Saturday December 3, 2011 Day 14 Finished Ewood Park

Blackburn Rovers 4 - 2 Swansea City

  • Aiyegbeni 20’, 45’, 57’, 82’ (pen.)
  • Lita 35’
  • Moore 66’

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  1. Yakubu scores four in Blackburn win

    Yakubu scores four in Blackburn win

    Yakubu Ayegbeni scored four goals as Blackburn Rovers eased the pressure on Steve Kean with a 4-2 Premier League win over Swansea City. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • Swansea City
    • - Don't forget you can watch highlights of this match, along with every Premier League game, from 00:01 on Monday morning (UK only).
    • 90+3' That's it! Yakubu's four goals ease the pressure on Kean. Rovers win it 4-2.
    • 90+2' Rovers playing out time here.
    • 89' Robinson dives to his right to pull off a superb save to deny Sinclair from close range.
    • 89' One wonders whether this win will temper the protests or not.
    • 86' Jason Roberts replaces four-goal hero Yakubu.
    • 84' It’s all gone wrong for Swansea who were pressing for an equaliser five minutes ago.
    • 81' GOAL! BLACKBURN 4-2 SWANSEA. Yakubu steps up and casually curls the ball right-footed into the bottom right corner.
    • 80' Rovers win a penalty as Taylor commits a foul in the area.
    • 79’ Allen is given a second yellow card for a foul on Hoilett in the middle of the park. He was attempting to get out of the way, but brought his man down.
    • 78' Swansea continue to ask the questions. You can feel the tension at Ewood.
    • 77' Lita wins a corner for Swansea. He has been quiet apart from the goal.
    • 75' Radoslav Petrovic replaces David Dunn for Rovers.
    • 74' Sinclair gets himself into an excellent position but shoots over the bar after the ball eludes the Rovers defence.
    • 72' Swansea come again. Sinclair has seen a lot of the ball today, but no end product in terms of goals or assists so far.
    • 71' Rovers enjoying some much needed possession now.
    • 69' Moore's ball has too much pace on it and Rovers have a throw.
    • 68' The visitors look confident again as they stroke the ball around.
    • 67' Swansea back in business and we still have 23 minutes left here.
    • 65' GOAL! BLACKBURN 3-2 SWANSEA. Routledge has made a real impact and he shoots across the area. The ball is beaten away by Robinson but falls to substitute Moore who fires unerringly into the roof of the net.
    • 64' Samba makes another good interception as Swansea up the tempo.
    • 62' Good ball from Routledge, headed away by Samba.
    • 60' Luke Moore replaces Gower for Swansea.
    • 60' Samba really is excellent nuisance value for Rovers in the opposition area.
    • 58' Swansea's Allen was booked after that goal.
    • 57' GOAL! BLACKBURN 3-1 SWANSEA. Yakubu is the hat-trick hero! The Nigerian again shows himself to be the poacher supreme as he heads in Samba’s knockdown from close range after Pedersen’s corner.
    • 55' A long free-kick from Robinson goes all the way through and Vorm is forced to push the ball over from his opposition goalkeeper!
    • 54' Yakubu finishes a Vukcevic pass off superbly, but the offside flag goes up. He knew it.
    • 53' At the other end Formica blasts a low effort wide. Not a lot of work for the goalkeepers as outfield players struggle to register shots on target.
    • 52' Fine run from Sinclair who turns the Rovers defence before shooting just wide.
    • 51' Allen has started the second-half strongly for Swansea.
    • 50' Sinclair finds Lita on the edge of the area but the striker blasts well over, when perhaps a return pass to Sinclair would have been the better option.
    • 49' This is a big 45 minutes indeed.
    • 48' Can Rovers ease the pressure on Kean by keeping their lead at Ewood?
    • 47' Dyer failed to use his pace against Givet. Perhaps Routledge will make more impact.
    • 46' Wayne Routledge replaces Dyer who did not have the best of first halves.
    • 46' We are back underway at Ewood Park.
    • 45+2 That's the half-time whistle.
    • 45+2' GOAL! BLACKBURN 2-1 SWANSEA Yakubu heads in from close range at the far post! Monk only half clears Pedersen’s corner, Vukcevic volleys the ball back into the danger zone and Yakubu is on the spot to give his side a half-time lead!
    • 45+1' Ashley Richards gives away a corner as Hoilett threatens down the left.
    • 45' Hoilett blasts a very presentable chance over the bar as Swansea fail to properly clear the ball.
    • 43' Hoilett is booked for dissent after throwing the ball down in disgust as a throw goes against his team.
    • 43' Swansea finishing the half stronger.
    • 42' Sinclair curls the ball high and wide after receiving the ball from Taylor.
    • 41' Allen finds Gower whose shot is blocked on the edge of the area.
    • 40' Simon Vukcevic replaces the subdued Rochina as Kean makes an early substitution.
    • 39' Allen is running the show for Swansea at the moment. A real class act.
    • 38' Lowe gets the better of Sinclair and the ball goes out for a throw.
    • 37' Swansea look like they have the upper hand again.
    • 36' Gower curls a free-kick out of play, but his set-piece a couple of minutes ago did plenty of damage.
    • 34' GOAL! BLACKBURN 1-1 SWANSEA Leroy Lita heads Mark Gower’s floating cross into the bottom right corner to level the match. Fine header and Swansea are level.
    • 31' Formica fires a Lowe cross wide after excellent play from Yakubu.
