Burnley clinched the Championship title with a gritty 1-0 win at Blackburn. Vincent Kompany’s men were far from their vintage best in a keenly contested east Lancashire derby but displayed why they are champions with a dogged determination to keep Blackburn out and a moment of magic midway through the second half through Manuel Benson’s sumptuous curling strike. Benson’s 12th goal of the season – Burnley’s only shot on target – was a strike worthy of winning the league and to do so at the home of their fiercest rivals caps a perfect season for the Clarets, who could still top the 100-point mark. And the significance of winning the title at Ewood Park was not lost on the Burnley manager, who is in his first season in charge. Kompany said: He said: “I don’t know if the lads realise it. I think J-Rod [Jay Rodriguez] does. He understands what it means for the people of Burnley to win the league at Ewood Park, you couldn’t write it. “And even the scenario of the game. After everybody’s speaking about how good we are on the ball, today to see how good we were defensively, winning challenges, second ball, crosses, everything else. That’s a side of the team I’m proud about as well. “A day that will live forever for us and a tremendous achievement by the lads. There’s two awards that you win this season which is promotion and the league, and then there’s two more trophies to win, your two derbies. We’ve won all four this season. I know what those games have meant for me in my career. “We’ve made memories for life. No one can take that away from us. We won the league at Ewood Park.” Jon Dahl Tomasson’s side put in another spirited performance but it was painfully obvious their visitors possess the firepower they lack after they got into plenty of promising positions but could not fashion a telling contribution. Rovers remain outside the playoffs on goal difference after their winless run stretched to seven matches. A broken metatarsal ruled Tyler Morton out for the season so Rovers had to reshuffle, with Ben Brereton Díaz and Ryan Hedges recalled. Burnley, meanwhile, opted to start with a different centre-back pairing in Charlie Taylor and Ameen al-Dakhil. The latter glanced a header wide early on but Burnley offered little else as Blackburn nullified their opponents. Tyrhys Dolan saw a header saved midway through the half and Joe Rankin-Costello had a better chance soon after but he headed wide from close range. Blackburn’s fans were encouraged by their team’s courage to push the Clarets high up the pitch, and Dominic Hyam saw a shot saved by Arijanet Muric late in the first half. It felt like the pressure was building and only a stunning 61st-minute tackle from Dakhil prevented Brereton Diaz from pulling the trigger inside the area after he had taken the ball down with a wonderful first touch. However, the Clarets showed why they are going up with thebreakthrough in the 66th minute. It is one Benson has perfected over the course of the season as he jinked down the right before cutting in on his left and curling an unstoppable effort into the left corner past Aynsley Pears’s despairing dive. Benson tried to repeat the trick 11 minutes from time but this time got it all wrong and smashed his shot over the bar. Gaps opened up for the visitors as Blackburn pushed for an equaliser and Benson almost scored a spectacular second late in added time as he chased a loose ball on the left with Pears scrambling back from a Rovers corner but his effort clipped the bar. It did not matter, though, and the celebrations in the away end were jubilant. Plymouth and Ipswich are both one win away from securing promotion to the Championship after victories on Tuesday. Leaders Argyle made the most of Antony Evans’ first-half dismissal to claim a 2-0 win at home to Bristol Rovers. A stunning overhead kick from Niall Ennis put Plymouth in front early in the second half and Macaulay Gillesphey’s header from a corner sealed the points. Ipswich eased to a 3-0 win against Barnsley, whose slim hopes of snatching automatic promotion were extinguished. Attacking trio Nathan Broadhead, George Hirst and Conor Chaplin were on the scoresheet, with Broadhead also having a penalty saved by Harry Isted. Third-placed Sheffield Wednesday are four points adrift of Town and five of Argyle with two fixtures left to play.