Last updated: 5th April 2008
Hughes: Frustration
Blackburn boss Mark Hughes believes his side were denied a win against Tottenham following a 'cast-iron' penalty shout.
Blackburn had to come from behind to earn a draw at Ewood Park as Dimitar Berbatov gave Spurs an early lead, but good work from David Bentley gave Morten Gamst Pedersen the chance to equalise after half an hour.
From then on, the game could have gone either way and, although Hughes admits the game was finely balanced, he feels his side were disadvantaged by referee Peter Walton's decision to wave away the penalty shout.
"I thought it was a decent Premier League game," he told Sky Sports. "I thought it was two evenly matched teams, which does us great credit given the amount of finance being thrown at Spurs.
"We started a little bit slowly and they caused us a few problems in the opening part of the game, but they scored the goal and that really stirred us into action.
"We got back on level terms with a well worked goal and in the second half we continued to cause them a number of problems.
"We didn't make a great deal of chances in open play, but we had a cast-iron penalty not given from our point of view, but that's the referee's decision and we have to abide by it."
The incident happened in the last 10 minutes of the game as Bentley appeared to be blocked off by Spurs substitute Gilberto, and Hughes is adamant that his side deserved a spot-kick.
"If you look at it, the guy actually makes a movement and lifts his leg up to impede David Bentley.
"The least it is is obstruction. We felt it should have been given as a clear penalty because his intention was to take David out, but the referee didn't see it as such and we ended up with a throw-in."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Friday 25th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 21:15 | Benfica vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 26th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 21:15 | Sporting vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 2nd August | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 15:00 | Wolverhampton vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 9th August | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs NAC |
| Saturday 16th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Everton vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 23rd August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Hull |
| Saturday 30th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 13th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Arsenal |
| Saturday 20th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Fulham |
| Saturday 27th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Newcastle vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 4th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 17:30 | Blackburn vs Man Utd |
| Saturday 18th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Bolton vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 25th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 17:30 | Blackburn vs Middlesbrough |
| Wednesday 29th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Aston Villa vs Blackburn |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 11th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Birmingham 4 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 3rd May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 3 - 1 Derby | |
| Sunday 27th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Portsmouth 0 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 19th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 1 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Sunday 13th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Liverpool 3 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 5th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 1 - 1 Tottenham | |
| Saturday 29th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Reading 0 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 22nd March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 3 - 1 Wigan | |
| Saturday 15th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 8th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 1 - 1 Fulham | |
| Saturday 1st March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Newcastle 0 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Sunday 24th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 4 - 1 Bolton | |
| Monday 11th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Arsenal 2 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 2nd February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 0 - 0 Everton | |
| Saturday 26th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Aston Villa 1 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 19th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 1 - 1 Middlesbrough | |
| Sunday 13th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Bolton 1 - 2 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 5th January | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| Blackburn 1 - 4 Coventry | |
| Wednesday 2nd January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 1 - 0 Sunderland | |
| Sunday 30th December | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Derby 1 - 2 Blackburn | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 |
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