Blackburn 3 Derby 1
Posted on May 10, 2008
Filed Under Premiership 07/08
Blackburn kept up there good form & a place in the intertoto cup within reach as they come from behind against bottom club Derby who are now officially the worse football club & point scorers & goals scored in the premiership since it began. Sunderland must be breathing a sigh of relief after this game as they had that tag until now & with teams getting stronger i pity teams coming up from the championship.
Darby started the game better & looked good with Blackburn not looking to threatening but Derby looked like they wouldn’t score.But they did take the lead in the 20th minute when Carroll make a long clearance which went straight to Kenny Miller who’s control was brilliant & he slotted the ball passed Brad Friedel into the right hand part of the goal to put Derby 1 up & everyone wondering could this be the day but it wasn’t to be.
Blackburn then had some chances of there own to peg Derby back like Jason Roberts should have done better but instead of a powerful shot he spent to much time thinking about it.Bentley tried to chip Carroll minutes later but he was only just wide.Derby were hanging on but unfortunately it didn’t last long.Blackburn’s buy of the season Santa Cruz got them back level when he collected the ball & side footed it past Carroll to put both team level at the break. Mark Hughes
The second half started like the good old Derby had returned with all there defensive errors looking like there had the two Ronnie’s in the back four.It started when a long ball came to Andy Todd who didn’t deal with it at all & there was Robert’s to put the ball into the left hand side of the goal & everyone thing “here we go again” but it didn’t get any better for Derby.
Jason Robert’s had a load of chances to put more misery on to the failing Derby but didn’t take them.First he had a overhead kick which Carroll got his finger tips to & pushed wide them moments later he had a long shot which Carroll also pushed away for a corner.This looked like it was turning into a Robert’s/Carroll battle & Carroll won the battle when Robert’s only had Carroll to beat but he took to long with the football like he was undecided on what to do & Carroll saved at his feet.
But it was left to Santa Cruz to score his 23rd of the season & show Robert’s what to do when Bentley used the football well & put in a lovely cross which Santa Cruz meet with his head & powered it into the goal & passed the helpless Carrol.The football match ended with anouther loss for Derby but they know they will have to build for the football league next year & be a better football team. Paul Jewell
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