3 things we clearly learnt about Blackburn Rovers after their 1-0 defeat Sheffield United

Blackburn Rovers suffered another blow to their Championship promotion hopes on Wednesday evening, as they were beaten 1-0 by Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

After a goalless opening 45 minutes, Rovers were handed an advantage midway through the second half, when Blades centre back Charlie Goode was sent off for a dangerous challenge on winger Reda Khadra.

The visitors then looked to have been handed a major opportunity to open the scoring when referee Matt Donohue pointed to the penalty spot after Khadra’s shot hit the hand of John Egan inside the Sheffield United area.

However, Khadra then saw his penalty saved by Blades ‘keeper Wes Foderingham, something which saw the hosts rally, and they would snatch a late winner in stoppage time, when Ben Davies scrambled the ball home from a corner.

That defeat, coupled with results elsewhere, mean that Rovers have slipped to fifth in the Championship table, four points adrift of the automatic promotion places.

As a result, there will be plenty for manager Tony Mowbray to think about in the wake of that loss, and here, we’ve taken a look at three things we learned about Blackburn from that clash with Sheffield United.

Defence will be key

Blackburn set an unwanted new record with that defeat at Sheffield United on Wednesday, as they failed to score for a fifth straight league games for the first time in their history.

As a result, it is hard to see goals being forthcoming for the club anytime soon, especially with Ben Brereton-Diaz out injured, meaning Rovers may well be relying on their defence to keep opposition teams out at the other hand, to give them the chance of picking up results between now and the end of the season.

With that in mind, the fact that Blackburn’s three