We made life hard for ourselves, but I think we deserved the victory over the ninety minutes. It was one of those games, similar to Tuesday night, where the opposition only really committed players forward and threatened when we had a two goal advantage, albeit our game management could have been better in the fifteen minutes after their goal and Scott had to make a couple of great saves. In the first sixty minutes, I thought we carried all of the attacking threat and they had possession without a purpose, with Rovers keeping their shape and defending the eighteen yard box very well.
I thought there were a lot of solid rather than outstanding performances. Spearing, Feeney and Lewis all had good games, and Manny was back to his best defensively, although his distribution remains woeful at times. However, I thought Lloyd showed great hunger and energy and was probably man of the match. There was a promising cameo from Kirby.
We are now seven points off the top with two games in hand, and there is everything to play for.