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Saturday October 31, 2009 Finished Old Trafford

2 - 0

Manchester United

  • Berbatov 55’
  • Rooney 87’

Blackburn Rovers

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  1. Berbatov strikes as United win

    Berbatov strikes as United win

    Manchester United moved back up to second place in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90+5' That chance is the final act of the match. No surprises at Old Trafford this evening, and United move back up to second.
    • 90+5' Obertan and Rooney link up down the left. Rooney's pass is helped across by Valencia to OWEN... Flashed wide of the far post!
    • 90+4' As it is we have Obetan and Evra keeping it in the Rovers corner. Eventually Evra is flagged for offside.
    • 90+3' If that goal had stood then we could have had a grandstand finish here. Oh well.
    • 90+1' GOAL!! McCarthy's shot is saved by van der Sar but it drops at the feet of Kalinic who scores... NO! The flag is up for offside against the Croatian! Replays show just how wrong the referee's assistant got that call... very!
    • 90' A minimum of four minutes will be added at the end of this match.
    • 87' GOAL!! Obertan leaves the ball for Anderson whose cross to the near post is steered past Robinson by Rooney to add a bit of gloss to the scoreline! It's not been a vintage performance from Rooney, but he's popped up with his eighth of the season.
    • 86' Evra trips Pedersen as the Norwegian skips forward through the centre circle. Emerton will send it forward... caught by van der Sar.
    • 84' Rooney's cross bound for Valencia is cut out by Givet.
    • 83' David dunn is replaced by Benni McCarthy with seven minutes plus stoppage time left on the clock. Can the South African snatch a late equaliser?
    • 82' What a miss from Obertan! Valencia finds Owen in the middle of the box, who helps it on to the French youngster and he fires wide from all of eight yards out! It's harsh to castigate a player on his Premier League debut, but he should have scored fromt here.
    • 79' Berbatov comes off to be replaced by Michael Owen.
    • 78' Diouf is adjudged to have handballed in midfield. Anderosn takes the free-kcik quickly.
    • 77' Rovers make the switch now, with Kalinic coming on for di Santo.
    • 76' Valencia looks to lead the counter-attack but Givet slides in to challenge him. The Frenchman has put in another impressive performance tonight.
    • 75' This time Samba hacks the ball away. Brown fires it back upfield and Chimbonda chests it back to Robinson.
    • 74' Obertan wins a corner, which Rooney will take. It's flicked on by O'Shea and Nelsen puts it behind for a corner from the other side. Anderson's corner is put behind for a third straight corner.
    • 73' It looks as though Nikola Kalinic is about to come on, presumably for di Santo.
    • 72' Blackburn string some passes together and have plenty forward, but Emerton's floated ball to di Santo at the far post isn't headed back across and United have a goal kick.
    • 70' Rooney wriggles free of Samba and heads for goal. He tries to slip a ball through for Berbatov, only for Nelsen to hold firm between the Bulgarian and the ball.
    • 68' Nice approach play from United as Valencia lays it back for Rooney, but the shot is blocked on the edge of the box.
    • 66' Anderson relases Obertan with a ball over the top and he's charging towards goal. Nelsen is the quicker and gets back to cover him, and Obertan eventually snatches a shot that right at Robinson.
    • 65' Anderson hits the deck in midfield but instead the referee gives Blackburn a free-kick for the Brazilian's initial foul on N'Zonzi.
    • 63' Obertan is ready to come on, and he'll replace Nani. The crowd seem to like this.
    • 63' Anderson digs a cross out but thei's no one in the area to get on the end of it.
    • 62' Valencia tries to lob a ball over the top for Berbatov, but Samba holds his ground and Robinson can come out to collect.
    • 61' Normal service has resumed, with United probing and prodding around and Rovers set up to resist them.
    • 60' Rooney tries to backheel Evra's ball into the path of Berbatov, but it doesn't come off.
    • 59' Gabriel Obertan, the young French winger who impressed on his debut at Oakwell in midweek, is warming up on the touchline.
