BLACKBURN Rovers were knocked out of the Lancashire FA Senior Cup tonight after going down to a 5-0 defeat to a strong Manchester United side at Leigh Sports Village.

Will Keane, the outstanding Ander Herrera and Andreas Pereira put United three goals to good at the end of a first half in which Devarn Green and the returning Chris Brown went close for a largely youthful Rovers team.

Red Devils substitute Joe Rothwell completed the scoriing with a second-half double.

Fit-again striker Brown was making his first competitive appearance for Rovers.

He came through 51 minutes before being replaced and was joined in Eric Kinder's starting line-upp by fellow first-teamers Chris Taylor, Adam Henley and Yann Songo'o.

For a full match report see tomorrow's Lancashire Telegraph.

Rovers: Crump, Nyambe (Doyle 59), Henley, Tanner, Songo'o, Daly, Mahoney, Taylor (Preston 78), Brown (Bauress 51), Green, Rittenberg. Subs not used: Williams, Lavelle.

United: Lindegaard, Janko (Grimshaw 68), Thorpe, J Evans (Love 64), Vermijl, Pearson, Harrop (Rothwell 29), Herrera, W Keane, Pereira, Januzaj. Subs not used: Pereira, Weir.