David Bentley says Blackburn Rovers can only benefit from a reinvigorated Benni McCarthy.

McCarthy scored from the spot in Sunday's victory over Birmingham and Bentley said: "Benni's got the bit between his teeth because he wants to perform. He's not going to come out and toss it off, he wants to come out and show his quality, and that's what he did today.

"He grabbed the ball for the penalty and stuck it away.

"When you've got players like that in the team, it's brilliant and hopefully he'll continue scoring."