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<\/p>\nBlackburn\u2019s Championship clash with Ipswich will be replayed in full after Saturday\u2019s match at Ewood Park was abandoned in the 80th minute due to a waterlogged pitch.<\/p>\n
Rovers were leading 1-0 and had a numerical advantage after Jacob Greaves\u2019 red card reduced the visitors to 10 men, when referee Steve Martin halted play because of heavy rain. Following a short delay, the game was officially called off.<\/p>\n
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The EFL confirmed both clubs were consulted before the decision, with Blackburn manager Valerien Ismael arguing his side had \u201cthe right to want the three points.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement, the league said the board had \u201ccomprehensively considered all options\u201d but voted for a replay to \u201cuphold the integrity of the competition.\u201d The EFL added it will consult clubs on possible rule changes regarding abandoned matches in future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blackburn\u2019s Championship clash with Ipswich will be replayed in full after Saturday\u2019s match at Ewood Park was abandoned…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,30],"tags":[71,39,48,49,50,54],"class_list":["post-4068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","category-world","tag-champions-league","tag-entertainment","tag-feature","tag-human-interest","tag-international","tag-sports","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n