FULL-TIME: Blackburn Rovers 0, Newcastle United 2 (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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FULL-TIME: Blackburn Rovers 0, Newcastle United 2

10:08pm Wednesday 1st February 2012 in News By Matt Baxter

A mass of foul striking and a failed penalty in what was otherwise a dominant Blackburn side still saw the home side lose 2-0 to visiting Newcastle.

With plenty of attempts on goal coming their way Rovers just couldn’t seem to hit the target and despite the Magpies gaining only a few of their own it was just enough to take the Toon home with the win.

First-half despite Rovers’ dominance in attack, the home side just couldn’t seem to keep their shots on target.

With Petrovic making a costly early mistake with a pass, Ryan Taylor’s shot was helped past Robinson with Dann’s attempted clearance deflecting to give Newcastle the opener.

Once again efforts from Hoilett and new boy Anthony Modeste looked to test Newcastle keeper Tim Krul but often sailed wide.

The scores looked to be equalled after Leon Best almost tipped a corner ball into his own net but luckily for him Danny Simpson cleared the header off the line However, fans were calling for a spot-kick after Hoilett was fouled by Coloccini on the edge of the box. With a tussle between the players breaking out referee Phil Dowd stood back before making any decisions.

With tempers calmed, Ryan Taylor earned himself a yellow for a shove on Hoilett whilst Phil Dowd opted to award Rovers a freekick on the edge of the box. The ensuing freekick by Pedersen was quickly deflected by the wall.

Despite their fair chances Rovers still couldn’t pull back the goal before the break.

Even with a late foul on Modeste by Simson earning them a penalty, David Dunn’s shot and Pedersen’s rebound were calmly saved by the concrete Krul.

With the scoreline against them though, Rovers looked to enter the second half with the same energy as the first.

Anthony Modeste once again met disappointment early on after the restart. Breaking down the right, he fired off a long-range effort to catch Krul well off his line. But with the ball slowing as it neared goal another clearance from Simpson once again denied Rovers the goal.

Despite them dominating play however, Blackburn were beginning to look like they were out of ideas as yet more chances fell foul of goal.

Even when Blackburn’s attempts were goal-bound, beating Tim Krul was proving difficult. Scott Dann looked to finally have the equaliser, winning a header from a Pedersen freekick. But even with the ball floating across goal, the Dutchman was there to make the save.

Things just weren’t going Rovers’ way tonight. With substitute Mauro Formica seemingly earning the overdue equaliser with ten minutes to go, the cheering fans swiftly faced disappointment again as the shot hit the side-netting. As play entered injury time Rovers dismal second-half was only made worse, after Gabriel Obertan beat Paul Robinson one-one-one to gain Newcastle a late second goal.

In a game with plenty of chances thrown their way, Rovers’ failure to find the net was their ultimate undoing.

Comments(42)

nil bye mouth says...
10:09pm Wed 1 Feb 12

HA HA HA HA Your hoofball team cannot hit a cows ar5e with a banjo and dunny missed a penalty too HA HA HA you are well and truly in the mire and relegation is a calling ,Samba dont wanna play no more Nelson has jumped ship and the clock is ticking .Bolton,Qpr and west brom all got a point and you at home yet again got zilch Doomed i tell ya and hopefully financial oblivian Keep it up Keano you have the full backing of the chicken pluckers and all clarets HA HA HA DOOMED.PS Keep taking the ugly pills woevers fans they are working a treat.