Sun 24th May - Ewood Park
By Steven Morrison Last updated: 25th September 2007
Hughes: Defiant
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes insists his side are still a good team, despite losing two consecutive matches.
Rovers were on a run of 15 games unbeaten before they came unstuck against Greek side Larissa in the Uefa Cup last week and have since been overturned by Portsmouth.
And Hughes is sticking by his team and says it is 'unrealistic' to expect them to go unbeaten all season.
"We are not beating ourselves up and we know we have to just get back on track," he said.
"We've had a couple of setbacks but we know we are still a good team.
"There are certainly no great problems with the make-up of the team. Two results have gone against us but prior to that we had gone 15 games without defeat.
"It is unrealistic to expect us to be unbeaten in every game."
Rovers will be looking to turn things around starting with a win against Birmingham in Wednesday's Carling Cup tie.
Hughes will be without defender Ryan Nelsen for the match, but has revealed the New Zealand international's hamstring injury is not as bad as first thought.
"We've had good news from Ryan's scan," he added. "His hamstring is fine and it's just a bit of scar tissue which has released itself. He's had a similar feeling before and was back very quickly."

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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 25th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 15:00 | Leeds vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 1st August | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 15:00 | Sheff Wed vs Blackburn |
| Wednesday 5th August | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 19:45 | Blackburn vs Hibernian |
| Saturday 15th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Man City |
| Tuesday 18th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Fulham vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 22nd August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Sunderland vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 29th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs West Ham |
| Saturday 12th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Wolverhampton |
| Saturday 19th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Everton vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 26th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Aston Villa |
| Saturday 3rd October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Arsenal vs Blackburn |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 24th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 0 - 0 West Brom | |
| Sunday 17th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 9th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 2 - 0 Portsmouth | |
| Saturday 2nd May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 3 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Sunday 26th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 2 - 0 Wigan | |
| Saturday 18th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Stoke 1 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 11th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Liverpool 4 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 4th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 2 - 1 Tottenham | |
| Saturday 21st March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 1 - 1 West Ham | |
| Saturday 14th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Arsenal 4 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Wednesday 11th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Fulham 1 - 2 Blackburn | |
| Wednesday 4th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 0 - 0 Everton | |
| Sunday 1st March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Hull 1 - 2 Blackburn | |
| Tuesday 24th February | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| Coventry 1 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 21st February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man Utd 2 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Saturday 14th February | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| Blackburn 2 - 2 Coventry | |
| Saturday 7th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 0 - 2 Aston Villa | |
| Wednesday 4th February | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| Blackburn 2 - 1 Sunderland | |
| Saturday 31st January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Wednesday 28th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 2 - 2 Bolton | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Burnley | 0 | 0 |
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