CENTRE-BACK Shane Duffy says Blackburn Rovers have nothing to fear at Bolton Wanderers on Boxing Day providing they pick up from where they left off before Christmas.

Revived Wanderers have won four and drawn one of their five home matches since Neil Lennon took over from Dougie Freedman.

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But Duffy believes Rovers can dish out a first Macron Stadium loss to the former Celtic boss if they repeat the performance shown in Saturday’s 2-0 home victory over Charlton Athletic.

Adopting a high-pressing game Gary Bowyer’s side blew the Addicks away inside 20 minutes.

Duffy said: “The gaffer had been drilling it into us all week to start quickly because we had been starting slowly.

“We changed a few things and it worked so we’ve got to stick with it now.

“It will be a tough game on Boxing Day. They’ve been keeping clean sheets and winning games and I think their league position is false because of the start of the season they had.

“But we’ve got nothing to fear and we can go there and get the three points.”

Duffy is set to return to training today after overcoming illness, to prepare for the clash against a Bolton side who have not conceded a goal in more than six hours of football.

At the other end of the field Wanderers manager Lennon could field a strike force with a combined age of 73 after confirming he wants to complete a deal for Emile Heskey and pair him up with Eidur Gudjohnsen.

Duffy added: “If they play I’ll really look forward to it especially with what they’ve done in the game.

“It will be another big task for me but hopefully we’ve got enough to see them out.

“If not hopefully they’re too old and they’ll stop after 45 minutes!”

Rovers are set to be boosted by the return of striker Chris Brown after he missed the last two games with soreness in the knee in which he underwent an operation on in September.

Brown said: “I’m hoping to be involved because I’ve had a good few days training.

“It’s going to be a tough game but the lads were outstanding on Saturday from the off, they really got into Charlton’s faces.

“I don’t think in the two games before Saturday we were at is as much and the results proved that so Saturday is the benchmark.

“When you go away from home and the home team get the crowd behind them from the off and they are really aggressive, closing you down and in your face, it hurts mentally and it’s difficult to turn around.

“So we’ve got to go to Bolton and stop that from happening, get the crowd on their case, frustrate them and play our football.”