Manchester United2–0
Blackburn RoversTimeline
Cristiano Ronaldoassist · Ryan Giggs
34'
Cristiano Ronaldoassist · Carlos Tevez
35'
Half-time2–0
53'
David Dunn2nd yellow
Nanioff · Louis Saha
68'
75'
Aaron Mokoena
76'
Ryan Nelsen
77'
78'
Matt Derbyshireoff · Roque Santa Cruz
86'
Christopher Samba
Full time2–0
Match Stats
Discipline
1Yellow cards5
0Red cards1
1Sar
5Ferdinand
15Vidić
3Evra
6Brown
4Hargreaves
8Anderson
11Giggs
7Ronaldo
32Tevez
9Saha
| Starting XI | Min | G | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin van der Sar | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Rio Ferdinand | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Nemanja Vidić | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Patrice Evra | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Wes Brown | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Owen Hargreaves↓ Carrick 77' | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Anderson | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Giggs | 90 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 90 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Carlos Tevez | 90 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Louis Saha↓ Nani 68' | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 16 | Michael Carrick | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Nani | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Blackburn Rovers4-4-2Manager: Mark Hughes
1Friedel
6Nelsen
4Samba
3Warnock
15Mokoena
19Dunn
12Pedersen
11Bentley
7Emerton
9Cruz
10McCarthy
| Starting XI | Min | G | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad Friedel | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ryan Nelsen | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Christopher Samba | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Stephen Warnock | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Aaron Mokoena | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | David Dunn | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | David Bentley | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Brett Emerton | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roque Santa Cruz↓ Derbyshire 78' | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Benni McCarthy | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 27 | Matt Derbyshire | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Min Minutes playedG GoalsA Assists