Blackburn Rovers boss Kean finds positives in Newcastle United defeat

Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean saw a silver lining in his side’s home loss to Newcastle United.

Rovers slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Ewood Park, but Kean was eager to focus on the performance of debutant Anthony Modeste.

Kean said of the Bordeaux man: "I think Anthony did well. He was unlucky not to get a goal, he probably had enough chances to get a hat-trick, but each time it fell to him and it didn't happen, maybe he just tried a little bit too hard.

"But I think he showed enough tonight that he's going to add something to our squad. He didn't know he was going to play until the very last minute because David Goodwillie had flu so maybe just a little bit of over-excitement on his part."

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