Manchester United 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers

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Manchester United perdeu em casa com o Blackburn Rovers (1-2) no jogo que antecedeu o embate do Grupo D da Liga dos Campeões, com o Benfica, que se realiza na próxima terça-feira.
A equipa orientada por Alex Ferguson, com Cristiano Ronaldo em campo durante os 90 minutos, entrou mal em campo e viu-se a perder logo aos 33 minutos, sofrendo com o golo de Pedersen. Sem Heinze e Keane, lesionados, e com Wayne Rooney no banco de suplentes, o ManUtd apresentou-se com Alan Smith e Park a titulares, o que não surtiu grandes efeitos práticos. Nem com a entrada de Rooney e Giggs no segundo tempo foi possível inverter a tendência negativa do encontro.
Ronaldo viu cartão amarelo pouco antes do intervalo, mas isso não o demoveu de tentar levar a equipa ao golo, o que viria a acontecer aos 67 minutos, por intermédio de Van Nistelrooy, que aproveitou uma assistência de Rooney. Enquanto o United tentava caminhar para a vitória, o Rovers não se esqueceu do rumo certo e chegou ao triunfo pouco antes do final, aos 81 minutos, novamente por Pedersen. Uma mau teste para a Liga dos Campeões.
O Manchester United alinhou da seguinte forma: Van der Sar, O'Shea (Phillip Bardsley, 57), Ferdinand, Silvestre, Richardson, Fletcher (Wayne Rooney, 55), Smith, Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nistelrooy

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Morten Gamst Pedersen's double earned Blackburn a shock win at Old Trafford as Manchester United were left to rue a catalogue of missed chances.
Pedersen gave Blackburn a first-half lead as his free-kick drifted straight into the net.
Ruud van Nistelrooy levelled for United when Wayne Rooney's shot proved too hot for Blackburn keeper Brad Friedel.
But an error by Paul Scholes gifted the ball to Michael Gray who set up Pedersen to slam home the winner.
In an attempt to emulate the two draws they got against United last season, Blackburn boss Mark Hughes opted for the defensive qualities offered by Pedersen over Brett Emerton.
But it was Pedersen who carved out the first chance, breaking on to Paul Dickov's pass to square the ball across goal where the Scottish striker's lunge just failed to make contact.
Rovers' gameplan might have been to swamp United in midfield, but there was still a good ebb and flow to the game.
United carved out a series of five chances in a seven-minute spell but failed to convert any of them and they needed Edwin Van der Sar's point-blank save from Dickov's header to keep them level as Blackburn again threatened on the break.

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Van der Sar was extended again by David Bentley and it was no huge surprise when Blackburn took the lead on 33 minutes as Pedersen's free-kick from the right was missed by a clutch of players and swung into the net.
As United's frustration grew, Cristiano Ronaldo was lucky to escape with a yellow card as he appeared to shrug off the attentions of Gray with the use of an elbow.
United continued to waste chances and Van Nistelrooy somehow failed to make contact with Ronaldo's free-kick from a yard out.
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