Championship

RAYA SUNSHINE FOR HOT ROVERS

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The LeaguePaper Team
26 August 2018

By DAVID HYDE

THREAT: Blackburn Rovers’ Elliott Bennett goes past Nico Yennaris

Goal celebration for Rovers’ Kasey Palmer
PICTURE: PSI/Paul Thompson

KASEY Palmer’s first league goal for Blackburn was enough to secure victory.
The on-loan winger slammed home from close range in the 54th minute with Rovers’ only shot on target as they registered their first win on home soil and remain unbeaten in the Championship.
As crucial as Palmer’s strike was, the chief architect behind Brentford’s first defeat this season was Rovers keeper David Raya, who mad...

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