The Premier League match between Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Ewood Park on, Saturday Sept 12 2009.
After five hours without a goal in front of their own fans, Blackburn Rovers finally produced the kind of display associated with Sam Allardyce as they swept past newly-promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Although Allardyce has improved his new team considerably since taking charge in December last year and few expected last season's relegation battle to be repeated, they had managed just one goal in the Premier League before today.
That miserable run ended when El-Hadji Diouf capitalised on a poor pass from Karl Henry to carry the ball through Michael Mancienne's desperate challenge to guide the ball through Wayne Hennessey's legs for a first goal at Ewood Park in five hours and 21 minutes.
Wolves had been bright to that point but had to withstand further heavy pressure from the hosts, with David Dunn and Keith Andrews both going close before Morten Gamst Pedersen's curling free kick hit the post in first-half added time.
Mick McCarthy was moved to bring on his powerful new Austrian forward Stefan Maierhofer at the break but there was to be no reversing Blackburn's dominance, partly thanks to more poor defending from the Premier League new-boys.
From David Dunn's corner, Mancienne failed to track Gael Givet's run and the Frenchman's header deflected off Jason Roberts' chest and into the corner of Hennessey's net.
Just after the hour, Blackburn added a third with a move of real quality as Pedersen's diagonal ball sent Roberts through on goal only to make a mess of his shot before Dunn tapped in from just a couple of yards out to end any hope of a comeback.
Kevin Doyle had a shot pushed over the bar by Robinson but there was also a return for Blackburn utility player Brett Emerton after eight months out with a knee injury and a first appearance in English football for Michel Salgado as even Maierhofer's late consolation, a scrambled effort from a corner, failed to dampen the mood.
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