Championship round-up: Will Keane, Ryan Manning and Scott Hogan on target

Ben Brereton Díaz’s first-half strike gave Blackburn a 1-0 win over bottom club Huddersfield and closed the gap on leaders Burnley to two points
Championship round-up: Will Keane, Ryan Manning and Scott Hogan on target

ON THE MARK: Swansea City's Ryan Manning celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Sky Bet Championship match at the Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea. Pic: Simon Galloway/PA Wire

Ben Brereton Díaz’s first-half strike gave Blackburn a 1-0 win over bottom club Huddersfield and closed the gap on leaders Burnley to two points. The Championship’s joint top-scorer lit up a forgettable first-half by holding off two defenders and hammering a 12-yard strike into the left corner for his fifth in five games at Ewood Park to set up a mouth-watering derby between the top two next Sunday.

The Blackburn head coach, Jon Dahl Tomasson, said: “We deserved to win but the game should have been killed before and then we can have an easy afternoon.”

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