HOW the action unfolded

4 mins: The balls drops for Djorkaeff after a bout of head tennis but the midfielder hits his shot wildly over the bar.

6 mins: Thompson whips in a low cross and Bergsson has hearts in mouths as his clearance just misses his own goal.

GOAL

8 mins: A beautifully worked goal begins with Frandsen clipping in a cross which Pedersen nods down for Okocha to thrash into the far corner.

13 mins: Thompson's inch-perfect low cross just needs a connection from Andy Cole but he misses the ball which runs through his legs to safety.

40 mins: Pedersen dummies Charlton's cross but unmarked Gardner is wild with his finish.

Half time: Wanderers 1 Blackburn Rovers 0

47 mins: Determined Pedersen chases a back pass and charges down Friedel's clearance but the ball deflects away from goal.

51 mins: Per Frandsen gets everything behind a 25-yard shot but Friedel is equal to it, saving in the bottom corner.

58 mins: Duff picks out Thompson who picks out a spot inches wide of the post with the Wanderers defence helpless.

59 mins: A sweet turn by substitute Nolan leaves the Rovers defence for dead but his pull back for Djorkaeff is met with a dreadful shot with the goal begging.

61 mins: Dwight Yorke is left unmarked from a corner but he is left with head in hands after steering his shot hopeless wide.

65 mins: Rovers produce their first shot on target, Tugay hitting a rasping low drive into Jaaskelainen's stomach.

70 mins: Jaaskelainen pulls off a superb save to keep out Thompson's thunderous drive.

72 mins: Yorke rifles a vicious left-footed shot against the crossbar and Wanderers survive.

88 mins: Ricketts and Djorkaeff link up on a counter attack, the Frenchman's shot kept out by Friedel at full stretch.

92 mins: Flitcroft's header is going into the top corner until Jaaskelain flies through the air and grabs it at full stretch.

GOAL

95 mins: Surely time is up as Yorke races down the right and crosses for Short to head in the equaliser from close range.

Full time: Wanderers 1

Blackburn Rovers 1