Alan Sheehan admitted that his Swansea City side have played much better this season than they did against Rovers – but felt their “resilience” was key to leaving Ewood Park with all three points.
The Swans had trailed after Todd Cantwell’s goal but hit back through Goncalo Franco and Liam Cullen either side of half time.
The result takes the Welsh club to seventh in the table and only a point off the play-off places at this early stage.
“I think we showed a great mentality,” Sheehan told the club channels. “We have played a lot better than that and not won games this season.
“We huffed and puffed in the first half and then we found that one moment of quality with an incredible volley by Goncalo.
“I was delighted for him and then we started the second half, made a couple of changes and ultimately Adam (Idah) comes on and shows wonderful composure, and Culls is there in the right place and that decides the game.
“We sunk in a bit after that but we defended our box really, really well and gave them very little.
“We managed the game, and sometimes you have to come to places and find a way to get results.
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“Obviously, we want to play well. But tonight was about mentality and resilience, and we are very happy to come away with the three points.”
Sheehan was also quizzed about the late penalty shout after Cantwell went down under Cameron Burgess’ challenge.
The Swansea boss didn’t offer a conclusive verdict but admitted his side’s luck might have balanced out after a disappointing call against Millwall at the weekend.
“I didn’t see it. But I understand when you are on the other end of those decisions, I can’t comment on that,” he added.
“But we’ve had a few decisions that have gone against us and cost us some points that would have potentially made us even higher up the table.
“I didn’t want to come across whinging the other day but I thought it was an incredibly blatant and obvious decision to make (on Saturday).
“You move on, you bounce back and that is the nature of the game in the Championship – never too up, never too down, grind out games.
“Obviously, you want to play well and score goals every week but sometimes you have got to grind it out.”
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