John Eustace is hopeful that Harry Pickering and Danny Batth will be available for Blackburn Rovers after the international break.

Pickering missed the match with a back spasm whilst Batth has an unspecified muscle injury. Eustace had labelled both defenders as doubts for the Burnley game after coming off against Blackpool.

"They weren't particularly close, no," Eustace told The Lancashire Telegraph.

"I certainly hope they will be back after the break, yes."

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That meant a full debut of 22-year-old Owen Beck, who stood up to the challenge in testing circumstances. His performance earned rave reviews from Roevrs fans online, who were very impressed with their first viewing of the Liverpool loanee.

It will be an interesting battle at left-back, with Pickering hopefully available again for Bristol City after the international break.

"It took him a while to get going but once he did, I thought he was top," Eustace added.

"He went a little bit white when I told him he was starting on Friday! It was the right thing, straight in.

"You probably couldn't have picked a better game for him to come into. He didn't have time to think about it, a big local derby and I thought he was great.

"He's a really good talent and one we're very happy to have. They're dangerous down the sides and they did very well to stop that."