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Steve Kean says a point gained against Man United was better than two lost<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Blackburn boss Steve Kean insisted his relegation-threatened side had gained a point rather than lost two after they drew 1-1 with Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blackburn now lie a point above the drop zone ahead of next weekend’s trip to Wolves, and some fans were angered by their lack of adventure late on.<\/p>\n

But Kean said: “I could understand the fans wanting us to go and get the ball.<\/p>\n

“But if we do, and Manchester United smash it up the other end, we might come out of the game with nothing.”<\/p>\n

With 17 minutes remaining, Blackburn – leading through Brett Emerton’s first-half strike – looked set fair to emerge with all three points, which would have virtually guaranteed survival given their goal-difference advantage over the teams around them.<\/p>\n

But Paul Robinson’s foul on Javier Hernandez threw United a lifeline, and Wayne Rooney held his nerve to fire home the resulting penalty, which was enough to earn the visitors the draw they needed to claim a record 19th top-flight title.<\/p>\n

“When United scored, all of a sudden we were left with a dilemma,” said Kean.<\/p>\n

“They left four players high up the pitch, and tried to play a little bit of possession to run the clock down.<\/p>\n

“It was slightly frustrating at the end that we couldn’t actually get the ball, because they were just keeping it.<\/p>\n

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Kean pleased with Blackburn display<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“But we got a point closer to safety and kept our goal difference intact, which could prove to be vital point come next weekend.”<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the Scot admitted that it was frustrating not to claim all three points.<\/p>\n

“We were a little bit disappointed at the end, because we’d managed to go and get our noses in front and I thought that the way we stuck to our guns in the first half and kept our shape was excellent.<\/p>\n

“We probably needed the second goal, and had Martin Olsson’s header gone in rather than cannoning off the crossbar then we’d probably have taken all the points.”<\/p>\n

The draw leaves Blackburn in 15th place on 40 points, the same as Wolves, who won 3-1 at Sunderland but have an inferior goal difference (-19 compared to Blackburn’s -14).<\/p>\n

One place above the bottom three are Birmingham, who play Fulham at home tomorrow and have 39 points, the same as Blackpool, who beat Bolton 4-3 at home but remain in the relegation zone on goal difference.<\/p>\n

Kean added: “It’s very tight, but all we can do is what we’ve done over the last eight games. We’ve chipped away with six results, and I think that’s positive.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got the best goal difference and we’ll continue to work and continue to push.<\/p>\n

“The effort was there from all the lads and the way we stuck to the game plan was excellent. We just needed that second goal, but it never came.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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