Doncaster 2 Coventry 0: We've got momentum, enthuses Ferguson

MANAGER Darren Ferguson was full of praise for his players after a 'relentless' display maintained Doncaster Rovers' hopes of a great escape.

“It was a very good performance,” said Ferguson of his side’s win over Coventry City.

“From the moment we went ahead we were quite relentless in what we did.”

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He added: “We thoroughly deserved the win. We’ve just got to maintain it now against Crewe and Burton. As a team we’ve got a bit of momentum now. You can see the belief.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve had such a dominating victory. But it shows the players have got a good temperament to play that well in must-win games.

“We played well against Wigan too. After we got the first I felt we’d go on and win the game.”

Tommy Rowe headed in Gary McSheffrey’s corner on 21 minutes and Andy Williams got his head to Nathan Tyson’s cross to give the hosts some breathing space.

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Some of the shine was taken off the victory by Shrewsbury Town’s surprise win at Gillingham.

But Ferguson said: “All the lads were on their phones in the dressing room and I said to them, ‘don’t be disappointed, you’ve got to be delighted with that performance’.

“We can’t control what happens elsewhere. The Fleetwood result now is probably a good one, the draw [against Blackpool].

“If we lose to Crewe it’s over, if we lose to Burton it’s over. We’ve got to focus on winning those games.”

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Doncaster Rovers: Matthews, Lund, Alcock, Butler, Evina, Coppinger, Rowe, Calder (Middleton 79), McCullough, McSheffrey (Tyson 28), Williams. Unused substitutes: Stuckmann, MacKenzie, Taylor-Sinclair, Mandeville, Stewart.

Coventry City: Charles-Cook, Ricketts, Stephens, Martin, Phillips, Fleck, Vincelot (Gadzhev 58), Jones (Tudgay 58), Rose, Murphy (Maddison 69), Armstrong. Unused substitutes: Lameiras, Lorentzson, Fortune, Addai.

Referee: Darren Handley (Lancashire).