Blackburn substitute David Dunn boosted his side’s survival hopes with a crucial late equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Aston Villa at Ewood Park on Saturday. Dunn converted a Bradley Orr cross five minutes from full-time to keep Steve Kean’s strugglers within touching distance of climbing out of the Premier League relegation zone. Rovers, who fell behind to Charles N’Zogbia’s first half strike, remain third bottom, but they are behind Wolves and QPR only on goal difference.
Alex McLeish’s Villa stay eight points clear of the bottom three, but this was another frustrating result for the under-fire boss. Villa almost grabbed a fourth minute lead through Marc Albrighton. N’Zogbia picked up the ball deep the Rovers box and laid the ball back to Albrighton, who lashed his shot over the bar from eight yards.