    • 58' Allardyce throws on Gamst Pedersen in place of Andrews. Not sure if that move was planned before the goal, but on comes the man who struck twice the last time Rovers won here.
    • 56' GOAL!! Evra plays it in to Berbatov and the Bulgarian tees himself up and fires a brilliant volley on the turn past Robinson! A sublime goal from Berbatov.
    • 55' Blackburn have a rare foray forward in open play, and di santo links the play up well but then goes down clutching his face, just when he can be of use. He gets up sheepishly soon enough.
    • 54' Anderson fires a ball into the path of Evra, but there's just a little too much on the pass and the left-back can't bring it down to get the shot off.
    • 52' First spell of sustained possession from Rovers. It ends when Valencia sneaks in behind Givet and bursts forward, but can't decide whether to pass to Rooney, Berbatov, or shoot, and in the end plays a lacklustre ball to no one.
    • 51' O'Shea's cross is headed away and the ball runs back to van der Sar. Di Santo again charges down the keeper, who manages to make his clearance in time.
    • 50' Berbatov is finding himself having to drop deeper in search of the ball.
    • 49' Berbatov is onside as he receives the ball on the edge of the box, but his first touch takes him away from goal and Diouf ghosts in to dispossess him.
    • 47' United trying to start with mor eintent from the restart. Rovers continue to keep them at bay.
    • 46' No changes for either side at half time.
    • 46' United kick off the second half, attacking the Stretford End.
    • 45+2' Phil Dowd blows his whistle for half time. Sam Allardyce will be by far the happier of the two managers at the break.
    • 45+2' Dunn has the ball at his feet in the United area, but can't wriggle his way past the group of red shirts around him.
    • 45+1' Two minutes of added time to be played. Nani has sustained another nasty blow to the back, from the knee of Chimbonda this time.
    • 45' Carrick whips a ball forward that Rooney nonchalantly back heels intot he path of BERBATOV... the Bulgarian blazes his shot wide under pressure from Nelsen!
    • 44' The ball breaks for Rooney and Givet hounds him before bblocking the shot. Rooney wins a corenr, from which Nani heads well off target.
    • 42' Evra tumbles over Emerton in the Blackburn area... there are some half-hearted appeals for a penalty but Phil Dowd was right there and saw that Emerton was already on the ground when Evra came across.
    • 41' United play the ball around the edge of the Blackburn penalty area, but can't find a way through and Rovers repel the ball for now.
    • 40' United pour forward and Nani plays it out to Rooney, who squares the ball across for BERBATOV TO TAP IN!! Wait... it won't count... the flag is up against Rooney! He just strayed offisde as nani played the ball to him. A real let-off for Rovers.
    • 39' This time it will be Rooney to shoot... the ball flies high into the crowd.
    • 38' Chimbonda and Nani clash as they both go for the loose ball. Nani goes flying and Chimbonda goes into the book. A little harsh really, but it could get worse as United have another dangerous free-kick.
    • 37' Evra zips a ball to the feet of Rooney on the edge of the box, but the England man's touch escapes him.
    • 36' Brett Emerton gets a booking for kicking the ball away after the referee had blown up for a foul.
    • 34' Rooney lays the ball off to Berbatov, who strikes low from distance... saved two-handed by Robinson!
    • 34' Ryan Nelsen rises to meet dunn's cross... headed wide.
    • 33' O'Shea concedes a corner, giving Rovers a rare foray forward.
    • 32' A good spell from United, the first time they really got forward in numbers. Nani's shot looks as though it was deflected over, but the goal kick is given.
    • 31' United keep the pressure on and Berbatov's header is turned over the bar by Robinson! Finally, something for the crowd to shout about in this game!
    • 30' United attack from the other side now and Berbatov on the turn... Tackled by Givet on the penalty spot!
    • 29' Valencia can't decide how he's going to try and beat two men in front of him, and plays the ball back.
    • 28' Anderson wins a free-kick and takes it quickly. Spread out to Nani, who is tackled in the area by chimbonda and Robinson boots it clear.
    • 26' Nani's corner comes to the near post, and it's all Rooney can do to backheel the ball wide for a goal kick. A wasted set piece, really.
