ball for the last few minutes. Ooijer and Roberts have come on for Santa Cruz and Derbyshire.
    • 86' Newcastle have got all of the possession but just can't create any clear-cut chances.
    • 84' Coloccini's up in the box for a long throw into the Blackburn area. The ball falls to him in space - but he shanks a shot wide.
    • 83' A defender for an attacking midfielder when you need to score? Strange move by Chris Hughton.
    • 82' Newcastle make another change. It's a bit of an odd one - Edgar on for N'Zogbia.
    • 82' Newcastle win a corner. Blackburn clear for another one - good pressure from the home side.
    • 81' Newcastle win a throw-in right by the corner flag on the left. It's hurled into the Blackburn box. It causes chaos but Rovers eventually hack it away.
    • 79' Ameobi crosses low into the area from the right wing. Samba's mishits his clearance high up into the air, but Brown comes confidently off his to gather the ball.
    • 76 ' Newcastle launch a free kick into the Blackburn area - but it goes straight out. They'll have to do better than that.
    • 74' Ryan Nelsen is a very lucky man. The Rovers skipper has escaped what looked like a certain second yellow for a late tackle on N'Zogbia on the edge of the box.
    • 73' Can Ameobi help Newcastle salvage something from this?
    • 72 Newcastle make their first change: Ameobi comes on for Geremi.
    • 69' Great play by Duff on the left again. The Irishman fizzed a cross right across the Blackburn six-yard box but there was no one there to poke it home.
    • 68' Owen finds himself clean through in the area - but he's brought back by an offside flag.
    • 67' Warnock tries to pick out Santa Cruz with a deep cross into the Newcastle box. But the full-back hits the ball straight out for a goalkick.
    • 66' Nelsen is booked for a late tackle on Owen.
    • 63' Blackburn make the first change of the match. Robbie Fowler comes on for his league debut for Blackburn. He replaces Villanueva, who's been excellent.
    • 62' Xisco takes a tumble in the box. Is it another penalty? No, says the ref. And Blackburn's players accuse Xisco of diving.
    • 58' Blackburn have kept the ball for the past few minutes now, and are just taking the sting out of this Newcastle comeback.
    • 55' Geremi shoots from the edge of the area, but doesn't get much behind it. Brown collects easily.
    • 54' Blackburn will want to calm things down.
    • 52' Newcastle have suddenly come alive. Duff streaks down the left wing again, crosses to Geremi but the Cameroonian heads wide!
    • 50' Owen stands up to take it...and drives it down the middle and into the net! GOAL NEWCASTLE!
    • 49' Penalty to Newcastle! Nelsen brings down Owen just inside the area and Steve Tanner points to the spot.
    • 47' Good chance for Newcastle. Duff shows good skill to beat Simpson down the left, crosses to the far post, but Geremi heads over!
    • 46' But Jason Brown has looked comfortable all afternoon in the Rovers goal - and he collects the corner with ease.
    • 46' Newcastle win a corner straight from kick off.
    • 46' Newcastle came out early for the second half. I wonder if Kinnear was involved in the half-time pep talk. They certainly need to do something differently. Blackburn trundled out a few minutes later. We're under way in the second period.
    • 45' Ref Steve Tanner blows for half-time. Another dreadful 45 minutes for Newcastle. Joe Kinnear might even change his mind based on this performance and quickly head back down south. The Magpies are heading for their fifth defeat on the bounce.
    • 42' Derbyshire shoots from the edge of the Newcastle area, but he doesn't get anything much behind it, and it dribbles out for a goalkick.
    • 40' GOAL Blackburn! It's Santa Cruz who heads Rovers' second from an Emerton cross from the right. It was a simple move by Blackburn but Newcastle just don't know how to defend.
    • 39' This time Geremi's corner is collected by Brown, the Rovers keeper.
    • 38' Geremi's corner is cleared straight out for another corner on the same side of the pitch.
    • 37' Newcastle launch a rare attack and win a corner on the right.
    • 36' Warnock is booked for throwing an elbow there.
    • 35' The corner comes straight back to Villanueva on the left flank. The Chilean then shows great skill to beat his man and dink the ball into the box - but Warnock fouls his marker as he challenges for the ball.
