It was just a lack of communication between Rio and VDS. The header was an aerial setup by Rio for VDS to catch the ball, with the assumption that VDS did not rush out off his line. Unfortunate, but it happened anyway.
Even though he's not the most iconic or best player in Blackburn, Morten Gamst Pedersen is always a cult legend for everyone started watching Premier League around mid 2000s :)
excellent blackburn team .. friedel has perhaps been the most underrated premier league gk ever .. he still holds the record for the most consecutive starts in the premier league .. and it took hugo loris quite a while to knock a 41yr old friedel off the number one spot at spurs .. friedel is a premier league legend in my opinion
I am a Utd fan and they where the days when we feared playing Blackburn. Had brilliant away days at Ewood. Let's hope they come back up where they belong.
Rovers were a great outfit under Mark Hughes. They had the togetherness and dogged spirit complemented with individual moments of brilliance like this. They would've broke into the Champions League had the parsimonious Walker Trust backed him in the transfer market.