Blackburn 1-0 Bristol City: FLW reports as Weimann strikes late to punish Rovers’ lack of cutting edge

Blackburn Rovers hopes of claiming a Championship play-off place were dealt another blow at Ewood Park, as Bristol City snatched a late winner to claim all three points from a game they should long since have been out of.

Having squandered a number of opportunities, not least seeing another penalty saved, to raise further questions about their struggles in front of goal since the turn of the year, Rovers were then hit with an agonising late sucker punch, as Andreas Weimann showed the cutting edge their hosts had been lacking to claim victory for the mid-table bound Robins in stoppage time.

Despite a lively start from the hosts, it was Bristol City who created the first half chance, Antoine Semenyo twisting and turning his way into the Blackburn penalty area down the left, before dragging a shot across the face of goal.

Up the other end, Rovers thought they had opened the scoring just before the 15 minute mark, as Darragh Lenihan powered a close range header goalwards from Joe Rothwell’s corner, only for Bristol City ‘keeper Dan Bentley to get down brilliantly and palm the ball away from almost on the goaline.

Indeed, it was Rovers who would grow into the ascendency for a period, Reda Khadra twice having shots from a tight angle beaten behind by Bentley for corners that ultimately came to nothing.

The hosts would continue to have the majority of the chances, and almost has another opening when an excellent fizzed ball across the Bristol City area from the deep-lying Khadra narrowly avoided the out-stretched boot of Joe Rankin-Costello.

But for all those openings, Blackburn looked like a team with just one goal in eight games at the start of play, and as they struggled to make the most of their openings, frustation from