West Brom 1 Blackburn 3: Full time report and pictures
Nikola Kalinic scored twice and was sent off as Blackburn won for the first time under new manager Steve Kean at West Brom.
Kalinic twice gave Rovers the lead at The Hawthorns before being dismissed for a poor challenge on Paul Scharner shortly after Mame Biram Diouf added a third.
The Baggies had been level midway through an eventful Barclays Premier League encounter after Jerome Thomas cancelled out Kalinic's first goal, but later on their misery was compounded when Gabriel Tamas was also sent off.
Until his red card, the afternoon had looked like being one of Kalinic's best in a Rovers shirt since being signed by Sam Allardyce last year.
And the lively Blackburn performance eased fears the players do not want to play for Kean.
The visiting fans also voiced their support for Kean, although they were clearly not behind the club's controversial new Indian owners.
Blackburn also achieved their win without wantaway defender Christopher Samba who, after being stripped of the captaincy recently, failed a fitness test on an ankle injury.
The game got off to an explosive start with Blackburn claiming the lead after just three minutes.
Kalinic showed great pace as he raced on to a long ball down the left from the returning El-Hadji Diouf.
The Croatian then kept his composure as Scott Carson advanced and coolly slipped the ball past him low into the far corner.
Graham Dorrans had a similar chance to equalise at the opposite end after being put through by Peter Odemwingie but Paul Robinson got down to palm away.
Kalinic could have doubled Blackburn's lead after combining well with David Dunn on the edge of the area but his shot curled narrowly over.
West Brom responded to level with a superb goal from Thomas after 17 minutes.
