Barclays Premier League 2011/12: Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

(HT 1-1)
Formica 20
Fletcher 22


Ward 47

Wolves came back from a goal down at Blackburn’s Ewood Park to take an opening day win to get their 2011/12 Barclays Premier League off to the best possible start.

Mick McCarthy’s Wolverhampton Wanderers only narrowly stayed in the Premier League in 2010/11, so fans who made the trip to the North West for their 2011/12 Barclays Premier League opener against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday 13th August 2011 must have been preparing for life at the bottom of the table once more when they saw Marco Formica score for the hosts on debut.

However, the 21,996 fans in Ewood Park had only two minutes to wait for a Wolverhampton response, which came when Steven Fletcher headed home a Matt Jarvis cross.

In the second half, Wolves saw Matt Jarvis get brought down in the penalty area by Salgado, and the chance to take the lead was presented as referee Friend pointed to the spot. Doyle stepped up confidently to take the spot-kick only to see Paul Robinson pull off a good save. From the rebound, however, the former England stopper could do nothing to prevent a well-hit left-footed volley from Ward from going into his bottom left corner.

Wolves then tightened up to attempt to hold their lead, which they accomplished with relatively little difficulty.

Blackburn v Wolves – Barclays Premier League 2011/12 – Squads

Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
01 Robinson 01 Hennessey
02 Salgado 05 Stearman (Foley 49)
03 Olsson 11 Ward
31 Hanley 14 Johnson
07 Emerton (Rochina 46) 16 Berra
08 Dunn 08 Henry
10 Formica (Blackman 84) 12 Hunt (Maierhofer 90)
12 Pedersen (Goodwillie 72) 17 Jarvis (Elokobi 75)
15 Nzonzi 24 O’Hara
23 Hoilett 10 Fletcher
30 Roberts 29 Doyle
Substitutes Substitutes
13 Bunn 31 De Vries
32 Ribeiro 03 Elokobi
38 Anderson 32 Foley
39 Henley 19 Hammill
20 Rochina 20 Milijas
22 Blackman 09 Ebanks-Blake
25 Goodwillie 33 Maierhofer

 


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