Leicester beat Blackburn to go top of Championship - as it happened

A third straight defeat leaves Blackburn in the bottom half.

Losing by three goals today means Rovers drop a place in the Championship on goal difference.

Next up for Jon Dahl Tomasson's men is a trip to Coventry on Wednesday.

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Leicester look like the real deal under Enzo Maresca, and have made plenty of hay at the start of the season.

That's eight wins from nine for the Foxes, who boast a 100% record from their five away trips.

Leicester are four points clear of third-placed Preston, who visit the King Power Stadium on Wednesday.

It's very early days, but the Foxes also have an eight-point cushion to seventh place.

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The final score is a tad harsh on Blackburn and the difference, unsurprisingly, was that added ex-Premier League quality that the visitors had.

Rovers were industrious and found a lot of joy in diagonals beyond the back line but they had no-one in their line up who could have produced a finish like Jamie Vardy did for the second goal.

But then again, who in the Championship does?

At times Rovers barely pressed Leicester at all, and allowed them a comfortable second half.

With the quality Leicester have, I’m not sure we’ll see them for too long at this level.

It was another solid performance from Leicester away from home.

Blackburn started the second half well but Leicester rode the pressure and it was fairly comfortable in the end.

They're back at the top of the league before they play Preston at home in midweek.

Leicester City return to the top of the Championship table after making it four wins on the bounce.

Goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall made the game safe for the Foxes late on.

For Blackburn, it's four defeats in five league outings.

Chants of 'There's only one Callum Brittain' ring around the ground after the Rovers defender is named as man-of-the-match by the home sponsors.

In reality, Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has dominated this game in the middle of the park.

Blackburn were in the game at 2-1 but that Kelechi Iheanacho penalty killed it.

It looked for a moment that the Foxes would grab a fifth as Yunus Akgun is played into the area.

But he checks back instead of hitting the ball first time and is closed down.

The ball is set back to Cesare Casadei, but his effort is blocked.

Rovers fans had seen enough at 3-1, they’re streaming out at 4-1 now.

Into nine minutes of added time.

Mostly for that injury to Blackburn keeper Aynsley Pears.

The stands at Ewood Park are emptying fast.

More good play from Leicester. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall made a good third man run and got there ahead of the keeper and rolled it past the keeper and into an empty net. What a finish! Game over.

Joe Rankin-Costello is on for Harry Pickering for Rovers.

That third goal finally gives Leicester a cushion at Ewood Park.

The Foxes are heading two points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Championship.

It's going to be four straight league wins for the second time this season for Enzo Maresca's men.

Final roll of the dice for Jon Dahl Tomason in response to the goal.

Sondre Tronstad and Semir Telalovic are on for Dilan Markanday and Adam Wharton.

That was so composed. He maybe saw the keeper move a bit early and stroked it into the keeper's bottom right-hand corner.

It's a penalty kick. Hayden Carter's not amongst the players, he's at the front, but he's got two hands on his shirt. It's a penalty.

Leicester get a penalty from the corner on the left.

Hayden Carter is tugging Jannik Vestergaard's shirt and referee James Linington points to the spot straight away.