Steven Nzonzi found space from a corner and glanced a header into the net to give the visitors the lead after 54 minutes.
As the match suddenly burst into life, a long ball from Stephen Carr found McFadden in the area and his superb volleyed pass left Craig Gardner with a simple tap-in. Gardner got his second on 71 minutes to win it for the Midlands men.
Blackburn had missed a penalty on 50 minutes. Nikola Zigic was penalised for pulling Christopher Samba’s shirt but Ben Foster reacted superbly with a fingertip save on to the post from Morten Gamst Pedersen’s spot-kick.
At 25, Michael Oliver became the youngest referee in Premier League history, beating the record set by Stuart Attwell two years ago.
An in-depth match report will be available shortly.
Credits: PremierLeague.com
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