Blackburn 1 Arsenal 0

Benni McCarthy heaped more knockout woe upon Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal after clambering off the bench to shoot Blackburn into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a dramatic late winner at Ewood Park.

BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes hailed the manner in which his side hit back from their midweek UEFA Cup heartbreak to boost their chance of securing a quick return to European competition.

Shabani Nonda blew his chance of a Barclays Premiership hat-trick but still sent Blackburn soaring into the top 10 as two first-half strikes sunk dismal Portsmouth by 3-0 at Ewood Park.

Striker Shabani Nonda seized upon a pair of Pompey defensive blunders to put Blackburn back into the Barclays Premiership top 10 with a 3-0 win over Portsmouth.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes appeared to have Wednesday night’s Barclays Premiership clash with Arsenal on his mind as he made four changes for today’s Ewood Park clash with Portsmouth.

Blackburn 0 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (Leverkusen win 3-2 on aggregate)

Blackburn 0 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (Leverkusen win 3-2 on aggregate)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger made nine changes for this afternoon’s FA Cup fifth round clash with Blackburn as skipper Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas, William Gallas and Freddie Ljungberg were all recalled.

Bayer Leverkusen 3 Blackburn 2

Watford 2 Blackburn 1

Manchester City 0 Blackburn 3

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes will bring back his star players as his side aim to atone for last month’s 6-2 mauling by Arsenal in the return fixture at Ewood Park tomorrow.

Wigan 0 Blackburn 3

Wigan crashed to a fifth consecutive defeat to plunge their fast disintegrating season into further crisis.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes will hope star striker Benni McCarthy shows no ill effects from the gruelling win over Middlesbrough as he prepares his squad to head to Wigan tomorrow.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes celebrated three more priceless Premiership points by revealing Robbie Savage has agreed to sign a one-year extension to his Rovers contract.

Blackburn 2 Middlesbrough 1

Moritz Volz scored the 15,000th goal in Premiership history when he gave Fulham a shock lead against champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Blackburn will have top scorer Benni McCarthy available following suspension for the Barclays Premiership match against Liverpool at Ewood Park on St Stephen's Day.

Arsenal came from behind to thump Blackburn 6-2 in the Barclays Premiership at the Emirates Stadium.

Even television paymasters Sky are struggling to talk up the two horse “title race” this season. The relentless hype masks the listless encounters between sides whose only priority is to avoid defeat. Jason Mellor and Mark Ogden name and shame the guilty parties.

LUCAS NEILL turned the jeers to cheers as he scored a dramatic late winner for Blackburn in last night’s vital UEFA Cup match. The Australia defender came under fire from a section of the home support at the weekend in the defeat by Newcastle.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has made six changes to the side that lost to Newcastle for tonight’s UEFA Cup game at Ewood Park.

Blackburn striker Shabani Nonda believes Nancy’s rise to prominence is the stuff of French football folklore.

MOROCCAN defender Talal El Karkouri crashed home a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Charlton celebrated 14 years back at The Valley by climbing off the foot of the Barclays Premiership and giving new manager Les Reed his first win.

Charlton 1 Blackburn 0

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has admitted the diving culture is far more prevalent now than it was in his playing days.

Blackburn 2 Fulham 0

Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy, who was cleared of assault charges earlier this week, was on the mark twice as the Reds led 4-0 at Wigan.

Striker Shabani Nonda is Blackburn’s biggest injury worry ahead of Sunday’s Barclays Premiership trip to West Ham.

Blackburn 0 Bolton 1

Debutant goalkeeper Jason Brown emerged as Blackburn’s hero after saving a crucial penalty as Rovers battled back from behind to sink Wigan at Ewood Park.

BLACKBURN finally tasted a European victory to book their place in the group stages of the UEFA Cup last night.

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate handed Jonathan Woodgate a home debut as he recalled his big guns.

Blackburn 4 Manchester City 2

Middlesbrough 1 Roma 0

Middlesbrough 1 Roma 0

ONE of the unique privileges of Italian football referees is that they get to have audiences with the Pope.

CSKA Moscow’s UEFA Cup defence is hanging by a thread after they lost 1-0 at Dinamo Bucharest last night.

CSKA Moscow’s UEFA Cup defence is hanging by a thread after they went down 1-0 at Dinamo Bucharest.

Lyon did not play today but a fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title is virtually in the bag after disappointing results for both Marseille and Lille.

Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos is finally set to sign for Rangers, according to the player’s agent.

Liverpool 2 Monaco 0