Ghana attacker Brandon Thomas-Asante was on the score sheet again to help Coventry City secure a crucial away win over Blackburn Rovers in the English Championship on Tuesday night.
Coventry City struck either side of half-time to register an impressive win at play-off-chasing Blackburn Rovers, whose poor Championship form continued.
Ellis Simms gave the Sky Blues the lead against the run of play just before the break as he headed in at the near post.
The visitors doubled their lead just three minutes into the second half when Brandon Thomas-Asante tapped in from close range.
Makhtar Gueye spurned a number of chances for the hosts and almost nodded in a late consolation, yet Blackburn could not respond to avoid a second successive defeat.
The result means Coventry City move up to 13th in the Championship table and are now seven points off the play-off positions.
Blackburn have picked up just one win in their past eight Championship games - a run stretching back to 21 December - but remain in the play-off positions following Middlesbrough's win over seventh-placed West Brom.
The hosts dominated much of the first half and were unfortunate not to take the lead early on when Gueye's headed effort from Tyrhys Dolan's ball was pushed over the bar superbly by Coventry keeper Oliver Dovin.
Blackburn kept pushing and nearly edged ahead when Danny Batth nodded goalbound to force Dovin into another save following good work from Todd Cantwell to keep the ball alive in the build up.
Yet it was Coventry that went in at the break on top, as the hosts failed to clear away Jack Rudoni's corner, with Victor Torp lofting a ball in towards the post for Simms to head in with ease.
After the break, Rudoni played a ball across the face of goal for his eighth Championship assist of the season as Thomas-Asante slotted home against the club he has been linked with during the January transfer window.
Gueye continued to be Blackburn's talisman as they chased a response but the Senegalese striker struck wide after Harry Leonard swung in a ball which bypassed the Sky Blues defence.
Coventry could have put themselves out of sight when Milan van Ewijk made a solo run into the box having picked up possession on halfway but having tamely gone to ground, Rudoni blasted wide after he lost the ball.
Thomas-Asante has scored three goals and provided an assist in 27 appearances for Coventry City in the ongoing Championship season's campaign.
Frank Lampard plays down transfer exit of Brandon Thomas-Asante
Coventry City manager Frank Lampard has dismissed reported interest from other Championship clubs in Ghanaian striker Brandon Thomas-Asante in the ongoing winter transfer window.
There has been speculation linking Thomas-Asante with Blackburn Rovers, while former Sky Blues boss Mark Robins, the man who signed him for Coventry, is also said to be interested in taking him to Stoke City.
But Lampard is still without injured top scorer Haji Wright, as well as Ephron Mason-Clark and insists he is not aware of any activity.
"Not as far as I'm concerned," he told BBC CWR. "He's our player and remains so.
"We get linked with a lot of players, half of which I know is nonsense. The rumour mill and what actually happens are two different things.
"At the minute, it doesn't mean anything to me other than we know we're missing three very important players so we have to get every ounce out of the squad we've got. If we can improve it we'll try and do that."
