Blackburn Rovers manager Gary Bowyer has attributed his team's 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City to his young side's inexperience.

Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko both bagged a brace during the FA Cup third-round replay, with substitute Sergio Aguero also on target for the Sky Blues.

"We committed bodies forward, we are young team and maybe there is a lesson learned there. You saw the difference between the Championship and the Premier League," BBC Sport quotes Bowyer as saying.

City will play Watford at home in the fourth round.

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Mark Langshaw