Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean was delighted with their crucial win over Sunderland.

A 2-0 win over Sunderland at Ewood Park, courtesy of goals from Junior Hoilett and Aiyegbeni Yakubu, moved Rovers six points clear of the bottom three.

"Not only have we got back-to-back wins but back-to-back clean sheets. We have been worked hard on that aspect," Kean said.

"I felt when we cleared that one off the line (by Olsson) I was thinking 'give us a another clean sheet' and now we have some daylight.

"I think we can catch (teams above) and with confidence and consistency in the team, which we can feel with abundance, we can start to look up.

"There is still a lot of football to be played and we looked at this month as an opportunity to put points on the board and possibly put a little bit of gap between the teams around us.

"Looking now at the last 11 games we have got 17 points and to keep chipping away and keep adding points is encouraging."