Leicester 2 Blackburn 0
Leicester moved off the bottom of the Premiership today as late goals from Marcus Bent and Steve Howey piled on more misery for luckless Blackburn at the Walkers Stadium.
A tense affair exploded into life with two goals in the final 20 minutes to end a run of five successive league defeats for Micky Adams side.
It doomed Blackburn to their fifth setback on the trot, and they have slipped into 19th spot in the table.
The game was expected to be a nervy affair, given what was at stake and the recent form of the two clubs.
But Blackburn will be kicking themselves that they returned home pointless after looking the more incisive side for long periods.
Both Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole will know that they should have done better when well placed.
Leicester were even less of a threat up front until the closing stages, despite the hard work put in throughout by Bent whose opening goal represented their first direct effort on target.
It wasn't until the 74th minute that Bent's hard-work was rewarded when he got in front of Gresko to turn home Muzzy Izzet's free-kick.
The game was all over as a contest seven minutes later when Howey made no mistake from close range after first Matt Elliott and then Jamie Scowcroft had headed the ball back across the danger area.