    • 31' Blackburn have a measure of control over proceedings now. The goal has given them confidence.
    • 30' Lowe gets away without a booking for a foul on Sinclair.
    • 29' Hoilett can’t quite keep the ball in down by the corner flag.
    • 28' Clever dummy from Joe Allen in the middle of the pitch, but Dyer mis-controls and Rovers have a throw.
    • 27' Swansea have failed to score in seven of their 13 Premier League matches, yet still boast 14 points.
    • 26' It really was a beautiful strike from Yakubu for the goal.
    • 25' Formica carries the ball to the edge of the area, where he feeds Yakubu who mis-hits his shot and the ball trickles wide. A good chance for the Nigerian to double his tally.
    • 25' Rovers playing with confidence now.
    • 24' Garry Monk dispossesses Yakubu in a dangerous position.
    • 22' Givet heads a Pedersen cross straight at Vorm. He should have done better unmarked.
    • 21' Rochina wins a free-kick in a decent position for Rovers.
    • 19' GOAL! BLACKBURN 1-0 SWANSEA. Gael Givet plays a neat one-two with Yakubu down the left, sprints into the area and crosses for the Nigerian whose first-time finish flies into the top right hand corner.
    • 18' Swansea weave plenty of pretty patterns in the middle of the pitch, as Sinclair is fouled by Ruben Rochina.
    • 17' Samba is a real goal threat for Rovers.
    • 16' Vorm comes under pressure from Samba as the free-kick is launched into the box, but Swansea clear.
    • 15' Formica wins another free-kick in the middle of the park.
    • 14' Blackburn warming to the task, perhaps, as David Hoilett begins to look lively.
    • 13' Pedersen's powerful, and perhaps goalbound, effort, hits his own man Formica.
    • 12' Poor challenge by Neil Taylor on Mauro Formica. Free-kick to Rovers, but Morten Gamst Pedersen's effort curls out for a goal kick.
    • 11' Rovers have won 13 of 16 all-time home league fixtures between the two clubs.
    • 10' Sinclair goes past Jason Lowe easily, but his cross is cleared by Chris Samba.
    • 8' Nathan Dyer’s cross is cleared after he receives a fine long ball from Mark Gower.
    • 7' Scott Sinclair is looking dangerous and he shoots wide of Paul Robinson's near post.
    • 6' These sides have not met since 1984 when Blackburn beat Swansea 4-1 at Ewood Park in the old Second Division.
    • 5' Swansea have started the stronger here.
    • 4' Michel Vorm plucks a cross out of the air and Swansea go on the attack but the ball runs out of play.
    • 3' Swansea passing the ball around in their own half early doors.
    • 2' This is the first ever meeting between these two sides in the top flight.
    • 1' We are off and underway at Ewood Park!
    • 15:00 Everyone in the stadium takes a minute to honour Gary Speed, who died last weekend.
    • 14:55 Swansea have not scored a goal in 270 minutes of action, while Rovers have won just once all season in the Premier League. Something has to give, surely.
    • 14:50 Rovers are set to line-up in a 4-4-2 formation, with Ruben Rochina and David Hoilett on the wings, and Mauro Formica playing just behind Yakubu. Swansea will rely on the pace and trickery of Nathan Dyer and Scott Sinclair on their wings as they line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
    • 14:45 Swansea are forced into two changes, with Jazz Richards and Leroy Lita replacing the injured Angel Rangel and Danny Graham.
    • 14:40 BLACKBURN ROVERS: Robinson, Lowe, Samba, Dann, Givet, Rochina, Dunn, Pedersen, Hoilett, Formica, Yakubu… Subs: Bunn, Petrovic, Goodwillie, Vukcevic, Roberts, Hanley, Henley. /// SWANSEA CITY: Vorm, Williams, Monk, Gower, Taylor, Dyer, Allen, Jazz Richards, Britton, Sinclair, Lita... Subs: Tremmel, Dobbie, Routledge, Moore, Bessone, Agustien, Moras.
    • 14:35 Blackburn make two changes from the side that lost 3-1 at Stoke City last weekend, with Chris Samba and David Dunn replacing Grant Hanley and the suspended Steven Nzonzi. Martin Olsson and Michel Salgado have failed to recover from hamstring injuries and are not included.
    • 14:30 Opposite number Brendan Rodgers believes the way Kean has carried himself through severe criticism from a section of supporters has been admirable. "It is to be admired how he has kept going. It's disappointing from a manager's perspective to see your team and management getting that sort of abuse."
    • 14:30 Kean is targeting maximum points from a trio of home games before Christmas, starting today: "We really need to make sure over the next four games that we put points on the board. When we've been at home this season, I think we've played very well in a number of games."
    • 14:25 Kean’s assertion that Blackburn "forfeited going through" after the 2-0 Carling Cup quarter-final defeat to Cardiff on Tuesday will have done little to ease the pressure. He later clarified his stance and suggested his comments were "taken out of context".
    • 14:20 There will be no pre-match protest today, but more action is planned for the game, where fans will wear protest T-shirts, chant during the 90 minutes and display banners at the end.
    • 14:15 Blackburn enter this match rock bottom of the table after last weekend’s 3-1 defeat at Stoke, in an encounter where Rovers manager Steve Kean again faced protests from his fans through the game.
    • 14:10 Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Swansea City’s trip to Ewood Park to face Blackburn Rovers.

