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Manchester United went eight points clear at the top of the Premier League after a hard-fought win over Blackburn.
Wayne Rooney lashed in a shot to put United ahead before a clinical Roque Santa Cruz finish levelled matters.
A Johnny Evans header was disallowed for the home side before Ryan Nelsen hit the post for the valiant [...]

Manchester United will travel to either Swansea City or Fulham in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Chelsea face a visit to either Blackburn Rovers or Coventry City, while Everton play host to either West Ham or Middlesbrough.
Arsenal or Cardiff City, who play their fourth-round replay on Monday, will play Burnley for the right to face [...]

Christopher Samba netted deep into injury-time to spare Blackburn Rovers FA Cup humiliation and deny Coventry City a place in the quarter-finals.
The Sky Blues trailed to Roque Santa Cruz’s fine strike inside 90 seconds.
But Aron Gunnarsson’s superb long-range strike drew the visitors level and Michael Doyle’s deflected shot looped in to put them 2-1 up.
Rovers [...]

Aston Villa moved up to third in the Premier League and also set a club record of seven away wins on the trot in the league by beating Blackburn.
James Milner put the hosts ahead when he angled a superb strike into the far side of net after a well-worked corner.
Rovers struggled to create a clear-cut [...]

Benni McCarthy struck with a header late in extra-time as Blackburn saw off Sunderland to seal a fifth-round FA Cup tie against Coventry.
Zurab Khizanishvili hit the post for Rovers before David Healy put Sunderland ahead with a tidy finish.
Black Cats keeper Craig Gordon made several top saves but could not stop Aaron Mokoena’s 25-yard strike.

Roque [...]

Middlesbrough and Blackburn cancelled each other out at the Riverside with a goalless draw that leaves both sides in the relegation zone.
Blackburn enjoyed the better of a first-half of few chances, with Keith Andrews and Roque Santa Cruz going closest for the visitors.
Boro offered more after the break, but clear chances were few and far [...]

Benni McCarthy snatched a late equaliser at Ewood Park as Blackburn remained unbeaten under former Bolton manager Sam Allardyce.

Bolton looked to be heading for their first win in five Premier League games when Matthew Taylor and Kevin Davies put them two ahead at the break.
But Stephen Warnock pulled one back after the restart before McCarthy [...]

Sunderland will be without midfielders Teemu Tainio (suspension) and Kieran Richardson, who has an ankle injury.
Steed Malbranque returns from a ban and Danny Collins (concussion) should be available, but Nyron Nosworthy, Paul McShane and Craig Gordon all miss out.
Roque Santa Cruz will start his first match under Sam Allardyce with Jason Roberts and Matt Derbyshire [...]

Second-half goals from strikers Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts handed Blackburn a victory over Newcastle that moved them out of the bottom three.
McCarthy opened the scoring from the spot after David Edgar was adjudged to have fouled the South African.
Roberts doubled the lead when he slammed in from 10 yards before tapping in a more [...]

The Premier League game between Fulham and Blackburn at Craven Cottage was called off 90 minutes before kick-off because of a frozen pitch.
Referee Rob Styles decided a small area of the playing surface was unplayable and called the match off at 1330 GMT.
It means two of Saturday’s top-flight matches fell foul of the weather.
Portsmouth versus [...]