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Diouf - Focus is back

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Blackburn striker Mame Diouf insists the club has now regained its focus following the departure of Sam Allardyce.

Rovers ace pleased with turnaround

Blackburn striker Mame Diouf insists the club has now regained its focus following the departure of Sam Allardyce. The 23-year-old forward, on loan from Manchester United, netted in the 3-1 win over West Brom on Tuesday in a result which relieves the pressure on new boss Steve Kean. Kean is currently in charge at Ewood Park following the takeover at Rovers and the resulting sacking of Allardyce. The Baggies victory was the first of Kean's reign and Diouf believes there is a siege mentality at Blackburn in the wake of the shake-up. "We have been going the wrong way in the last couple of weeks with so many things going on at the club and we lost our focus," he said in the Daily Star. "But now we are back on it as a team and a club. "You are always going to have criticisms like we have had because it is football. We have to be together." Blackburn have the chance to make it two wins from two in the Premier League when they travel to Sunderland on New Year's Day.