Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Manchester City: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Manchester City 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Benni McCarthy opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Benni McCarthy (45+1') and Jason Roberts (83'). Manchester City scored through Daniel Sturridge (87') and Robinho (90').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 20th on 17 points from 19 and Manchester City 15th on 21 points from 19. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-W-L-L-L and Manchester City's W-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Tugay KerimoğluBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+1'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Stephen IrelandManchester City
  • 83'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 87'Goal · Daniel SturridgeManchester City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan William NelsenBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Goal · RobinhoManchester City · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 5, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka