“I feel sorry for them”
By: j | September 28th, 2008Following Blackburn’s convincing 2-1 defeat of Newcastle, their manager Paul Ince summed-up the event perfectly;
“It was important in the last 48 hours that we shut that out (Newcastle’s off-field problems) and concentrated on what Blackburn Rovers is all about rather than feeling sorry for Newcastle.
“Also, it was a case of who got the first goal. As soon as we got the first goal I felt at ease because I knew the crowd would get on their backs.
“It’s not the Newcastle players’ fault. They are trying, they are trying really, really hard and I feel sorry for them.”
The slid continued with a very comfortable 2-1 victory by Blackburn on the strength of first-half goals by Christopher Samba and Roque Santa Cruz. Following those strikes Blackburn certainly looked like they kept the brakes on, showing no desire to route the Magpies. Michael Owen scored from a penalty kick six minutes after the break but other attempts to level were for naught.
Newcastle: Given, Bassong, Taylor, Coloccini, Cacapa, Geremi (Ameobi 71), Butt, Duff, N’Zogbia (Edgar 82), Xisco, Owen.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Tozer, Doninger, Donaldson, Ranger.
Goals: Owen 51 pen.
Blackburn: Brown, Simpson, Nelsen, Samba, Warnock, Emerton, Olsson, Kerimoglu, Derbyshire (Ooijer 84), Roque Santa Cruz (Roberts 84), Villanueva (Fowler 62).
Subs Not Used: Bunn, Pedersen, Andrews, Treacy.
Booked: Emerton, Warnock, Nelsen, Roberts.
Goals: Samba 31, Roque Santa Cruz 41.
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