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Last updated : 02 April 2002 By Matt

First-half goals from Damien Duff and Yordi at Ewood Park were enough to move Rovers out of the bottom three at the expense of Ipswich, whom they now head by two points with a game in hand.

Souness said: "It was a big win. Obviously we're delighted with the points. I thought in the first half we played some decent stuff, caused them some problems and scored two very good goals, and then in the second half I thought we were a bit nervous, which is perhaps understandable in this situation.

"It's OK having games in hand, but we still needed to win, and a draw would not have been great, so the three points were vital.

"It doesn't matter who got the goals, but I was pleased for Yordi - he is a popular player and works very hard. But I'm happy for anyone to get the goals, and with Andy Cole back now for us, that is a big bonus for us.

"This wasn't our best performance, but I'm sure our football is good enough to stay in this league. Let's see if I'm right," he continued...

"We'll have to wait and see how important those points are in a month's time, but psychologically it was important to get out of the bottom three."