Ten-man Blackburn Rovers came from behind to beat Aston Villa with a late winner at Ewood Park.
David Dunn kept his nerve from the penalty spot as 10-man Blackburn came from behind to shatter Aston Villa's 100% away record in a storming Barclays Premier League clash at Ewood Park.
Dunn swept the winner past former Rovers keeper Brad Friedel in the 89th minute after the home side bounced back from the early blow of Gabriel Agbonlahor's opener.
Chris Samba struck an equaliser in the 24th minute but despite Vince Grella's 68th-minute dismissal the home side pushed on to claim the three points in style.
Nigel Reo-Coker returned to the Villa bench for the first time since his bust-up with boss Martin O'Neill but it did not take long for the on-field action to deflect attention.
Finding himself in space in the box after a James Milner flick-on, Agbonlahor took less than three minutes to roll his fourth league goal of the season in off the post.
Rovers, still licking their wounds from their previous heavy defeat at Everton, responded well with Morten Gamst Pedersen firing a rising shot over the bar.
Villa were made to pay for their near miss in the 24th minute when Di Santo chased down Ryan Nelsen's long punt into the box and Samba pounced to prod home the equaliser.
An entertaining game continued to swing from end to end with Young flashing a 29th-minute effort across the face of goal after Milner's deep cross from the right.
Blackburn started the second half in positive fashion with the increasingly impressive Dunn at the centre of all their moves.
Di Santo squirmed a header wide from a cross by El-Hadji Diouf as Villa became increasingly reliant on quick counter-attacks in their search for a second.
A series of bookings for niggly incidents disrupted the flow of the game and it was Villa who emerged better off from the brief hiatus, Agbonlahor hooking a 61st minute effort just over the bar.
But Rovers' of pressing on to claim the three points were hit by the sending-off of Grella in the 68th minute for a second bookable offence after an unnecessary foul on Milner.
Di Santo had a hopeful penalty claim turned down one minute later after tangling with Milner in the box then Dunn's goal-bound effort was blocked by James Collins.
Rovers were finally awarded a spot-kick in the 87th minute after Di Santo's attempted overhead kick was handled by Richard Dunne - and Dunn stepped up to send Friedel the wrong way.
There was still time for Villa to push forward in search of an equaliser and Robinson was forced into a fingertip save to deny Collins in injury-time
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