    • 25' Chimbonda jumps into the back of Nani as the ball comes out and gifts United another dead ball opportunity. This time Rooney taps it to Valencia, whose shot is blocked behind for a corner.
    • 24' Ryan Nelsen catches Nani in the backside with a flying knee! Anderson will send the free-kick into the box... Punched away by Robinson.
    • 22' N'Zonzi's header falls into the path of Diouf. The Senegalese knocks it round O'Shea but the Irish defender recovers well to block the shot.
    • 21' United take it short but, bereft of ideas, give it back to Rovers.
    • 20' Samba hauls Berbatov down and the Bulgarian wins the free-kick.
    • 19' Another tentative move forward from United ends with an overhit pass down the channel from Anderson.
    • 17' Robinson will fire forward a free-kick from his own half. Samba rises unchallenged to head across goal, but none of his team-mates can get on the end of it.
    • 15' Nani wins another free-kick on the left. His delivery is headed clear by N'Zonzi.
    • 14' More keep ball from United. Blackburn are doing their best to keep the home crowd quiet early on, as you'd expect from a visiting Allardyce side.
    • 13' Berbatov dinks a ball into the box. Samba swings at thin air and Valencia tries to pounce, but he snatches at it and the ball goes wide.
    • 12' United forced to play bac kto van der Sar. Franco di Santo is running his socks off up front on his home.
    • 11' Dunn tries to zip a ball out wide to Diouf, but it only gets as far as Wes Brown.
    • 10' Evra lofts a high ball to Valencia at the far post. The Ecuadorean cuts it back across goal, but the ball had already gone out of play.
    • 9' Samba and N'Zonzi both jump to challenge Rooney for a header, and N'Zonzi comes off worst after he's nutted by his team-mate! He goes off for treatment, but should be able to continue.
    • 8' N'Zonzi fouls Nani out wide. United send O'Shea and Evans up for it, but the delivery is claimed by Robinson.
    • 6' Blackburn knock the ball around confidently as they evade United's midfield chasers.
    • 5' nani shows a little too much of the ball to Chimbonda, who hacks it into the stands.
    • 4' Nani jinks his way into a shooting position, but his drive from distance is easy for Robinson.
    • 3' Again United struggle to clear their lines from the corner, but the ball eventually drops at the feet of van der Sar, who is wearing the captain's armband this evening.
    • 2' Dunn's free-kick is not fully cleared and Evans gets a knock to the face as he heads behind for a corner.
    • 1' Wes Brown bundles Diouf over in midfield. David Dunn will send the set piece into the box.
    • 1' Blackburn kick off to get this show on the road!
    • - The player's are coming out on to the pitch now. We're almost ready to get underway...
    • - No current Premier League referee has given United players more red cards than Phil Dowd (5); including two red cards in their defeat at Fulham last season – Rooney and Scholes. United have lost five of their 12 matches that Phil Dowd has officiated in the Premier League.
    • - However, United have shipped 11 goals in their 10 league games so far, their joint-third-worst defensive performance ever at this stage of a Premier League season.
    • - Blackburn have lost 11 of their 15 league trips to Old Trafford, winning only once; a 2-1 win in September 2005, courtesy of two goals from Morten Gamst Pedersen.
    • - United have taken 16 of a possible 18 points from their last six meetings with Rovers in the league, conceding only three goals in the process.
    • _ Chelsea's comfortable win at Bolton means that United won't go top with a win this evening. Three points would put them two behind the Blues and three ahead of Arsenal. Premier League table
    • - Vidic and Ferdinand are both injured, meaning it's Evans and Brown at centre-half.
    • - Blackburn: Robinson, Chimbonda, Samba, Nelsen, Givet, Nzonzi, Emerton, Dunn, Andrews, Diouf, Di Santo Subs: Brown, McCarthy, Grella, Pedersen, Kalinic, Hoilett, Salgado Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
    • - Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Brown, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Anderson, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney Subs: Kuszczak, Owen, Scholes, Fabio Da Silva, Fletcher, Obertan, De Laet
    • - Welcome to live text commentary of the Premier League clash between Manchester United and Blackburn.

