Steve Bruce felt his Sheffield Wednesday side scored goals at the right time - describing Rovers as ‘a good side going forward’.

Wednesday took advantage of Rovers’ defensive lapses to score four times and boost their play-off hopes with a 4-2 win.

Rovers had dominated the ball for long spells, but conceded after 10 minutes when Steven Fletcher made it 1-0.

Adthe Nuhiu doubled the advantage on the hour mark when Rovers were on top, with Dominic Iorfa grabbing a third just seven minutes after Craig Conway had halved the deficit.

And Bruce said:  “It’s fair to say that we got our goals at the right time. I always thought Blackburn were a threat, they are a good side going forward.

“They’ve got a unique partnership in Graham, who has been around the block a bit and I’ve had him and know all about him, and the boy Dack.  Dack gave us problems all afternoon, so it was difficult in that respect.

“At this part of the season it’s about getting the result on an awful afternoon. I thought Bolton was difficult on Tuesday but I thought that was the worst conditions we’ve been up against.

“I’m delighted about that, I wish we hadn’t conceded in the way we did. We went deep too quickly with too long to go and made it a bit awkward for ourselves at the end but to score four, I’m delighted.”

The win moved Wednesday to within two points of the top six and are they now unbeaten in 11 matches.

A delighted Bruce told the Sheffield Star: “We’ve got to be happy full stop going into the international break.

“Credit to the players and to my staff who have worked tirelessly to turn things around.

“If you asked most sensible people a few months ago they’d have said we wouldn’t have a chance.”