Chris Foy blows the whistle for full time

The fourth official indicates three minutes of added time

Rovers have done well to contain United despite having ten men for the majority of the second half

Blackburn almost grabbed a consolation goal when Samba rose like a salmon from a corner and his header was cleared off the line

Nani wasted a good opportunity to get a shot on target when he moved accross the box and fired the ball high and wide

Ferdinand rose highest from a Giggs corner but his header was straight at Friedel in the Blackburn goal

Rio Ferdinand brought the ball down from a corner at the back post then drove it back into the box where Carlos Tevez was perfectly placed to finish but the Argentinian was not expecting it and Blackburn cleared the ball

Owen Hargreaves is replaced by Michael Carrick

Roque Santa Cruz is replaced by Matt Derbyshire

Nani is down injured after his trickery was too much for Warnock who brought him down recklessly

Good defending by Blackburn who did well to contain Anderson and Evra who pick-pocketed Brett Emerton before Evra managed to get his shot off

Louis Saha is replaced by Nani

Wes Brown made a brilliant run down the right and crossed low and hard into the box for Ryan Giggs who was an inch from putting it into the back of the net

Louis Saha has been a very disappointing replacement for Rooney this afternoon and his body language shows exactly that

Owen Hargreaves showing good creativity by picking Giggs out with a superb dinked pass into the box, but Ryan Nelson outmuscled the Welshman and cleared to safety

Mark Hughes has yet to make a change to his side and it appears that he is sticking with keeping two strikers up top

Blackburn may as well pack up and go home because United are probably going to run riot with them for the remainder of the game

David Dunn recieves his second yellow card of the game and is sent off for Blackburn

David Bentley made a superb dangerous cross into the penalty area but unfortunately for Blackburn they had no bodies inside the box

Ryan Giggs got down the left side of the penalty area and pulled the ball back for Tevez who rarely mishit the ball out for a goal kick

An encouraging start to the second half for Blackburn, with them taking control of the game early on in the second period

Ryan Giggs sidefooted a thirty yard volley with Brad Friedel back pedaling rapidly, but the ball dipped over the cross bar

Manchester United get the game back underway

Chris Foy blows the whistle for the midway interval

The referee indicates two minute of added time

David Bentley should of perhaps done better when he recieved the ball on the edge of the area when he turned and hit the ball on the half volley, but it went wide of the mark for Rovers

Blackburn are still continuing to play football and all credit to them for trying to take the game to the home side despite the scoreline

Christiano Ronaldo is causing Blackburn all sorts of problems with his movement all over the pitch, and he has every chance of getting a hatrick this afternoon

Blackburn surely have a mountain to climb now, especially considering United have only conceded one goal at home all season

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 0 BLACKBURN (RONALDO) Christiano Ronaldo with two quick fire goals, this time a good finish after some good build up play from Tevez and Saha

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 - 0 BLACKBURN (RONALDO) Christian Ronaldo smashes the ball into the back of the net from a Ryan Giggs corner

Blackburn defending brilliantly again, this time it was Ryan Nelson who made a perfectly timed challenge on Saha

A great block by Gamst Pedersen just as Wes Brown was about to pull the trigger outside the area for United

David Dunn booked for trying to sway shirts with Ronaldo when the game is only in the first half

Van Der Sar makes a save with his hands but almost handled the ball outside his area but his neat footwork saved his bacon

Louis Saha could have been in on goal if he were quicker to react to Samba's mistake on the ball but the Frenchman failed to make the most of it

Brad Friedel makes a fluff of his clearance which almost let Ronaldo have a clear shot at goal, but Nelson did well to get his body in the way of his strike

Blackburn are working very hard all over the pitch and after starting the game well are showing exactly why they are so high in the table so far this season

David Bentley showing why teams have men on the posts for corners with a clearance off the line from Ronaldo's header

David Bentley played a wonderful precise delivery into the box, the ball bounced up and Christopher Samba picked the ball up and fired a thunderbolt which smashed off Van Der Sar's upright

United had around four players in the penalty area waiting for a cross from Christiano Ronaldo, but instead he cut inside and fired the ball at Friedel who saved more than comfortably

Ronaldo made the most blatent hand ball which Chris Foy somehow missed and let play go on

David Dunn played a beautiful ball forward for Pedersen who layed the ball back for McCarthy who wasted a very good chance for the away side

David Bentley looks in some pain and is down on the floor rolling around holding his shin, which may be a worry to Steve McClaren

Roque Santa Cruz complains to the referee after thought he was blatently fouled by Rio Ferdinand just over the half way line

Ryan Nelson did well to spot the danger as Tevez looked to chip the ball into the box but the New Zealander clear the ball from danger

Great play by Carlos Tevez who picked the ball up deep and drove forward sharply into the penalty area then shooting low and hard, only for Brad Friedel to save well from the Argentinian

Edwin Van Der Sar was beaten as Morten Gamst Pedersen's shot whistled inches past the post after good work from David Bentley and Benni McCarthy

The start to the game has been a little scrappy and neither team has strung together more than four passes

Aaron Mokoena gives a free kick away just inside his own half for a trip on Nemanja Vidic

An early mistake by Rio Ferdinand almost gives Blackburn an early chance

Blackburn get the game underway here at Old Trafford

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Mark Hughes has no new injury worries ahead of the game and looks to continue his side's eight match unbeaten run in all competitions

Sir Alex Ferguson makes several changes to the side that played in the Champions League during the week, with Ferdinand, Anderson and Hargreaves all returning. Louis Saha also replaces the injured Wayne Rooney.

Blackburn Line-up: Friedel, Emerton, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Bentley, Dunn, Mokoena, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, McCarthy

Man United Line-up: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Anderson, Hargreaves, Giggs, Tevez, Saha