Blackburn keeper Paul Robinson ran upfield in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time and was fouled by David Jones as they competed for a corner. Yakubu, who had earlier opened the scoring after just 68 seconds, scored the penalty to leave second-to-last Blackburn a point above Wigan. Wigan rallied to take a 2-1 halftime lead through goals by Jordi Gomez and Gary Caldwell but Canadian forward Junior Hoilett leveled for the visitors in the 60th. Albert Crusat then thought he had won it for Wigan before Yakubu’s last-ditch equalizer.