    • 34' Villanueva bursts into the Newcastle box. He shoots, but it's blocked and rolls out for another Rovers corner.
    • 32' This time Newcastle get it clear.
    • 32' Blackburn win another corner.
    • 32' Joe Kinnear is looking sombre in the stand.
    • 31' Although replays suggest Samba was a yard offside from Villanueva's free kick before he headed it home. Nothing's going for the Magpies at the moment.
    • 30' Newcastle can't complain about going behind. Blackburn have been by far the better side in the opening third of this match.
    • 29' GOAL!! Christopher Samba heads Villanueva's free-kick into the bottom corner!
    • 28' N'Zogbia trips Santa Cruz about 35 yards from the Newcastle goal. Another chance to get the ball in the box for Rovers.
    • 26' Geremi breaks into the Blackburn area down the right but can only find a blue and white shirt with his cutback.
    • 23' Emerton is booked for a cynical trip on N'Zogbia. It's a dramatic dive by the Frenchman, but it wasn't a good tackle.
    • 21' Blackburn are looking really dangerous. A Santa Cruz flick on just fails to reach Villanueva in the box.
    • 18' Bassong looks a better defender than he is an attacker. He's just swung in a woeful cross from the left wing. It floats miles wide of everybody in the Blackburn box and goes for a goalkick.
    • 17' Close again from the resulting corner. The ball fell to Derbyshire two yards out in the box but Given somehow smothered the ball.
    • 16' So close for Blackburn - twice! First Given saved brilliantly from Santa Cruz with a reaction stop from point-blank range. Derbyshire then headed the rebound towards the seemingly empty net - but Bassong hoofs the ball from off the line for a corner!
    • 15' Nothing comes of the resulting corner.
    • 14' Warnock shoots from about 40 yards out, the ball loops off Cacapa and drops just over the bar. Almost a complete fluke of a goal for Blackburn.
    • 11' Fairly even Stevens at the moment. Xisco seems to have shaken off his hand injury.
    • 7' Good save by Shay Given! Matt Derbyshire, playing on the left wing today, latched on to a through ball from Tugay, cut into the area and shot low towards the bottom right corner - but Given stuck out his left glove to save.
    • 5' Newcastle win a free-kick 40 yards out. Geremi curls it into the box but it goes over everyone and into Brown's hands.
    • 4' Newcastle launch at attack down the left. Duff whips the ball low into the Rovers box, but keeper Jason Brown - who's playing in place of the injured Paul Robinson today - smothers the ball in the six-yard box.
    • 3' Blackburn have started well. They win a free kick in a good position high up the pitch on the left wing. It's swung into the box, but Newcastle manage to get it clear eventually.
    • 1' Xisco has injured his hand in the first minute. The last things Newcastle need is another injury.
    • 1' We're under way at St James'.
    • - Blackburn will be delighted to be playing Newcastle in the state they're in. Paul Ince keeps Olsson in the side after he scored in the Carling Cup in midweek, and Chilean goal-getter Villanueva starts up front in place of top-scorer Roberts, who drops to the bench. Robbie Fowler is also a sub. Rovers are missing Robinson in goal, who was injured in the week. Grella, Reid and Dunn are also missing through injury.
    • - Team news for Newcastle: Xisco comes in for Martins, who's injured yet again, up front. Otherwise it's the same side that lost lamely to Spurs in the Carling Cup on Wednesday. The simple fact is that there aren't any other players available. The Magpies injury list now reads: Beye, Smith, Gutierrez, Enrique, Viduka, Martins and Gonzalez. Barton and Guthrie are also missing through suspension.
    • - Well it's a massive afternoon for Newcastle. New interim manager Joe Kinnear isn't in charge until Monday - he's watching from the stands today - so Chris Hughton takes charge of his last game.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Newcastle v Blackburn from the Premier League.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Blackburn Rovers
    49% Possession 50%
    5 Shots 10
    3 Shots on target 6
    4 Saves 1
    5 Corners 5
    21 Fouls 8
    2 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 33
    279 Accurate passes 291
    74 Bad passes 50

