BLACKBURN finished what has been a largely disappointing season on a high with a 5-2 dismantling of Birmingham City on Saturday.

An Adam Armstrong hat-trick plus goals from Ben Brereton and Harvey Elliott showed what Blackburn should have been capable of throughout the season had they been able to turn possession and attacking play into goals on a more regular basis.

Birmingham took an early lead through Kristian Pedersen and then equalised in the second half though Lukas Jutkiewicz after an Armstrong penalty and Brereton’s goal on the stroke of half-time had given the home side the lead.