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WEST HAM have been beaten by Blackburn as Scott Parker still searches for his first win as Hammers boss.
Rovers ran out into a 2-0 lead with 20 minutes to play before Joel Piroe pulled one back, but the Irons couldn’t replicate Wednesday’s performance as they suffered defeat.
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That’s the final whistle.
Blackburn Rovers edge out West Ham United 2-1 to secure the victory.
That’s it!
The final whistle sounds and it ends Blackburn Rovers 2, West Ham United 1.
Lewis Orford tees up Joël Piroe, whose left-footed strike from outside the box is blocked.
Jarrod Bowen tees up Tomás Soucek, whose header from the centre of the box is kept out in the top centre of the goal by Balázs Tóth (Blackburn Rovers).
Yuki Ohashi supplies the pass for Todd Cantwell, whose right-footed strike from the centre of the box is kept out in the top centre of the goal by Mads Hermansen.
Ezra Mayers supplies the cross for Konstantinos Mavropanos, whose header from the right side of the box for West Ham United misses to the right.
Lewis Orford earns a free kick in the defensive half for West Ham United.
Moussa Baradji gives away a foul for Blackburn Rovers.
The fourth official signals that there will be five minutes of added time.
Blackburn Rovers win a corner after Konstantinos Mavropanos turns it behind.
Blackburn Rovers force a corner off Konstantinos Mavropanos.
Maximilian Kilman wins a free kick in the defensive half for West Ham United.
Moussa Baradji concedes a foul for Blackburn Rovers.
YELLOW CARD!
Blackburn Rovers’ Augustus Kargbo goes into the book.
Augustus Kargbo goes to ground, but the referee isn’t buying it and rules it as simulation.
YELLOW CARD!
West Ham United’s Arne Engels goes into the book.
Arne Engels concedes a foul for West Ham United.
Augustus Kargbo earns a free kick on the left wing for Blackburn Rovers.
SUB: Moussa Baradji replaces Kristi Montgomery for Blackburn Rovers.
GOAL!
Blackburn Rovers 2, West Ham United 1.
Joël Piroe fires a right-footed shot from the centre of the box straight into the top-left corner, turning in a cross from Valentín Castellanos.
Jarrod Bowen lets fly with a right-footed shot from the right side of the six-yard box, but it drifts wide of the post.
Arne Engels whips in a cross for Valentín Castellanos, but the West Ham United player’s right-footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Maximilian Kilman wins a free kick down the left wing for West Ham United.
Blackburn Rovers’ Yuki Ohashi is penalised for a foul.