João Gomes and Cunha burst sees off wasteful Blackburn

On a hale and blustery Lancashire day Wolves showed Blackburn how to finish and thus secured one of the fifth round's numbered balls in the draw today.

- Jamie Jackson

John Eustace's men were not schooled by their Premier League visitors but the sport is simple: if chances are spurned and the foe are ruthless they are triumphant, and so the six-time winners are out.

And Rovers may soon require a new head coach because Eustace has been approached by Derby, whose offer is understood to include a salary hike. Afterwards this man of the Midlands hardly sounded unenamoured of moving back for work despite the Rams being third-bottom and his side sixth in the Championship. "If they've made an official approach my first conversation will be with the owners," he said.

"I'm away from my family a lot, working my socks off to make sure we are competitive. When I came here we were on the way down and now we're on the way up [so] we need to discuss with the owners." Wolves hoped to stroke possession about yet the wish was disrupted by a Eustace unit that featured three bright attackers behind Emmanuel Dennis. On the right, Amario Cozier-Duberry cut inside and his shot deflected into Sam Johnstone's hands. On the other flank, Augustus Kargbo swept in, executed a one-two with Yuri Ribeiro, and blasted over.