Blackburn 0 Nottingham Forest 1 match report: Last gasp winner from Darius Henderson gives Forest rare back-to-back victories
Only the second time Forest have won at Ewood Park in 36 years
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Your support makes all the difference.Darius Henderson hit an injury-time winner as Nottingham Forest defeated Blackburn in the Sky Bet Championship clash at Ewood Park.
Henderson lashed into an open goal after great work from Jamie Mackie, who reacted well after challenging Jake Kean.
The win means Forest record back-to-back league victories at the start of the season for the only the second time in 16 years and end a woeful run of form at Ewood where they had won just once since 1977.
Gary Bowyer made two changes to the side that drew against Derby. Leon Best, who came off the bench to net a late equaliser, replaced the injured Ruben Rochina and Josh King was replaced by Chris Taylor, who scored in the Capital One Cup defeat at Carlisle.
Billy Davies made four changes from last week's defeat of Huddersfield including Kelvin Wilson's second debut for the club after returning from Celtic.
Radoslaw Majewski, Henderson and Jamie Paterson also came in for Danny Collins, Mackie, Matt Derbyshire and the injured Simon Cox.
Despite the frenetic pace, the game struggled in the way of clear cut chances, but Forest forced Jake Kean into a smart diving save after 20 minutes when Jamie Paterson popped up on the left and unleashed a viciously curling effort that the Blackburn stopper did well to parry to safety.
For all their endeavour and energy, Blackburn found chances hard to come by and their first attempt, a looping Grant Hanley header, was easily gathered by Karl Darlow.
But Rovers should have been in front 10 minutes before the break when Jordan Rhodes met Alan Judge's curling free-kick but somehow headed wide from 12 yards.
Davies' side opened Blackburn up in the final minute of the half when Majewski released Henderson down the left. His cutback found the Polish midfielder and his 12-yard shot was destined for goal but for a fine headed clearance from Tommy Spurr.
Blackburn came out in the second half with much more purpose and the lively Judge was unlucky when he found space to fire through a flurry of players but his shot trickled wide.
But Rovers were almost undone by the most basic of build ups when Darlow's long clearance was beautifully controlled by Derbyshire but the former Rovers forward was thwarted by Hanley.
Moments later, Jason Lowe found space in the area but could only lash a half volley over.
The chances kept coming and after Hanley was penalised for a foul on Derbyshire, Reid almost marked his 300th career league start with a goal but his free kick curled agonisingly wide.
And Forest snatched a win they just about deserved in injury time when Mackie and Kean contested a long ball that the goalkeeper spilled. Mackie was alert and squared to Henderson, who hammered home from 20 yards.
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