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Ki-Jana Hoever celebrates scoring for Stoke with team-mate Tyrese Campbell.

Stoke hold off rally in five-goal fight to dent Blackburns promotion hopes

The visitors failed to prevent their 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions from drawing to an end.

BLACKBURNS AUTOMATIC PROMOTION hopes suffered a setback as Stoke staved off a desperate fightback to win 3-2 in the Championship on Friday.

The visitors launched a late revival but failed to prevent their 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions from drawing to an end.

A confident Stoke side, who thumped Sunderland 5-1 last weekend, picked up where they left off with a first-half double.

Wolves loanee Ki-Jana Hoever twice finished expertly as he met accurate crosses, notching the first league goals of his career.

Tyrese Campbell added a third to put Stoke within reach of successive league victories for the first time since October.

However, late Rovers goals from Ben Brereton Diaz his 12th of the season and Sam Gallagher nearly teed up a grandstand finish.

It proved too little, too late for Blackburn, as they failed to register a fifth consecutive league win or close the gap on the top two.

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