  • 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
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 3 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 1 1
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 32 6 1
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 35 19 2
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 2 2
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 35 10 9
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 23 10 3
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 26 2 2
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20 12 4
      19 Francisco Jiménez Tejada 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 12 2 0
      10 Michael Owen 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 24 5 1
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
      46 Nile Ranger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Shola Ameobi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
      42 Ryan Donaldson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      41 Mark Doninger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Ben Tozer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 4 0
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 30 4 7
      29 Martin Olsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 10 1
      7 Brett Emerton 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 34 1 1
      22 Danny Simpson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26 1 6
      4 Christopher Samba 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 19 1 4
      19 Carlos Villanueva 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 23 4 1
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 55 13 6
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 31 3 0
      27 Matt Derbyshire 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 15 6 6
      17 Keith Andrews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Jason Roberts 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
      37 Mark Bunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Keith Treacy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Robbie Fowler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1

  • Summary

    • 84' Coloccini's up in the box for a long throw into the Blackburn area. The ball falls to him in space - but he shanks a shot wide.
    • 74' Ryan Nelsen is a very lucky man. The Rovers skipper has escaped what looked like a certain second yellow for a late tackle on N'Zogbia on the edge of the box.
    • 69' Great play by Duff on the left again. The Irishman fizzed a cross right across the Blackburn six-yard box but there was no one there to poke it home.
    • 52' Newcastle have suddenly come alive. Duff streaks down the left wing again, crosses to Geremi but the Cameroonian heads wide!
    • 50' Owen stands up to take it...and drives it down the middle and into the net! GOAL NEWCASTLE!
    • 49' Penalty to Newcastle! Nelsen brings down Owen just inside the area and Steve Tanner points to the spot.
    • 47' Good chance for Newcastle. Duff shows good skill to beat Simpson down the left, crosses to the far post, but Geremi heads over!
    • 40' GOAL Blackburn! It's Santa Cruz who heads Rovers' second from an Emerton cross from the right. It was a simple move by Blackburn but Newcastle just don't know how to defend.
    • 29' GOAL!! Christopher Samba heads Villanueva's free-kick into the bottom corner!
    • 17' Close again from the resulting corner. The ball fell to Derbyshire two yards out in the box but Given somehow smothered the ball.
    • 16' So close for Blackburn - twice! First Given saved brilliantly from Santa Cruz with a reaction stop from point-blank range. Derbyshire then headed the rebound towards the seemingly empty net - but Bassong hoofs the ball from off the line for a corner!
    • 14' Warnock shoots from about 40 yards out, the ball loops off Cacapa and drops just over the bar. Almost a complete fluke of a goal for Blackburn.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Tanner

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Joe Kinnear

    Captain: Steven Taylor

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • S. Bassong
    • F. Coloccini
    • S. Taylor
    • N. Geremi Substitution Out (73′)
    • N. Butt
    • C. Caçapa
    • D. Duff
    • C. N'Zogbia Substitution Out (82′)
    • M. Owen
    • .. Xisco

    Subs

    • D. Edgar Substitution In82′

    Injured

    • H. Beye
    • A. Smith
    • M. Viduka
    • O. Martins
    • .. Jose Enrique
    • J. Gutierrez
    • A. Carroll
    • K. Lua Lua

    Suspended

    None

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Paul Ince

    Captain: Ryan Nelsen

    Starting line-up

    • J. Brown
    • D. Simpson
    • C. Samba Goal
    • R. Nelsen Yellow Card
    • S. Warnock Yellow Card
    • B. Emerton Yellow Card
    • M. Olsson
    • K. Tugay
    • M. Derbyshire Substitution Out (85′)
    • R. Santa Cruz Goal Substitution Out (85′)
    • C. Villanueva Substitution Out (63′)

    Subs

    • R. Fowler Substitution In63′
    • J. Roberts Substitution In85′ Yellow Card
    • K. Andrews
    • M. Pedersen
    • K. Treacy

    Injured

    • P. Robinson
    • D. Dunn
    • V. Grella

    Suspended

    None