Rovers must manage matches better, and have discussed at length the issue of seeing games out, Tony Mowbray has revealed.

For the second time this season Rovers let a 2-0 lead slip as Coventry City battled back to leave Ewood Park with a point as Luton Town did in September.

Mowbray says those must act as steep learning curves for his side, but despite their discussions over how best to manage games, the manager says the only evidence of lessons being learned will come the next time the situation arises.

He said: “The reality of football is that it happens on the day. So whatever we prepare, whatever we say, it’s like taking penalties, England losing penalty shoot-outs over all those years, are they preparing? Of course they’re preparing. Of course they’re practicing.

“Can I talk to them about it? Of course I can. The reality is, we’re playing another game now and we could go 2-0 up and draw 2-2. But we’ve talked about it until the cows come home and yet they have to play the game, they have to learn as they go along.

“They have to learn when to slow it down, they have to know when to buy a foul or take their time on a throw-in. They have to know all of these things.

“Generally the best way to do it is to play the games. The experience of those two events will hopefully stand some of the young players in good stead but you can’t guarantee it’s the last time because two teams are playing a game and once a team smells blood, pushes an extra man forward and puts the ball in your box, it can be very difficult.”

Four times in six home games Rovers have led 2-0 at half time, going on to take maximum points against Cardiff City (5-1) and Swansea City (2-1) but pegged back in the draws against Coventry and Luton.

The manager puts some of the issues in seeing games out down to the young nature and lack of experience within the squad, but equally doesn't see it as just an issue that his side face.

“We talked about it half-time because we’d been there a few times. We were three up against Cardiff and spoke about winning the second-half," he said.

“We talked about if after the game, without overstating how young this team is, there aren’t thousands of games of experience among this group. They’re young players, even at 22 or 23, there’s not many league games in them.

“We do have to manage games better. We shouldn’t be dropping points after going 2-0 up at home.

“We just have to learn from it. To draw two games when winning 2-0, it should be something the team and the individual players learn from and it doesn’t happen too often.”

Rovers did trail by two goals at half time in defeats at West Bromwich Albion and Blackpool, the latter seeing them go close to earning a point and rescuing what was a poor first half display.

Mowbray says much of that is down to momentum, and says it is not just an issue which only concerns his side.

"On the other side of the coin, we went to Blackpool and were terrible for the first 45 minutes but Blackpool couldn't get out of their half for the second 45 minutes,” he explained.

“We should have scored a second that day and that's the momentum of football and how it swings. It's not just the tactics of the game, it's the emotional side and the adrenaline levels of the team. We should have turned that game around.

"But it's difficult, particularly for young players with how it works.

"As I said, the Luton game was different. Luton basically scored really late on and piled men into the box. We've been there in the past but so has every time. I watched Aston Villa lose three goals in seven minutes during the Premier League and they've spent over £200 million in the last two years on footballers yet they're still conceding three goals in seven minutes.

"We will make sure it's not a problem Blackburn Rovers have got and I think any team, if the momentum swings against them they can concede goals.”