Newcastle manager Alan Pardew relies on resilience and fortune in Blackburn win The opening goal was a major slice of luck for Newcastle, with Ryan Taylor's 25-yard effort looking comfortable for Paul Robinson before it hit Dann and flew into the opposite corner. But Rovers only had themselves to blame for failing to take a host of chances, most crucially when Dunn placed his penalty far too close to Krul after Danny Simpson had been penalised for barging into Anthony Modeste. Newcastle shored things up at half-time, with James Perch replacing Hatem Ben Arfa, but Blackburn still had more than enough chances to earn at least a point, Modeste, Dann and Mauro Formica all guilty of bad misses. And Obertan rubbed salt into the wound in injury time, showing Rovers how it should be done by clinically finishing off a swift break. For Blackburn manager Steve Kean, it was another costly defeat that kept his side mired in the relegation zone, and the circumstances only made the result all the more frustrating. The Scot said: "I think we had enough chances to win three games, never mind one. We didn't start the game well, but after the deflected goal we controlled the last 30 minutes of the first half. In that respect we were happy, we just felt we snatched at a few chances and didn't show enough composure in front of goal. We've just got to take that one on the chin, sometimes the performance and chances don't always equal a result. Kean again left out captain Christopher Samba, deciding he was still not in the right frame of mind after seeing a transfer request turned down, but loan signing Modeste was heavily involved on his full debut. Kean said of the Bordeaux man: "I think Anthony did well. He was unlucky not to get a goal, he probably had enough chances to get a hat-trick, but each time it fell to him and it didn't happen, maybe he just tried a little bit too hard. But I think he showed enough tonight that he's going to add something to our squad. He didn't know he was going to play until the very last minute because David Goodwillie had flu so maybe just a little bit of over-excitement on his part.