Manchester United 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2005
Result
Manchester United 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Manchester United 1-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Manchester United were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Morten Gamst Pedersen opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Manchester United's goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (67'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Morten Gamst Pedersen (33') and Morten Gamst Pedersen (81').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 11 points from 5 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 5 points from 6. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Blackburn Rovers's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Morten Gamst Pedersen
- 45'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 45'Yellow card · Robbie Savage
- 49'Yellow card · Daniel Bentley
- 67'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 71'Yellow card · Craig Bellamy
- 81'Goal · Morten Gamst Pedersen
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Kieran Richardson, Mikaël Silvestre, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Paul Scholes
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Daniel Bentley, Craig Bellamy, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, Paul Dickov