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Welcome to LIVE coverage of Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United, with United one point away from clinching a record 19th league title!

Premier League / Matchday 37
Ewood Park / 14.05.2011
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Alex Chick

Updated 14/05/2011 at 13:54 GMT


10'
Olsson does well to win a corner off Fabio down the Blackburn left.
9'
Nani cuts inside from the left and strikes a powerful low shot with his right foot... drags it wide.
8'
Giggs floats the corner in and Vidic is beaten to the ball... and another good header to repel the rebound.
7'
Rooney spreads the ball right for Valencia... his cross is blocked then Hernandez wins a corner off Jones.
6'
There are four games going on at the moment, and there has already been a goal at Bloomfield Road.
5'
The visiting fans are in predictably good voice, currently paying musical tribute to Nemanja Vidic.
4'
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NANI HEADS AGAINST THE BAR!! He meets Rooney's cross from the right but cannot get over the header enough! Having praised Samba, he let Nani go on that one....
3'
Rooney plays it in to the feet of Giggs at the edge of the box - the Welshman tries a lay-off but stuffs it up.
2'
Hernandez gets a long ball to chase, but Samba gets to it first and heads back to Robinson. He really is a fine defender...
1'
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Game on! United kick off, playing from right to left as we see it.
12:43
Out come the teams. Kit details fans will be delighted to know that United are wearing black shorts with their red shirts and black socks. Rovers are in their usual blue and white halves, with white shorts and socks.
12:42
There's no end of 19-themed banners in the crowd - are they celebrating a little early? Maybe, but in all likelihood only by a couple of hours.
12:40
Ryan Giggs makes his 573rd PL appearance – making him the outright highest appearance maker in Premier League history, moving one ahead of goalkeeper David James (572).
12:35
If United avoid defeat today and win the title it will be the fourth time it has been won with exactly one match left to spare. The club's last championship victory came with one match left - drawing 0-0 at home to Arsenal on May 16, 2009.
12:30
Holy Moses! What is Dwight Yorke wearing?! That shirt-tie combo has certainly upstaged the Cup final. Predictably, he's trending on Twitter.
12:25
Rovers suffered their biggest ever Premier League defeat in their last meeting with Manchester United - 7-1 at Old Trafford on November 27.
12:20
Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United have met 95 times in the league. Blackburn have won 27, Manchester United 44 and 24 draws. They have met 33 times in the Premier League. Blackburn have won five, Manchester United 19 and nine draws.
12:15
Michel Salgado returns for Blackburn at right-back, replacing Brett Emerton who moves in to midfield with Morten Gamst Pedersen dropping out.
12:10
A few interesting changes from United - Tomasz Kuszczak comes in as Fergie said. Also, Nani is back at the expense of Park Ji-Sung and Jonny Evans comes in at left-back. And bad news for Darren Fletcher - he is not in the squad, which means he will surely not make the Champions League final.
12:05
BLACKBURN: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Phil Jones, Givet, Emerton, Jermaine Jones, Nzonzi, Olsson, Hoilett, Roberts... Subs: Bunn, Dunn, Kalinic, Pedersen, Andrews, Santa Cruz, Mwaruwari... MAN UTD: Kuszczak, Fabio Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Valencia, Giggs, Carrick, Nani, Rooney, Hernandez... Subs: Amos, Evra, Owen, Anderson, Berbatov, Smalling, Scholes... Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)