Rovers hammered at Upton Park

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Blackburn missed a penalty and failed to claw back an early two-goal deficit before they were finished off with two stoppage-time goals.

West Ham defender Calum Davenport had headed in Julien Faubert's corner to give the home side the lead after 12 minutes, before Chris Samba's own goal doubled their lead. Jason Roberts pulled a goal back before missing a spot kick before substitute Craig Bellamy and Carlton Cole wrapped up the victory.

Predictably, Ince's appearance at Upton Park produced more of the same verbal abuse he has become used to after a perceived disloyalty as a West Ham player nearly 20 years ago, when he left for Manchester United.

Centre-back Davenport's goal came when he outjumped Samba and Ryan Nelsen to head in Faubert's superbly delivered corner.

West Ham made it 2-0 eight minutes later with a controversial goal that was at first credited to Dean Ashton but was later proved on television replays to have gone in off Samba.

Two minutes later, though, Roberts was allowed a free passage through the West Ham penalty area and pulled a goal back with a neat finish just inside the far post.

But Blackburn's relief was short-lived. Roberts was soon booked for disputing an offside call and then Roque Santa Cruz limped off to be replaced by Matt Derbyshire.

Straight after the interval came a big escape for the Hammers as Cole, back in defence, handled a free-kick by Steven Reid, but Green plunged to his left to keep out Roberts' penalty.

The Hammers' third goal came from Bellamy as he raced onto former Rovers skipper Lucas Neill's through-ball at the start of five minutes stoppage-time. And just for good measure Cole blasted a fourth with almost the last kick of the game.