'You're just a fat Eddie Murphy' West Ham fans taunt Ince

He was branded "just a fat Eddie Murphy" by the West Ham fans. And the Blackburn boss certainly left Upton Park feeling raw - and wishing he could have traded places with his opposite number Alan Curbishley for his unlucky 90 minutes.

Just after losing star striker Roque Santa Cruz in the first half, Ince saw sub Matt Derbyshire's headed equaliser wrongly ruled offside.

Jason Roberts then missed a penalty after the break but Rovers were still very much in the game until West Ham's two stoppage-time goals saw an outrageously unfair 4-1 scoreline.

Itwas a Saturday Night Live that Ince will not want to see repeated.

"We were hard done by," said the former England midfielder, who had to wait 36 seconds into the game before the first seat-clearing chant of 'Stand Up If You Hate Paul Ince'.

"Curbs is obviously a lucky manager but I know he's also a top manager and I'm pleased for him."

Roberts admitted his 47th-minute penalty miss, after Carlton Cole had handled a Stephen Reid free-kick, had been the decisive moment in the game.

"All the momentum was going our way and if I'd stuck that away maybe things would have been totally different, but you miss some and you score some and, unfortunately I missed," said the £3million forward.

"People will look at the result but I don't think it really reflects the performance.

"We tried to push on towards the last 10 or 15 minutes of the game and that's where we really got caught out. We played well yet it looks like a convincing defeat."

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