  • Summary

    • 90+5' Obertan and Rooney link up down the left. Rooney's pass is helped across by Valencia to OWEN... Flashed wide of the far post!
    • 90+1' GOAL!! McCarthy's shot is saved by van der Sar but it drops at the feet of Kalinic who scores... NO! The flag is up for offside against the Croatian! Replays show just how wrong the referee's assistant got that call... very!
    • 87' GOAL!! Obertan leaves the ball for Anderson whose cross to the near post is steered past Robinson by Rooney to add a bit of gloss to the scoreline! It's not been a vintage performance from Rooney, but he's popped up with his eighth of the season.
    • 82' What a miss from Obertan! Valencia finds Owen in the middle of the box, who helps it on to the French youngster and he fires wide from all of eight yards out! It's harsh to castigate a player on his Premier League debut, but he should have scored fromt here.
    • 56' GOAL!! Evra plays it in to Berbatov and the Bulgarian tees himself up and fires a brilliant volley on the turn past Robinson! A sublime goal from Berbatov.
    • 45' Carrick whips a ball forward that Rooney nonchalantly back heels intot he path of BERBATOV... the Bulgarian blazes his shot wide under pressure from Nelsen!
    • 40' United pour forward and Nani plays it out to Rooney, who squares the ball across for BERBATOV TO TAP IN!! Wait... it won't count... the flag is up against Rooney! He just strayed offisde as nani played the ball to him. A real let-off for Rovers.
    • 34' Rooney lays the ball off to Berbatov, who strikes low from distance... saved two-handed by Robinson!
    • 31' United keep the pressure on and Berbatov's header is turned over the bar by Robinson! Finally, something for the crowd to shout about in this game!
    • 30' United attack from the other side now and Berbatov on the turn... Tackled by Givet on the penalty spot!

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Manchester United

      Manager: Alex Ferguson

      Starting line-up

      • E. van der Sar
      • J. O'Shea
      • W. Brown
      • J. Evans
      • P. Evra
      • M. Carrick
      • Anderson
      • A. Valencia
      • Nani Substitution Out (63′)
      • D. Berbatov Goal Substitution Out (79′)
      • W. Rooney Goal

      Subs

      • M. Owen Substitution In79′
      • P. Scholes
      • T. Kuszczak
      • D. Fletcher
      • G. Obertan Substitution In63′
      • R. De Laet
      • Fábio

    • Blackburn Rovers

      Manager: Sam Allardyce

      Starting line-up

      • P. Robinson
      • P. Chimbonda Yellow Card
      • C. Samba
      • R. Nelsen
      • G. Givet
      • D. Dunn Substitution Out (83′)
      • K. Andrews Substitution Out (57′)
      • B. Emerton Yellow Card
      • S. N'Zonzi
      • E. Diouf
      • F. Di Santo Substitution Out (76′)

      Subs

      • Míchel Salgado
      • B. McCarthy Substitution In83′
      • M. Gamst Pedersen Substitution In57′
      • J. Brown
      • N. Kalinic Substitution In76′
      • D. Hoilett
      • V. Grella

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      Defenders
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      Midfielders
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      Substitution Out63′ 4.8 -
      Strikers
      Goal Substitution Out79′ 8.9 -
      Goal 8.5 -
      Subs
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      Substitution In63′ 7.1 -
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      Substitution Out57′ 7.7 -
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  1. Well William, you clearly DON'T remember!
    Dennis­ Law did NOT back heel United into the second division. ­ United could have won that game 83-nil and still gone­ down.
    Yet another urban myth (same as the one that­ says people from Manchester support City)! If you want­ to make a 'clever' comment, get your facts­ straight!

