Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Swansea City

• Swansea finish game with nine men

• Blackburn start with Gestede and Rhodes on bench

• Swans take lead despite Bartley red card

• Gestede and Conway secure Rovers win

Blackburn Rovers scored two late goals to knock Premier League Swansea out of the FA Cup at the fourth-round stage.

The visitors had Kyle Bartley sent off for fouling Josh King after just seven minutes but took the lead when Gylfi Sigurdsson powered in a 25-yard strike.

Rovers equalised quickly when Chris Taylor sent in a shot on the turn.

Rudy Gestede bundled the ball in and Craig Conway added a third for Blackburn before Sigurdsson was the second Swansea player to be red carded.

Gestede has been linked with a move to the Premier League in January and he will have enhanced his reputation after coming on to help turn the tie in his side's favour.

He had surprisingly started the match on the bench alongside fellow forward Jordan Rhodes, but both ended the match on the pitch as the Championship side capitalised on their numerical advantage to secure their progress.

The only shame for Rovers was that only 5,928 fans, of which 590 were visiting supporters, turned up to watch the match at Ewood Park.

Swansea had been keen to put the 5-0 thrashing by Chelsea last week behind them as quickly as possible but their predicament has only got worse with this loss as they now have just one win from their last six games.

The visitors suffered an early setback with Bartley's dismissal. Rovers striker King looked set to overtake the defender to a ball over the top from Matt Kilgallon before Bartley put an arm across the forward and brought him down.

Blackburn striker Joshua King (left) was a constant threat with his pace

Referee Craig Pawson ruled that centre-back Bartley was the last man and sent him off, leading to Swans manager Garry Monk bringing on defender Federico Fernandez for midfielder Tom Carroll.

A rattled Swansea almost found themselves behind when Tom Cairney had a free-kick parried by keeper Lukasz Fabianski and King put the rebound wide.

However, the visitors took the lead against the run of play when Sigurdsson was not closed down and he scored with an impressive long-range effort.

Swansea had barely finished celebrating when Blackburn equalised. Marcus Olsson crossed to the far post where Cairney headed the ball across goal for Taylor, who controlled before volleying in on the turn.

Swansea were comfortably soaking up Blackburn's pressure in the second half but that changed with the introduction of Gestede and Rhodes.

Olsson was again Blackburn's provider as his cross was headed down by Gestede before he fired in from close range.

Conway's 20-yard shot found its way in after Fabianski clumsily failed to deal with an effort which bounced in front of him, before Swansea's misery was compounded with Sigurdsson's dismissal for a crude challenge on Taylor late on.

Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer: "I thought the sending off [Bartley's] was a bit harsh but the referee has to follow the letter of the law. Was it really that much of a foul? I'm not so sure.

"It was always going to be a tough challenge but I thought we showed good character in the way we responded to going 1-0 down so quickly."

Blackburn scorer Craig Conway: "I thought we played really well today and matched their work rate. It was a great win against a very good team, a great display all round."

Swansea manager Garry Monk: "We were always up against it going down to 10 so early. It makes it more difficult.

"I spoke to the team at half-time, we regrouped and I didn't think Blackburn were too much of a threat. The plan was to get to the last 10 minutes and we were containing them - but to concede a second goal as we did from a set-piece, it was poor defending from us. The goals we conceded, we could have defended a lot better."

Bartley's sending off was Swansea's seventh red card this season in all competitions

Sigurdsson's strike could not stop Swansea exiting the cup to a lower division side for the first time since 2011

Blackburn midfielder Chris Taylor has scored three goals in two FA Cup outings so far this season