‘He’s proved me wrong’ – Many Blackburn Rovers fans react to key man’s performance following Middlesbrough victory | OneFootball

Sam Gallagher’s 76th-minute strike proved to be the difference between two high-flyers as Blackburn Rovers secured a precious 1-0 home victory over Middlesbrough yesterday evening.

Boro were in scintillating form coming into this tie, going unbeaten in their last seven league matches and winning 19 points from a possible 21 during this remarkable run, putting them in contention to win a top-six spot at the end of the campaign.

And under the stewardship of Chris Wilder, this looked set to continue against a side that had two of their key starters in Ben Brereton Diaz and Joe Rothwell missing from their squad, as well as exciting forward Tyrhys Dolan.

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However, Tony Mowbray’s young squad fought against the odds once again to keep things tight at the back and grab a late winner, with Gallagher’s swivel and shot into the bottom corner worthy of the three points the Lancashire outfit won.

This victory takes Rovers into the play-off spots after seeing AFC Bournemouth slip up numerous times recently – and although they suffered their own defeat in midweek against Hull City – they responded perfectly with this result.

With new signing Dilan Markanday out and Brereton Diaz on international duty, it was the duo of Gallagher and Reda Khadra, with the former being awarded multiple man of the match awards following his second-half winner.

How did Blackburn fans react to this performance though? Do they believe he put in a performance worthy of those awards?

We take a look at what a selection of their supporters had to say on Twitter.