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Adam Armstrong was denied inside the opening minute by George Long, but later scored with a stunning long-range strike

Three late goals against out-of-form Hull helped Blackburn strengthen their hopes of a play-off push.

Rovers dominated the visitors at Ewood Park but were shut out until the 73rd minute when Darragh Lenihan scrambled home his third goal in five games.

That was the signal for Blackburn to add two more goals in the space of seven minutes, with Adam Armstrong rifling in from 25 yards for his 10th Championship goal of the season.

Substitute Dominic Samuel then fired into the bottom corner to make it 3-0 and lift Rovers to within three points of the top six.

Hull goalkeeper George Long was called into action just 20 seconds into the game, blocking with his legs after Sean McLoughlin's careless air kick had presented Armstrong with the chance to shoot.

Long remained busy as the match progressed, scrambling away Bradley Johnson's diving header and diving to prevent Stewart Downing squeezing a free-kick in at his near post.

Hull held their own in the first half, but rarely looked likely to breach the Rovers defence, with a miscued Leo da Silva cross that almost caught out Christian Walton the closest they came to scoring.

The visitors got far closer soon after the restart as Jackson Irvine collected the ball 20 yards out and fired a curling effort that clipped the bar.

But Blackburn continued to pound away at the Tigers and finally found a way through when Johnson's header was blocked and Lenihan pounced from close range.

Hull were visibly deflated and failed to close down Armstrong, who doubled the lead with a screamer that left Long helpless as it zipped into the roof of the net.

Samuel took advantage of the tiring Tigers defence again just a minute later, slotting home a precise finish for his first goal of the campaign.

Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray told BBC Lancs:

"I thought the intention was there first half - we could have been two up in two minutes. Adam (Armstrong) could have scored in 20 seconds.

"Ultimately we got the goals and that rewarded the possession and the endeavour. When the goals came I think it reflected the balance of the game.

"I knew they had injury problems and I thought we could play direct and bully their centre-halves, almost like League One days, but that ploy doesn't work for long.

"It worked early in this game and we created a lot of chances, but I felt we were getting frustrated, so we had to get some fresh legs on, start running in behind them more and stretching the game, which was what we did."

Hull City manager Grant McCann told BBC Radio Humberside:

"I thought we had a couple of opportunities early on in the game that we didn't quite take.

"Blackburn are strong at home, they had some good opportunities but we stood firm.

"Second half I thought we started the game well for the first 15 minutes, we hit the cross bar and then they scored.

"We've lost the game to a set play, a world-class goal and an individual mistake today."