Football Carr hails '90-minute' Gas performance at Cheltenham

RHYS Carr, Bristol Rovers' assistant head coach, declared his pleasure at the “90-minute performance” the Gas produced in their 1-0 win over Cheltenham Town on Tuesday night.

- Malachi OBREY

Rovers were quick to bounce back from their disappointing defeat to Walsall last weekend with a victory in the EFL Trophy, as Luke Thomas bagged the only goal of the game. This got them back to winning ways ahead of the visit of MK Dons to the Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Creating the lion's share of the chances between the two sides, Darrell Clarke's men eventually broke the deadlock on the hour-mark as Thomas fired an arrow of a shot into the bottom left corner to secure the three points for the Pirates.

Efforts from Fabrizio Cavegn and another from Thomas saw Rovers force saves and blocks from the Robins' defence, with Bryant Bilongo and Ruel Sotiriou also getting shots off before the goal.

Untroubled by Cheltenham's ineffective ventures forward, the Gas were able to see out the victory with relative ease.

"That's the standard that the gaffer demands, that the football club requires, so yeah, really professional," said Carr after full-time.