Zhirkov, who had a very mixed evening, clearly fouled substitute David Hoilett and McCarthy sent Hilario the wrong way from the penalty spot.

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Hoilett fired over as Rovers tried to make the most of their numerical advantage but, in truth, the home side remained well on top.

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With half an hour left, Blackburn were given renewed hope when Baker was shown a straight red card for a two-footed lunge at David Hoilett.

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And moments later, it was almost 1-0 to Blackburn as David Hoilett cut inside from the left and drew a sharp low save from Cech.

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Liam Ridgewell, possibly distracted by Johnson's return, allowed Hoilett to nick the ball off his toes and the Canadian youngster coolly took the ball past Foster and slotted into an empty net.

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Striker Junior Hoilett opened the scoring with a 58th-minute volley to record his third goal in two games before a late Yakubu header sealed back-to-back wins for Rovers, who moved six points clear of the drop zone.

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Hoilett skinned Martin Skrtel as he hit the bye-line and broke into the box before squaring to Benjani, who tapped into the net easily to leave the crowd cruelly singing "you're getting sacked in the morning" in the direction of Hodgson.

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