Blackburn v West Ham

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Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Blackburn and West Ham in the Premier League.

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Lol this was the only 3pm game to go ahead


Junior Stanislas scored late in the second half to rescue a point for West Ham against Blackburn at Ewood Park. Early on, Morten Gamst Pedersen's free-kick was the best Rovers managed, while Paul Robinson denied Luis Boa Morte.
Ryan Nelsen nudged the opener with his knee, beating Hammers' debutant keeper Ruud Boffin at the second attempt.
West Ham were denied an equaliser when Matthew Upson's shot hit the post but Stanislas curled in a low effort to earn his side a reprieve.
Both sides came into the game off the back of a destabilising week. Hammers boss Avram Grant had been reportedly told he must win one of his side's next three games to avoid being sacked, while Rovers had dismissed manager Sam Allardyce on Monday and put Steve Kean in temporary charge.
Ironically, there have been suggestions that Allardyce is waiting in the wings to replace Grant - but on the evidence of the Hammers' performance at Ewood Park, the job may not become available for a while.
The Londoners fought back gamely late on and might have even sneaked a win, which would have been their first on the road since August 2009.
But in a game largely short on action to help excite and warm the freezing crowd, a draw seemed a fair result.
 
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