Hughes has European hope

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes believes that his side still have ambitions of qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has already revealed that the Intertoto Cup is an option for Rovers if UEFA Cup qualification is not automatically achieved.

Hughes said: "We are still in the mix, we have got five games to go and are still challenging for things. That's where we want to be at this stage of every season.

"We are competing and want to be trying to achieve things right to the very last Sunday of every season.

"Villa have got difficult games, so have we, but it is up to us to just concentrate on what we can do.

"We have always done reasonably well at Anfield and I am sure United target Blackburn at Ewood as a ke