<p>Blackburn Rovers needed to win at least one of their remaining two Championshp games, and Alebiosu, before the clash, gave some inspirational words to his teammates.</p>
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<p>“Every point is so valuable,” the Super Eagles defender said in an interview with the <strong><a href=”https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/26036443.blackburn-rovers-reminder-biggest-transfer-success/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Lancashire Telegraph</a></strong>.</p>
<p>“We need everything we can get to survive. It’s a good point even if we were so close to three.</p>
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<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full”><img decoding=”async” width=”5000″ height=”3334″ src=”https://www.afrik-foot.com/en-ng/thumbor/Uv3nhE8b1meoIgCGqrJQNNGh7Bc=/5000×3334/smart/filters:format(webp)/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.afrik-foot.com%2Fen-ng%2F2026%2F02%2Fimago1070835941.jpg” alt=”Ryan Alebiosu, Raphael Onyedika and Samuel Chukwueze during the AFCON match between Uganda and the Super Eagles” class=”wp-image-904072″/><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Ryan Alebiosu, Raphael Onyedika and Samuel Chukwueze during the AFCON match between Uganda and the Super Eagles. Photo by IMAGO</figcaption></figure>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading”>Alebiosu: Super Eagles defender stars in Rovers win over Sheffield</h2>
<p>Yuki Ohashi broke the deadlock for Michael O’Neill’s side inside 12 minutes, finishing into the bottom right corner after a brilliant through ball from Ryoya Morishita.</p>
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<p lang=”in” dir=”ltr”>Ryoya Morishita 🔗 Yuki Ohashi 🇯🇵</p>
<p>Ohashi: ⚽️⚽️ +20 Pts<br />Morishita: ⚽️🅰️ + 20 Pts<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/FantasyEFL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#FantasyEFL</a> | <a href=”https://twitter.com/Rovers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Rovers</a> <a href=”https://t.co/bvpyaJCXxb”>pic.twitter.com/bvpyaJCXxb</a></p>
<p>— Fantasy EFL (@FEFLOfficial) <a href=”https://twitter.com/FEFLOfficial/status/2047070439969567207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>April 22, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Sheffield came close to levelling the scores twice through former Manchester United midfielder Tahith Chong.</p>
<p>However, Blackburn beat all that pressure with Ryoya Morishita putting the ball into the back of the net after a brilliant combination with Yuki Ohashi.</p>
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<p>Alebiosu turned provider just before half-time. His brilliant cross was headed home by Okashi to seal his second goal of the game for Blackburn Rovers.</p>
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<p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Yuki Ohashi Brace!!!!</p>
<p>Sheffield United 0 – 3 Blackburn Rovers.<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/sufc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#sufc</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/rovers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#rovers</a> <a href=”https://t.co/oOzHwXoxO7″>pic.twitter.com/oOzHwXoxO7</a></p>
<p>— WideFootball⚽ (@_widefootball) <a href=”https://twitter.com/_widefootball/status/2047036971285963151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>April 22, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Harrison Burrows pulled one back for Sheffield United, but it was only a consolation goal for Chris Wilder’s side.</p>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-width=”550″ data-dnt=”true”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>🎶 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣' 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙨 🎶<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/SHUvROV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#SHUvROV</a> | <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rovers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Rovers</a> 🔵⚪️ <a href=”https://t.co/b24lGIkwLs”>pic.twitter.com/b24lGIkwLs</a></p>— Blackburn Rovers (@Rovers) <a href=”https://twitter.com/Rovers/status/2047063549223088277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>April 22, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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<p>Tonight’s win assured Blackburn Rovers of Championship safety, while it was a dead rubber affair for Sheffield United, who had just pride to play for.</p>