    From Stewart, on Sun 1 Nov 7:05PM

  2. remember when Dennis Law back heeled manure utd into­­ the 2nd division, the goal of the century

    From william, on Sun 1 Nov 2:52PM

  3. remember when Dennis Law back heeled manure utd into­­ the 2nd division, the goal of the century

    From william, on Sun 1 Nov 2:51PM

  4. Yahooooooo Manchester United the best. From Burhanuddin­ of ST Joseph Kuching

    From YUSOF, on Sun 1 Nov 1:03PM

  5. red aremy

    From Mathew, on Sun 1 Nov 11:48AM

  6. victory !!!

    From jivko_ml, on Sun 1 Nov 8:56AM

  7. BERBA,ROONEYAND AND OWEN-THE BEST FORWARD EVER:) !!!­ BUT I MISS RONALDO AND TEVEZ:(

    From jivko_ml, on Sun 1 Nov 8:52AM

  8. BERBA,ROONEYAND AND OWEN-THE BEST FORWARD EVER:) !!!­ BUT I MISS RONALDO AND TEVEZ:(

    From jivko_ml, on Sun 1 Nov 8:51AM

  9. No Rio Ferdinand = Cleansheet, as much as I love the­ guy I think it's time Evans is put down before him.­ Good performance, and I think It will be the same­ starting line up against Chelsea but with Vidic in for­ Brown, Giggs in for Nani and Fletcher in for­ Carrick.

    But why isn't Zoran Tosic on the bench,­ he is quick, skillful and has a great shot. He almost­ scored against Barnsley from 20 yards with one of his­ first touches. Tosic Nani

    From Sam D, on Sat 31 Oct 11:13PM
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    utd are Boring 2 watch but i like seeing the another­ red scum (liverpoo) getting their @#$% kicked

    From policeofchief, on Sat 31 Oct 10:19PM

  11. Great work frm united.. Not vintage performance, bt­ they got da result.. DATs wat matters!!
    F@ck u­ loserfool..YNWA.. (You'll never win­ anything!!)

    GLORY UNITED!! RESPECT AND SALUTE THE­ CHAMPIONS!!

    From dhruvrastogi_rooney, on Sat 31 Oct 9:46PM

  12. Man Utd,u best do this next week...we have to win the­ game ey...well done boys ;)

    From Khululeka, on Sat 31 Oct 9:43PM

  13. Where was giggs is he injured or being rested

    From chilton826, on Sat 31 Oct 9:05PM

  14. Happpppy day come on united for next week

    From Jack, on Sat 31 Oct 8:51PM

  15. just manchester united

    From ronaldo_eminem_reza, on Sat 31 Oct 8:45PM
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    Another win for Man Ure with extra time, didn't­ someone tell the fourth official he doesn't have­ to add an extra 5 minutes if the scum are winning.

    From gary, on Sat 31 Oct 7:50PM

  17. blackburn sucks!!!!!!!!!
    man utd is the­ best!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From s_unsure36, on Sat 31 Oct 7:48PM

  18. mroberts12, still the same 3 pts at the end

    From the silent assassin, on Sat 31 Oct 7:48PM

  19. did u all see my boys the mighty premiership champions­ man utd dispatch the sunday morning league side­ blackburn too easy again he he also in the sunday­ league which is such a poor league of losers is­ arsenal,chelsea,city,liverpool, dream on losers if u­ really think u can take our crown. get a bit excited­ for me so i can have a good laugh in may sorry folks­ about this its called reality i know its hard to take­ no title for u lot again in 2010 up the red devils ­ long live fergie

    From L W, on Sat 31 Oct 7:48PM

  20. The Mighty Reds have done it again com on x

    From clare, on Sat 31 Oct 7:45PM
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