Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean is convinced his side will avoid relegation this season despite two successive defeats has seen them slip back into the bottom three. The Scot insists the atmosphere at the club is vibrant, saying: "I'm very confident. We are not edgy, we feel as though we are in control and have enough quality.

"We are training at a very high level and it is a positive atmosphere, it is not a negative one at all.

"We are convinced we have got the players and the fixtures ahead of us that we can get ourselves out of this position we are in.

"It is never nice when you slip down a couple of places but we have to focus the players on what was good in the games, and there was plenty of encouragement to take from the Manchester United game."

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