Gary Bowyer calls for Blackburn Rovers to "stick together"

Blackburn Rovers manager Gary Bowyer has urged his players not to give up on their hopes of reaching the playoffs this season.

Bowyer's side suffered their third loss in a row on Wednesday night against Bournemouth, and the Rovers boss admits that his side must quickly recover from their latest disappointment.

"We've got 12 games left to play in now and until it's mathematically impossible, you keep striving to get as high as you can and hopefully into the play-offs," Bowyer told reporters.

"It's important now that we regroup, we stay calm and we stick together. We've worked hard to get stability into this club.

"These last three games - we've got to make sure we stop that, obviously - but there's no need to panic or anything daft like that."

Blackburn are nine points outside the playoff places in the Championship.