English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 19, 2008
Manchester United WWDWW 1
–
Blackburn Rovers LWDDL 1
Ewood Park · 30,316 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
12
59
Possession
41
13
SHOTS
4
10
ON GOAL
3
0.8
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
10
Accurate Passes
0
10
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
6
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.2
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
9
5
Clearances
9

Head to Head

MAN leads series 4-1

Lineups

BLK

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 4Christopher SambaD
  3. 6Ryan NelsenD
  4. 3Stephen WarnockD
  5. 7Brett EmertonM
  6. 11David BentleyM
  7. 14Steven ReidM
  8. 8Johann VogelM
  9. 12Morten PedersenM
  10. 9Roque Santa CruzF
  11. 30Jason RobertsF

Substitutes

  1. 32Jason BrownG
  2. 2Andre OoijerD
  3. 15Aaron MokoenaD
  4. 19David DunnM
  5. 10Benni McCarthyF

MAN

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 6Wes BrownD
  3. 5Rio FerdinandD
  4. 15Nemanja VidićD
  5. 3Patrice EvraD
  6. 7Cristiano RonaldoM
  7. 16Michael CarrickM
  8. 18Paul ScholesM
  9. 11Ryan GiggsM
  10. 32Carlos TevezF
  11. 10Wayne RooneyF

Substitutes

  1. 12Ben FosterG
  2. 19Gerard PiquéD
  3. 22John O'SheaD
  4. 17NaniM
  5. 13Park Ji-SungF

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal!! Roque Santa Cruz hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Blackburn now leads 1 - 0
  2. 40' Wayne Rooney is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 46' Man Utd makes a sub: Luis Nani enters for Ryan Giggs. Reason: Tactical
  4. 51' Steven Reid is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 81' Man Utd makes a sub: John O'Shea enters for Wes Brown. Reason: Tactical
  6. 85' Blackburn makes a sub: Aaron Mokoena enters for Johann Vogel. Reason: Tactical
  7. 88' Goal!! Carlos Tevez hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  8. 90' Man Utd makes a sub: Ji-Sung Park enters for Wayne Rooney. Reason: Injury
  9. 90' End of the game

Premier League News

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