Paul Heckingbottom pre-Blackburn Rovers

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00:00What's going to be key to getting a result, do you think? Is it a mixture of handling the occasion and tactically as well?

00:05Just playing well. Be brave, take the ball.

00:09We have to take our moments and make sure that we capitalise when we get opportunities.

00:15And likewise, we know we're going to have to be at our best and defend well as a team to limit them.

00:21Because one thing they do tend to do is create good goal-scoring opportunities,

00:28not necessarily the numbers of other teams at the top, but good goal-scoring opportunities.

00:34Some of that is to do with how they counter, because they can bypass players quickly if you're breaking and countering.

00:40So all moments, as I say, all moments of the game, then it gives you the best chance of winning.

00:46Is Ben gutted? He was just back from his suspension and then back again.

00:50It's one of those freak things, we've got a few of those.

00:52So when Robbie landed and did his, Ben literally just rocked his ankle out there.

00:57So, yes, you've just got to cope with it, deal with it as a player and work hard to come back.

01:04And make sure that when you are coming back, you're as close as possible.

01:07Do you know what I mean? And you're less likely to get re-injured, having missed time.

01:11And you're also more likely to get those first team minutes as soon as possible.

01:16If you don't cut corners on anything, you keep pushing.

01:19You do everything that you need to do, one, for the ankle to get better and two, for your fitness.

01:24Then you just keep yourself as close as you can possibly be to being match fit.

01:28Do you think he'll be back for the back end of the season?

01:30Yes, yes, no reason why not.

01:32Listen, you never know, you never know with injury.

01:36But if rehab goes well, Ben's had an ankle injury before.

01:41The other side, he knows sort of what the progression is and how it goes.

01:47Yes, if things go well, we'll be seeing him again for the end of the season, definitely.