  • Summary

    • 89' Robinson dives to his right to pull off a superb save to deny Sinclair from close range.
    • 81' GOAL! BLACKBURN 4-2 SWANSEA. Yakubu steps up and casually curls the ball right-footed into the bottom right corner.
    • 80' Rovers win a penalty as Taylor commits a foul in the area.
    • 79’ Allen is given a second yellow card for a foul on Hoilett in the middle of the park. He was attempting to get out of the way, but brought his man down.
    • 74' Sinclair gets himself into an excellent position but shoots over the bar after the ball eludes the Rovers defence.
    • 65' GOAL! BLACKBURN 3-2 SWANSEA. Routledge has made a real impact and he shoots across the area. The ball is beaten away by Robinson but falls to substitute Moore who fires unerringly into the roof of the net.
    • 57' GOAL! BLACKBURN 3-1 SWANSEA. Yakubu is the hat-trick hero! The Nigerian again shows himself to be the poacher supreme as he heads in Samba’s knockdown from close range after Pedersen’s corner.
    • 55' A long free-kick from Robinson goes all the way through and Vorm is forced to push the ball over from his opposition goalkeeper!
    • 52' Fine run from Sinclair who turns the Rovers defence before shooting just wide.
    • 50' Sinclair finds Lita on the edge of the area but the striker blasts well over, when perhaps a return pass to Sinclair would have been the better option.
    • 45+2' GOAL! BLACKBURN 2-1 SWANSEA Yakubu heads in from close range at the far post! Monk only half clears Pedersen’s corner, Vukcevic volleys the ball back into the danger zone and Yakubu is on the spot to give his side a half-time lead!
    • 45' Hoilett blasts a very presentable chance over the bar as Swansea fail to properly clear the ball.
    • 34' GOAL! BLACKBURN 1-1 SWANSEA Leroy Lita heads Mark Gower’s floating cross into the bottom right corner to level the match. Fine header and Swansea are level.
    • 31' Formica fires a Lowe cross wide after excellent play from Yakubu.
    • 25' Formica carries the ball to the edge of the area, where he feeds Yakubu who mis-hits his shot and the ball trickles wide. A good chance for the Nigerian to double his tally.
    • 22' Givet heads a Pedersen cross straight at Vorm. He should have done better unmarked.
    • 19' GOAL! BLACKBURN 1-0 SWANSEA. Gael Givet plays a neat one-two with Yakubu down the left, sprints into the area and crosses for the Nigerian whose first-time finish flies into the top right hand corner.
    • 16' Vorm comes under pressure from Samba as the free-kick is launched into the box, but Swansea clear.
    • 14:40 BLACKBURN ROVERS: Robinson, Lowe, Samba, Dann, Givet, Rochina, Dunn, Pedersen, Hoilett, Formica, Yakubu… Subs: Bunn, Petrovic, Goodwillie, Vukcevic, Roberts, Hanley, Henley. /// SWANSEA CITY: Vorm, Williams, Monk, Gower, Taylor, Dyer, Allen, Jazz Richards, Britton, Sinclair, Lita... Subs: Tremmel, Dobbie, Routledge, Moore, Bessone, Agustien, Moras.

Team Line-up & Ratings

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      6.1 7
      Defenders
      6.4 -
      7.4 8
      6.2 7
      6.4 7
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out76′ 5.2 6
      6.4 6
      Substitution Out40′ 6.2 5
      Yellow Card 7.2 7
      Strikers
      6.8 7
      Goals ×4 Substitution Out87′ 9.3 10
      Subs
      Substitution In87′ 5.2 6
      Substitution In40′ 6 7
      Substitution In76′ 6.8 6
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      5.7 5
      Defenders
      6.3 6
      6.8 6
      6.3 6
      7.3 6
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out45′ 6.4 5
      Red Card 6.8 8
      Substitution Out61′ 6.2 7
      6.4 7
      7.9 7
      Strikers
      Goal 7.3 7
      Subs
      Substitution In61′ Goal 6.5 7
      Substitution In45′ 6 7

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