Middlesbrough skipper Emanuel Pogatetz admits the players have been hurt by last weekend's 5-0 humiliation by Chelsea.
"The pride of the players has been hurt. But we have a lot of characters in the dressing room and we want to win our pride back," the Austria defender told the Evening Gazette.
"That's why we have to make sure that we get something out of the game at Blackburn. There has to be a reaction and I think there will be."