LIVE Rovers v. Liverpool

By: Jim | April 13th, 2008

Click the link to read a re-cap of the game.

Here my live blog starting at twenty minutes in:

20th: Samba holds off Babel as both teams are taking their runs up and down the pitch. No score Yet.

23rd: Commentator says, “Blackburn should be quite pleased with the way they’ve started this game.” Linking plays for both teams, very attractive football.

24th: Kuyt wins the ball but the cross is smothered and held on to by Big Brad.

26th: Gerrard goes down after misplaying a header. This is the 4th dive I’ve seen in six minutes.

27th: Four break up for Liverpool. Samba blocked/deflected the shot, saved a certain goal.

29th: Clash of heads between Samba and Torres. Meds called out to check on the players.

31: Free kicked curled into the far post by Peds. A little too hard and it drifts out of bounds.

34th: Bentley looking class. A few nice moves through midfield with a class ball played to the wing and MGP who is boxed out by the L’Pool defense man. It amounts to nothing but looks promising.

35th: Great build up by Rovers with a shot by RSC, parried by Reina and pushed into open play.

40th: Free Kick for L’Pool in a tricky spot. Whipped in and headed over by Kuyt.

45th: One minute added on as the game slips into a give and take for both sides.

HALF TIME: See ya after a bite to eat and a brush of the teeth.

48th: Dangerous gie and go to Gerrard. Low cross taken by Big Brad.

50th: Free kick near the corner flag, fisted away by Reina.

51st: Corner for L’pool taken short. Results to nothing.

52nd: Foul by L’pool in a nice spot. Peds and Bents line up. Good shot by Peds with the left foot from about 25 out, parried and taken by Reina.

57th: Free kick by Gerrard just outside of the 18, parried by Big Brad but L’pool whistled for offside.

59th: Babel out, Benayoun in

60th: Some poor Rover’s defending and the inability to clear leads to a wayward pass by RSC. Through the pack Gerrard comes though, all alone in the 18 and slots it past Friedel.

65th: Well this has certainly turned a one sided game. Hopefully Rovers can make something happen, and soon

72nd: Roberts taken down, clearly the last man back. Skrtel only shown the yellow. Horrid call, had to be a red. Ensuing FK results in open play.

74th: Benni Mac on for Peds. Dunn on for Vogel.

82nd: Gerrard to Torres who makes it 2-0. Rovers’ defense jst poor. No other words need be said.

86th: Voronin on for Torres.

88th; Risse for Alonso.

90th: Story of the game; shoddy Blackburn defending having left the midfield too open. Wayward pass to leads to L’pool cross in. Settled and tapped over to Voronin who slides in to the open net.

93rd: Corner from Bents punched out, played back in and an amazing show on the volley by Santa Cruz. Sadly, it amounts to little as the game ends 3-1. Match review later.