[Archived] News Article -> 2011/12 Full-Time: Rovers 0 Newcastle 2

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Rovers once again dominated a game and came away no points as they were frustrated at home by a lacklustre Newcastle side. Rovers created the vast majority of chances, including missing a penalty, but went down to a heavy deflection and a late goal on the break.

The match got off to a quick start and was fairly even until Newcastle took the lead in the 12th minute when Taylor's 25-yard effort took a wicked deflection off Dann and left Robinson to watch helplessly as the ball bounced into the corner with the Rovers 'keeper wrong-footed.

Despite going a goal behind, it was the home side that took control after the goal and nearly equalised moments later when Givet's effort was cleared off the line. Petrovic went close with a volley, Modeste went close and Best headed against his own bar from a corner, but Rovers' best chance came when Modeste was bundled over in the box and Phil Dowd awarded a penalty. Dunn stepped up to take it, but saw his effort saved by Krul.

Rovers started the second half where they had left off in the first and were quickly on top. Modeste appeared to not realise how much time he had when he shot early when through on goal, before Dann then tamely headed into the arms of Krul when he should have done far better from Pedersen's free-kick. As the game dragged on, Rovers continued to press and Formica and Givet both missed great chances to equalise before Newcastle wrapped up the three points in the dying minutes of the match when Rovers pushed forward and were hit on the break. Obertan just beat the offside trap on the halfway line and calmly slid the ball past Robinson into the far corner.

Rovers will be delighted with the performance, but will be wondering exactly how they failed to score in a match when they had over 30 attempts at goal and missed several glorious opportunities, notably the Dunn penalty in the first half.

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