Rovers - Let's Kick Them While They Are Down!

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill expressed his delight at his side's fantastic 4-0 win at Blackburn lifted them to sixth in the Premier League table.

John Carew opened the scoring with a 29th-minute header, and Gareth Barry added the second from the spot following the incident in which Rovers captain Ryan Nelsen was sent off.

Ashley Young scored 10 minutes from time, and late substitute Marlon Harewood completed the rout with a counter-attacking winner.

O'Neill: "I'm delighted with a win of any sort. But I'm especially delighted to have got four on the spot, and three of those away from home.

"It's great for us, and confidence is very high at the moment. I thought for the first half-hour we were second-best. But our big goals are turning games, and I thought our second-half performance was excellent."

Rovers boss Mark Hughes: "I think he's given it (penalty) for a shirt pull, and it was probably the right decision. But I don't think it warranted a sending-off, in fairness.

"From that point on, we were trying to get back into the game at 2-0 down. But they got a couple of breakaways, both of which I had my doubts about - because I thought they might be offside."