FINAL SCORE: Blackburn Rovers 3 Norwich City 1
90th - Goal, City pull one back thanks to Jens Berthel Askou who heads home a corner from Fox.
88th - Bunn does well to stop a rasping shot from Hughes which is turned away for a corner.
86th - Another good ball into the Rovers box from Francomb almost finds its way to Oli Johnson as City look to find a way through to goal.
83rd - Goal, 3-0 to Rovers and a hat'-trick for Diouf. A great cross from the left by Pedersen is met by Diouf who powerfully headed past Rudd.
80th - A final change from the home side as Martin Olsson replaces Gael Givet.
78th- Goal, 2-0 to Blackburn as Diouf get his second goal of the game. After a scramble Diouf's effort is awarded by an assistant after City looked to have hacked the ball off the line.
74th - Blackburn pile forward in search of a second goal and hit the post twice in the space of 60 seconds. Firstly Linganzi sees his shot come back off the post before Diouf sends a header crashing on to the woodwork.
71st - Lambert makes is final chamge of the evening with Stephen Hughes replacing Russell Martin. The change sees Lappin take-up Martin's left-back berth while Hughes joines a new-look midfield of Gill, Hughes, Fox and McNamee.
66th - Two changes for City as on come Anthony McNamee and Oli Johnson to replace Hoolahan and Holt.
65th - Corner for City after Francomb's floated cross headed behind. Holt mets Fox's ball into the box the near post with a powerful header that Bunn did well to stop.
61st - Two changes for the hosts, on come Steven Nzonzi and Phil Jones for Chris Samba and Vince Grella.
60th - Rovers win the first corner of the second half after Russell Martin blocks Pederson's cross. Samba meets the corner with a firm header that sails over the crossbar.
52nd - A long ball up field from Rovers sees Diouf jump with Rudd for the ball, although the Rovers man won the ball his header fell wide of the empty goal.
51st - Holt tests Bunn with a long-range effort that the home 'keeper spills but gathers at the second time of asking.
50th - The crowd at Ewood Park tonight has been confirmed as being 9,235. The number of Norwich fans has not been confirmed but looks like around the 500-mark.
49th - In almost a carbon copy of their goal Rovers send a long throw into the City box which is again flicked on before Elliott Ward clears the danger.
46th - Rovers get the second half underway. There have been no team changes during the half-time break.
Half-time: Blackburn Rovers 1 Norwich City 0
45th - On the stroke of half-time Jackson has a snap shot well saved by Bunn.
43rd - City break forward well with Fox picking out Holt in a wide right position but his coss for Jackson is caught by Bunn.
39th - Norwich force their first corner of the game after Lappin's cross was headed over by Samba but no-one is able to make contact with Fox's flag kick.
36th - Rovers move the ball forward swifty and look to release Junior Hoilett but City are saved by an assistant's flag for offside.
33rd - The goal has woken the small home crowd as Rovers continue to retain the ball for long periods of play.
31st - City are grateful to some last-ditch defending on the edge of their aera to prevent Diouf from making it 2-0.
27th goal - The hosts continue to to push forward and from a deep throw the ball is flicked on to Mame Biram Diouf who heads past Rudd to open the scoring.
20th - Simon Lappin sends in a free kick from the right which Holt manages to get to but the effort is gathered by Mark Bunn in the Rovers goal.
18th Rudd makes a smart save low to his right to deny Morten Gamst Pedersen.
16th - Norwich break forward as Holt and Hoolahan combine well to tee- up Fox but his shot from outside the area flies high over the Rovers goal.
13th - Emerton is in the thick of the action for Rovers and sends a neat cross into the back post but the ball has just too much pace on it and runs out for a goal kick.
9th - Rovers push forward and win two quick corners before Bret Emerton blasts a shot well wide of Declan Rudd's near post.
6th - Rovers force the first corner but the ball is cleared at the near post by the City defence.
4th - A good City move involving Russell Martin, Wes Hoolahan and Matt Gill sees the ball worked out to the right where George Francomb crosses to the back post but the ball just escapes the on-rushing Grant Holt.
1st - City kick-off attacking the Blackburn End. The City fans are sat in the Darwen End.
CITY boss Paul Lambert has made seven changes to the side that started Saturday's Championship match with Swansea City for this evening's Carling Cup tie with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park (8pm).
Tonight's sees first starts of the season for goalkeeper Declan Rudd, defenders Jens Berthel Askou and George Francomb, midfielder Matt Gill and summer-signing Simeon Jackson.
Just like Lambert, home manager Sam Allardyce has made changes to his line-up with eight new faces coming in to the Rovers team that lost 2-1 away to Birmingham City at the weekend.
CITY: Rudd, R. Martin (Hughes 71), Gill, Holt (Johnson 66), Jackson, Hoolahan (McNamee 66), Fox, Lappin, Ward, Francomb, Askou subs: Ruddy (GK) Surman, C. Martin, Smith.
ROVERS: Bunn, Jacobsen, Samba (Nzonzi 61), Givet (Olsson 80), Emerton, Grella (Jones 61), Pedersen, Linganzi, Hoilett, Chimbonda, M. Diouf subs: Fielding (GK), E. Diouf, Judge, Morris
REFEREE: Mr J Moss
