Danny Rohl saluted Sheffield Wednesday’s ‘courageous’ performance after they beat Blackburn 3-1 to move out of the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone.
An exquisite Josh Windass lob in the sixth minute put Wednesday ahead but Sammie Szmodics equalised three minutes later with a clinical finish.
Wednesday took control when Marvin Johnson got on the end of an Anthony Musaba cross in the 58th minute before Rovers’ goalkeeper Aynsley Pears gifted them a third after slicing a clearance into his own net.
The visitors held on with something to space, rewarding more than 7,000 away fans who created an impressive atmosphere.
After climbing out of the bottom three for the first time in 246 days, Rohl praised the mindset of the players, saying: “The job is not done.
“We worked hard to be out of this (relegation) zone. Six months, we tried everything. Today we took the opportunity.
“The last four-five weeks we’ve had the opportunity. But today all in all we connected our performance with a good result.
“I think when I look back to our performance against Stoke and Swansea, was good, but the result was not what we wanted.
“Today…a good reaction. I feel this the whole week. We trained well. I think today it was a courageous performance from my team.
“We forced them into mistakes, we played football how we wanted to play. It was a good togetherness on the pitch but also off the pitch with our massive support. They made an away game into a home game, so (a) big thank you to everybody.
“The performance of my team and especially the mindset and mentality is outstanding.”
Blackburn have not been in the bottom three all season but are just three points clear of it now and John Eustace said his team must bounce back.
He said: “First half I thought we were well in the game, I thought we bounced back from the early goal, showed great character. Felt we controlled the first half fairly well.
“Second half, the manner of the goals was disappointing. (We) lost the ball in midfield, didn’t chase back quick enough, and they punish us.
“The third goal, we can’t do much about that. It’s a mistake. It’s a tough one to take and it’s disappointing.
“However we’ve got a magnificent chance next week. Everything is in our own hands.”
He added: “It’s disappointing we’ve lost but it’s football. Last week we bounced back from a difficult defeat and showed that togetherness and got a great three points.
“Now it’s important we show that togetherness again and we bounce back again next week.
“Everyone is disappointed. This is football, we had the highs last week, we have the lows this week, nobody gets carried away.”
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