Yuki Ohashi's strike just before the break proved enough for Blackburn to take the points from a hard-earned 1-0 Championship victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

The decisive moment came in the fifth of eight minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half when Ryoya Morishita skilfully got behind City's defence on the right and crossed low for Ohashi to fire home from the edge of the six-yard box.

Rovers defended their lead with huge commitment and were good value for their win against a home side who created little in the way of clear chances.

Gerhard Struber made three changes to the City team hammered 5-1 at Stoke, with Haydon Roberts replacing the injured Rob Atkinson, Ross McCrorie coming in for Mark Sykes and Emil Riis for Sinclair Armstrong, while Blackburn's line-up showed two changes, Ryan Hedges and Morishita preferred to Dion De Neve and Axel Henriksson.

Rovers deserved their lead at the end of a first half of total frustration for the hosts, who failed to test visiting goalkeeper Balazs Toth.

It was City keeper Radek Vitek who was called upon to make the best save, diving full length to keep...