Redknapp backs Kean after Spurs add to pressure on Blackburn boss

Another protest was staged outside Ewood Park by disgruntled Blackburn fans prior to kick-off, and the heat was turned up further on Kean when van der Vaart put Spurs in front inside the opening quarter of an hour.

The hosts equalised through Mauro Formica’s fierce strike in the 28th minute, but van der Vaart produced a brilliant winner from outside the box eight minutes after the interval.

The result leaves Rovers bottom of the Barclays Premier League with just five points from nine games, and the calls for owners Venky’s to dismiss Kean are only getting louder.

The club’s supporters again made their unhappiness known after the final whistle, with a section in the Ronnie Clayton End remaining in their seats, unfurling ‘Kean Out’ banners and chanting for the Scot to be sacked.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are up to fifth, their unbeaten run extending to six games in all competitions.

Kean feels his team were unlucky to be left empty-handed yesterday and insists he is not paying attention to the section of Rovers supporters calling for him to be sacked.

The 44-year-old remains bullish, insisting he is only concerned with the efforts of his players, which he could not fault.

“I don’t know if it is a large section of the crowd, and to be fair, I’m not really paying any attention to anybody who is staying behind,” Kean said.

“I’m interested in my players and what they give me, and they give me everything every single day.

“With that performance (yesterday), the crowd that didn’t stay behind and the owners and staff who have worked their socks off all week for this game – we can go home and say ‘we gave it everything we had’.”

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp echoed Kean’s sentiments about the way Blackburn had played and branded the protests “unfair”.

“The players couldn’t have given more than they did for the manager,” Redknapp said.

“They (Rovers supporters) are demonstrating, but the players have given everything – they never gave up, they kept running and working and trying to get that goal back right until the last whistle.

“I think they have just got to keep getting behind their team, and they will turn it around.”