Championship

BLACKBURN ROVERS 4

Conway (22), Emnes (29), Marshall (46), Gallagher (90)

ROTHERHAM UTD 2

Ward (12, 83)

MARVIN EMNES scored on his home debut as Blackburn defeated Rotherham to register their first League win this season.

Despite a bright start, Rovers were caught cold in the 12th minute when Isaiah Brown slipped a perfect ball for Danny Ward to run on to and, with just Jason Steele to beat, he confidently rolled the ball into the net.

The advantage only lasted 10 minutes, though, as Rovers restored parity with a spectacular strike.

Danny Guthrie fed the ball to Craig Conway 25 yards out and he did the rest with an unstoppable effort into the top corner.

Sam Gallagher saw a shot tipped over for Blackburn before Ward was again sent through by Brown, this time forcing a stunning closerange save from Steele.

Blackburn took advantage of that on the half-hour as Gallagher dummied to release Conway. He laid the ball back for Emnes, who buried his shot from inside the area.

Only a sensational save from Lee Camp stopped Blackburn from scoring another minutes later, when he reacted quickly to tip away after Joe Mattock had diverted a dangerous Conway cross goalwards.

The inevitable third came less than 20 seconds into the second half as Emnes found Ben Marshall on the right. He was given far too much time to cut inside and curled a glorious 20-yard effort beyond Camp.

The Millers grabbed a lifeline seven minutes from the end when Ward threw himself at Stephen Kelly’s near-post cross to head in his second.

He almost grabbed a third moments later, before Gallagher got the goal he deserved in injury time when Emnes outmuscled Kelvin Wilson and squared for Gallagher to tap-in.