Chris Wilder hailed the “desire and drive” of his Sheffield United side to come from behind at Ewood Park.
The result takes the Blades out of the relegation zone and they have now won three of their last five league games.
Wilder felt his side were unfortunate to be trailing at the break but was pleased with the response in the second half.
“I didn’t think there was a lot in the game, first half. We just lacked that little bit of quality and needed to smooth it out a little bit,” he told BBC Radio Sheffield.
“I didn’t think the wicket was great for both teams, it was quite long and heavy so there was not a great deal of flow to it.
“Disappointed to come in at half time down in the game because I thought we had the better opportunities to hurt them.
“But we didn’t, they took their chance well and then we have to ask the question at half time. No good feeling sorry for ourselves or going into our shell, we had to be brave, courageous and calm in our approach.
“We did that. When they scored, we upped it a little bit which annoyed me because if we had played at that tempo right the way through, then the scoreline at half time is different.
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“But I thought there was a real desire and drive from the players to get back into the game and then win it, which is satisfying from our point of view.”
Wilder says nights like that will help shift the “narrative” around the club after their poor start to the campaign.
“Good for everybody,” he added. “The boys have suffered a lot and you have to own that, understand that and accept that responsibility.
“But they are making a good job of it, they are listening to the messages we are giving them. The narrative that is flowing around the club, nights like this… Saturday takes care of itself, at home in front of 27 or 28 thousand of our own punters.
“But these Tuesday night games away, the atmosphere is pretty flat apart from to the right and you have to get yourself going, up for it and motivated, which the players have. Especially second half, you have got to get the job done.”
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