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Golden Graham’s hat-trick shoots down Owls



Posted Sunday, December 02, 2018 by PA

Golden Graham’s hat-trick shoots down Owls

Danny Graham celebrated his 100th league start for Blackburn with a hat-trick as they brushed aside Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 at Ewood Park.

The striker hammered home his first early in the half from a rebound, and Bradley Dack’s 11th of the season just after the break seemed to put Blackburn on their way to a comfortable win.

But former Rovers loanee Lucas Joao’s thunderbolt pegged the hosts back. Graham though, got his second of the afternoon from another rebound soon after.

An unfortunate David Raya own goal promised a nervy finish but Graham’s eighth of the season completed his hat-trick and ended Blackburn’s two-match losing run in the Sky Bet Championship.

It was a perfect end to the week for Tony Mowbray but the prospects look bleaker for Jos Luhukay, whose fans called for his removal after a dismal performance which was the club’s sixth defeat in their last eight games.

Paul Downing made his 300th club career appearance in one of three changes for Blackburn. Ashley Baker was suspended for the Owls, so Liam Palmer deputised.

Rovers should have taken the lead in the eighth minute when Craig Conway’s cross found Harrison Reed on the right, but his volley struck the post.

However the visitors went ahead three minutes later when Dack saw his low drive brilliantly saved, only for Graham to be on hand to hammer home the rebound.

Dack blazed over when well placed in a half in which Wednesday were booed off after failing to register a shot in anger.

A sloppy clearance by Palmer led to a corner in the second half that saw a Derrick Williams header cannon off Dawson, before Adam Reach forced Raya into his first save.

But the visitors fell further behind in the 53rd minute when Graham broke down the right and his inch-perfect cross was slotted home by Dack, prompting anger from the visiting fans about their beleaguered boss.

Any thoughts of Rovers running away with the contest were ended by a ferocious strike from Joao, whose thunderous 30-yard strike flew past Raya and in off the underside of the crossbar for his sixth goal of the season.

Rovers restored their two-goal cushion four minutes later when Dack saw his rasping low drive hit the post – but Graham was on hand to tap home the rebound.

To their credit, Wednesday fought back and gave Blackburn a scare five minutes from time when Bannan raced through and, although his delicate effort hit the post, Raya bundled the ball into his own net.

Fittingly though, Graham had the last word in the last minute, completing his hat-trick after Dack squared to give the forward an easy finish.

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