I was unable to listen to the game. I only had text messages of each goal from a friend who was at the game. I watched the highlights though. Can someone explain how our goal was disallowed? Linesman flagged for offside but how was it offside? Also, the penalty for Blackburns 1st goal looks harsh to me. What do you think?
They say when your struggling they say that you don't get the rub of the green I would say that the first goal was good owing to the fact that Clarke ran on to the ball and it came back of a defender and their penalty was dubious to say the least. From what I saw on the highlights and read on the twitter feed I reckon we at least deserved a draw
Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers, Congratulations to them, we now move on to Rotherham on Saturday.
I think we were unlucky. All the reports said that the lads outplayed Blackburn for an hour. Harrison's goal was pure class. Their goals had a touch of fortune. Hopefully this performance was a turning point for the better.
The disallowed goal was nothing short of scandalous. I think the penalty was probably the right decision as Clarke seemed to panic when the ball ricocheted back into the box and hauled Samuel down (admittedly not a huge amount of contact). Samuel changed the game when he came on, which is a shame as Rovers - from what I've seen and heard - were excellent and deserved to take something from the game. Great goal from Harrison, who has still been impressive during this poor form.
