Blackburn’s automatic promotion hopes suffered a setback on Friday when Stoke thwarted a desperate fightback to win 3‑2 in the Championship. The visitors launched a late revival, but their 11‑match unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end.
A confident Stoke side, fresh from a 5‑1 thrashing of Sunderland last weekend, continued their momentum with a first‑half double. Wolves loanee Ki‑Jana Hoever scored twice, expertly meeting accurate crosses to register the first league goals of his career. Tyrese Campbell added a third, putting Stoke within reach of consecutive league victories for the first time since October.
Late goals from Blackburn’s Ben Brereton Diaz—his 12th of the season—and Sam Gallagher almost secured a dramatic finish, but it was too little, too late. Blackburn failed to claim a fifth straight league win or close the gap on the top two.
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