Full-Time: Blackburn 5, Posh 2
Ten-man Posh crashed out of the Carling Cup in controversial circumstances at Ewood Park tonight.
Ten-man Posh crashed out of the Carling Cup in controversial circumstances at Ewood Park tonight.Posh were outplaying their Premier League hosts when goalkeeper Joe Lewis was sent off three minutes before the break for a foul on Morten Gamst Pedersen after the home midfielder threw himself to the ground in theatrical fashion.
Steven Reid converted the spot-kick to put Blackburn 2-1 ahead and although man of the match George Boyd equalised soon after the re-start the handicap of playing a man down proved too much.
Pedersen had fired Rovers ahead from a free kick in the third minute before Chris Whelpdale equalised with a header from a Tommy Rowe cross on 16 minutes.
Michel Salgado, Benni McCarthy and a second penalty from Nikola Kalanic after a harsh handball award against Krystian Pearce completed the scoring.
Read Swanny's full match report from Wednesday's ET: Blackburn 5, Posh 2 - Red card was rough luck on plucky Posh.
Travel information:
Blackburn Rovers FC, Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 4JF - get directions from Google maps (Capacity: 31,367).
Website: www.rovers.co.uk.
What do you think of Posh's performance?
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Preview:
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Spotlight on: Blackburn Rovers - 27/10/09.
'Big Sam' Allardyce warns the Posh fans: We're in it to win it.
David Dunn could be a shock starter for Rovers.
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