Barnsley have the ‘right fight’, insists Gerhard Struber

An inspired triple substitution was the catalyst to the Reds continuing their impressive recent renaissance with the only downside on the night being a ligament injury sustained by midfielder Romal Palmer.

Struber said: “We needed better control and it was a big test and the players had to show the right mindset.

“We had the right motivation and feeling. But we have the same situation in that we stay in the relegation zone.

“The only thing that has changed is that we have a very good mindset.

“We have the right fight and motivation.”

It was the second defeat in four days for Rovers and boss Tony Mowbray knows their play-off chances are slipping away.

“We were one point off the play-offs, we have lost two games against teams we should be beating in my opinion, life looks pretty difficult and tough going forward as we play a team at the top of the division (Leeds),” Mowbray said.

“Let’s wait and see, you never know. We had a genuine chance of believing we could put ourselves in our frame, so these two results have been desperately disappointing.

“We lost the game because we didn’t take our chances in the first half, you have to score goals to win football matches.

“We dominate the game, should have scored goals, didn’t take the chances and came in at 0-0, which was not a true reflection. We should have been in front.

“We have to be ruthless we have to take chances. that’s how it was, ultimately we are very disappointed.”

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