Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Barnet

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FA Cup: Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Barnet highlights

Blackburn roared back with three second-half goals to beat Barnet and avoid a shock FA Cup first-round exit.

The League Two visitors threatened an upset through Simeon Akinola's opener, but Rovers showed their class after the break with goals from Joe Nuttall, Danny Graham and Marcus Antonsson.

Blackburn had not lost at this stage since 1971 and started well, with Graham denied an opener by a superb save by Barnet goalkeeper Craig Ross.

But the Bees went ahead when Jack Taylor powered through and unselfishly squared for Akinola to tap in.

The hosts were stunned, but dominated the second half.

Ross again denied Graham, this time from point-blank range, before Nuttall equalised by rifling home Bradley Dack's pass - his second goal of the week.

Dack supplied the second by feeding Graham who hammered home his third of the season from a tight angle.

And Antonsson made the result safe with a precise 20-yard drive that found the bottom corner.

Match report supplied by the Press Association

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Line-ups

Blackburn

• 13Leutwiler
• 16Caddis
• 25Downing
• 14Mulgrew
• 3Williams
• 4Harper
• 29EvansBooked at 60mins
• 5HartSubstituted forNuttallat 45'minutes
• 22GladwinSubstituted forAntonssonat 70'minutes
• 10Graham
• 23DackSubstituted forBennettat 74'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Raya
• 2Nyambe
• 11Whittingham
• 15Ward
• 20Antonsson
• 31Bennett
• 38Nuttall

Barnet

• 21Ross
• 7Watson
• 4Clough
• 5Almeida Santos
• 13Tutonda
• 12Taylor
• 18FonguckSubstituted forAghadiunoat 82'minutes
• 20Vilhete
• 14AkinolaSubstituted forBoverat 71'minutes
• 23Nicholls
• 25Akpa Akpro

Substitutes

• 6Nelson
• 15Bover
• 16Taylor
• 24Blackman
• 31McKenzie-Lyle
• 37Aghadiuno

Referee:

Carl Boyeson

Attendance:

3,710

Match Stats

Home TeamBlackburnAway TeamBarnet

Possession

Home57%

Away43%

Shots

Home16

Away12

Shots on Target

Home6

Away3

Corners

Home13

Away4

Fouls

Home11

Away7

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 3, Barnet 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 3, Barnet 1.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt missed. Ruben Bover (Barnet) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 90'+3'

Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Ruben Bover (Barnet).

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt missed. Benjamin Aghadiuno (Barnet) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. David Tutonda (Barnet) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 90'

Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Danny Graham.

Posted at 87'

Attempt blocked. Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 86'

Attempt saved. Marcus Antonsson (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.

Posted at 86'

Joe Nuttall (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Jack Taylor (Barnet).

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Barnet. Benjamin Aghadiuno replaces Wesley Fonguck.

Goal!

Posted at 81'

Goal! Blackburn Rovers 3, Barnet 1. Marcus Antonsson (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

Posted at 78'

Paul Caddis (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Alex Nicholls (Barnet).

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Elliott Bennett replaces Bradley Dack.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Barnet) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Barnet. Ruben Bover replaces Simeon Akinola.

Goal!

Posted at 70'

Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Barnet 1. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Paul Downing.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Marcus Antonsson replaces Ben Gladwin.

Posted at 68'

Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Derrick Williams.

Posted at 68'

Attempt blocked. Charlie Clough (Barnet) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Rekeem Harper (Blackburn Rovers).

Posted at 68'

Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Joe Nuttall (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by David Tutonda.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Ricardo Santos.

Posted at 64'

Attempt blocked. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Goal!

Posted at 63'

Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Barnet 1. Joe Nuttall (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bradley Dack.

Posted at 63'

Ben Gladwin (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Ricardo Santos (Barnet).

Posted at 62'

Foul by Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers).

Posted at 62'

Charlie Clough (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 61'

Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.

Booking

Posted at 60'

Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 60'

Jack Taylor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers).

Posted at 59'

Foul by Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers).

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Meanwhile, Blackburn's scheduled League One home game with Walsall next Saturday (11 November) has been postponed because of international call-ups. No new date has yet been confirmed.