BLACKBURN ROVERS were disappointed to only take a point from their game against promotion-chasing Swansea on Tuesday night when an Andre Ayew penalty cancelled out Bradley Dack's opener.

The Swansea goal came against the run of play against a Blackburn side who impressed in flashes and dominated possession for much of the game.

The game’s standout moment saw Blackburn open the scoring as Tom Trybull’s delicately lofted through-ball found Dack who finished neatly through the legs of Freddie Woodman.

The goal aside, a lack of a clinical edge in the final third let Blackburn down as it has done on numerous occasions in recent weeks prior to their 2-0 win at Millwall last weekend. 

Their varied build-up play was effective on an unpredictable playing surface, but they often made the wrong choice once in and around the box.

19-year-old Tyrhys Dolan was lively leading the line in the absence of top-scorer Adam Armstrong, while Ben Brereton and Sam Gallagher offered attacking outlets from wide.

Gallagher’s hold-up play and physical presence was useful throughout, but it was he who gave away the penalty. He kicked Ryan Fulton instead of the ball as he tried to clear after a long throw from Connor Roberts led to a scramble in the box.

Ayew duly dispatched the spot-kick past Thomas Kaminski.

Swansea’s main threat came from those Roberts throws from either side. Blackburn were the more enterprising of the two sides.

John Buckley impressed in midfield for Rovers, while the defensive partnership of Darragh Lenihan and Manchester City loanee Taylor Harwood-Bellis looked solid, as they had in the win at Millwall.

“I think the performance level wasn’t much better or much worse than we’ve been producing recently, but we were in the ascendancy for most of the game against a decent side and deserved better overall," said Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray.

“We played really well in the first-half and they changed things around a little bit for the second half.

“We tried to counter that with our formation and I thought there was enough to suggest we could have won it.

“We can beat anybody in the league on our day and we could and should have beaten the team who could have gone second in our league had they won."

Mowbray’s side will get another chance to prove they can mix it with the best in the Championship when they host fourth-place Brentford on Friday night.