Mixed weekend for the lads on loan (and not a lot of game time for most of them):
” Ryan Tunnicliffe helped turn the tide as Blackburn came back from a goal down to defeat Leeds United 2-1 at Ewood Park. With Rovers trailing their visitors 1-0 after Souleymane Doukara’s 33rd minute close-range strike, Tunnicliffe was introduced for Lee Williams on 65 minutes.
Jordan Rhodes levelled the scores on 71 minutes but Tom Cairney’s 82nd minute red card for a second bookable offence put Gary Bowyer’s side down to ten men. Despite the setback, the home side completed the comeback as Rhodes doubled his tally from the penalty spot on 88 minutes, taking Blackburn into the Sky Bet Championship playoff spots in sixth place.
Marcello Trotta was introduced as a 63rd minute substitute with Barnsley two goals down against Chesterfield at the Proact Stadium. League One’s top marksman Eoin Doyle netted his 15th and 16th goals of the season on 42 and 58 minutes. Trotta’s arrival, in place of James Bailey, preceded Keith Treacy’s 85th minute consolation but the Spirites ran out 2-1 winners.
Ryan Williams was not selected in the Barnsley squad, in his first game back after his appearances for Australia Under-23s in a four-nation tournament in China last week.
In League Two action, Stephen Arthurworrey and Jack Grimmer both played 90 minutes in roller-coaster matches for Yeovil Town and Shrewsbury Town respectively.
Yeovil launched a late comeback at Notts County after the home side led through Michael Petrasso’s 63rd minute goal, despite Gary Jones’ 29th minute red card. Arthurworrey was shown a yellow card on 70 minutes before the late drama, when Coventry City loanee Jordan Clarke struck on 84 and 88 minutes to swing the game and clinch a 2-1 victory for the Glovers.
Grimmer was on the other end of a turnaround, with Shrewbury going into half-time two goals to the good against Exeter City, through James Collins’ 13th and 34th minute efforts at St James Park. But the Grecians flipped the game on its head in the second half to win 3-2. Tom Nicholls hit back a minute after the break, David Wheeler equalised on 75 minutes and Nicholls scored again, a 90th-minute winner, to leave the Shrews facing a long trip home empty-handed.
Bristol Rovers saw a two-goal lead slip at Chester FC in the Vanarama Conference Premier after substituting Lyle Della Verde in the 66th minute for Jake Gosling. Nathan Blissett and Tom Parkes' goals on 51 and 58 minutes gave the Pirates the advantage, but Rhys Oates and Matty Hughes' efforts on 68 and 70 minutes brought the scores back level and it finished 2-2.
On the continent, Alexander Kačaniklić featured for 90 minutes in FC Copenhagen’s 1-0 victory over Silkeborg at Telia Parken. Nicolai Jørgensen scored the decisive goal in the 36th minute. The Swedish international winger was withdrawn in stoppage time for Daniel Amartey, as the Lions held on to stay third in the Danish Superligaen.
Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg was an unused substitute in AS Monaco’s 2-2 draw with SM Caen at Stade Louis II.
Olympiacos return from a two-week fixture break on Wednesday as Kostas Mitroglou and co. travel to Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League to play last year’s finalists, with both teams fighting to qualify for the knock-out phases as first host second in Group A.”