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On the face of it, there is very little reason for anyone associated with Blackburn Rovers to be positive about their 3-2 defeat at Preston North End on Saturday.

Having led 2-0 at half time, that second-half collapse against their local rivals has only served to highlight the problems that Rovers have when it comes to seeing games out, while also leaving them without a win in their last six matches, 17th in the Championship table just three points clear of the relegation zone, and with manager Tony Mowbray bang under pressure.

Yet for all those issues that have emerged from that dream that fast became a nightmare at Deepdale over the weekend, there is one man at least, who ought to feel that he can take something away from what happened against Preston.

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Following his return to Blackburn from Southampton in the summer transfer window, it's fair to say Sam Gallagher hadn't exactly had the best of starts to life as a full-time Rovers player.

In the first few months of the campaign, things had certainly been frustrating for Gallagher on the pitch, with the 24-year-old struggling to adapt to the position on the right-hand side of the pitch he has often been used in by Mowbray, while finding the net just once for the club, in a 2-1 defeat away at Sheffield United in the third round of the Carabao Cup, raising some questions about the investment Rovers had made in the player.

That however, would all change against Preston on Saturday.

Although his thumping header inside the first 60 seconds of the match that appeared to have marked his first league goal for the club would eventually go down as an own goal from Preston 'keeper Declan Rudd, Gallagher would need barely ten minutes more to ensure that he would register his first league goal for the club.

Breaking into the Preston area from the right-hand side, a deflected pass forward would fall into the path of Gallagher, with the striker producing a brilliant curling left-footed effort into the far corner of Rudd's net, to end his long wait for a league goal this season once and for all.

That monkey is now off his back and will be a big relief for Gallagher.

Given the size of the fee that Rovers were said to have had paid for him in the summer, Gallagher will have been desperate to show that that was money well spent, particularly when you look at the scrutiny that Ben Brereton came under last season as he struggled to get off the mark for the club following his own high profile big-money move from Nottingham Forest.

Indeed, with the quality of finish that he produced against Preston, and the fact that his all-round performance at Deepdale caused the Lilywhites' defence more problems than any of his fellow Rovers attackers, Gallagher may well believe that he has found the form he needs to lead the line for Blackburn this season, particularly considering the struggles their attack has endured this season.

It seems therefore that while the overall result will have undoubtedly been a disappointment for Gallagher as much as anyone else involved with Blackburn, on a personal level at least, he can take plenty of confidence from his performance at Deepdale, in every sense.

Given the situation they find themselves in at the minute, it feels like that is exactly what Blackburn need right now.