League Cup · 5th Round
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers
5–3
Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 5–3 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 3rd December 2008 in the League Cup. Carlos Tevez (36', 51', 55', 90'+4') and Nani (40') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 36' Carlos Tevez 1–0
- 40' Nani 2–0
- Half Time
- 47' Benni McCarthy 2–1
- 51' Carlos Tevez pen 3–1
- 55' Carlos Tevez 4–1
- 57' Ryan Nelsen
- 66' Patrice Evra for O'Shea
- 66' Paul Scholes for Possebon
- 71' Manucho for Giggs
- 84' Matthew Derbyshire 4–2
- 90+2' Benni McCarthy 4–3
- 90+4' Carlos Tevez 5–3
- Full Time 5–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Blackburn Rovers Lineup
Starting XI
1 Paul Robinson G
2 Andre Ooijer D
3 Stephen Warnock D
5 Tugay Kerimoglu M
6 Ryan Nelsen D
7 Brett Emerton M
9 Roque Santa Cruz F
15 Aaron Mokoena D
24 Keith Treacy M
27 Matt Derbyshire F ⚽
29 Martin Olsson D
Substitutes
10 Benni McCarthy on ⚽⚽
12 Morten Pedersen on
19 Carlos Villanueva
23 Robbie Fowler on
25 Alan Judge
30 Jason Roberts
32 Jason Brown
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Paul Ince
Blackburn Rovers
Match Information
United vs Blackburn Rovers History
Meeting 105 of 113
113
Played
52
Won
29
Drawn
32
Lost
211
Goals For
165
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 3rd September 1892. After this match United had played Blackburn Rovers 105 times: 47W 27D 31L.
11 Nov 2007 W 2–0 PL 19 Apr 2008 D 1–1 PL 4 Oct 2008 W 2–0 PL
3 Dec 2008 W 5–3 This match
21 Feb 2009 W 2–1 PL 31 Oct 2009 W 2–0 PL 11 Apr 2010 D 0–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 55 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 118 | 62 | 56.4 |
| Away | 57 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 91 | 103 | 35.1 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →