Salgado scored during the club's 5-2 Carling Cup victory over Peterborough United on Tuesday, with the Barclays Premier League side booking their place in the fifth round with apparent ease.

Champions Manchester United host Sam Allardyce's men on Saturday, bringing to an end a testing month, in which Rovers lost to Chelsea and Arsenal, but enjoyed a victory against local rivals Burnley.

And defender Salgado is hoping that the Ewood Park outfit can repeat the free scoring display they produced against Peterborough at Old Trafford.

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"It's a good result because it puts us through to the quarter-final - that's important because the Carling Cup is a great trophy, but also after the score in London (a 5-0 defeat to Chelsea), it is very important for our confidence," Salgado said.

"Now we have to play better in the away games. It is a very difficult month for us, playing away against Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United, but we have done a job - we won the derby against Burnley and we have now got to the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.

"We will try to play better on Saturday against Man United and try to get a great result.

"We have to keep the ball more in away games because of the way we have been giving it away to our opponents. It is very difficult to play against Chelsea and Arsenal if they always have the ball.

"But also, we have to not be frightened - we have to play and enjoy because in these types of games, we can only win.

"If we get out with a draw or a win from Old Trafford it will be great for us because normally, you are going to lose there.

"We have to enjoy ourselves against these teams, and I think now is a good time to get a result there."