Manchester United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 November 2003
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 22 November 2003, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Manchester United won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 November 2003. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (24') and Kléberson (38'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Brett Emerton (62').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 28 points from 12 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 11 points from 12. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 44.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 38'Goal · Kléberson
- 62'Goal · Brett Emerton
- 71'Yellow card · Barry Ferguson
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Darren Fletcher, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Ryan Giggs, Diego Forlán Corazo