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Rovers have won 3-1 against Barnsley to end a run of three consecutive defeats. Rovers led 2-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Joshua King and Ruben Rochina and, despite a second-half scare after Barnsley pulled one back, managed to pick up the win and another goal when Jordan Rhodes scored in the 9th minute of injury time.

Barnsley got off to a good start, but Rovers were soon threatening on the break as their pace out wide caused Barnsley trouble. King forced Steele into a good save with a swerving effort from just outside of the box and the Norwegian then had a penalty appeal turned down when he appeared to be taken down as he burst into the box. Shortly after, Rhodes missed a glorious chance to put Rovers ahead when Henley found acres of space in the box and set the forward up, but the Scotland international fired over from 10 yards out.

Rovers did take the lead when more good work from King saw the winger get in behind the Barnsley defence and he managed to squeeze the ball into the net. It was King's second goal for the club in what could be his last appearance for the club. The Norwegian is due to return to Manchester United once the window reopens and it is not clear if Rovers will try to extend his loan spell. The goal seemed to settle Rovers down and they began to control the match and doubled their lead as the half drew to a close when Ruben Rochina scored a fine right-footed effort.

It looked as though Rovers would see the second half out comfortably, but with a quarter of an hour remaining Barnsley produced a goal from almost nothing. Rovers failed to close Dawson down and his left-footed effort flew past Kean. The goal came against the run of play and totally changed the complexion of the game, forcing Rovers onto the back foot as they dropped deeper and allowed Barnsley to press forward. It looked as though Nuno Gomes could wrap the game up when a three on one allowed Kazim-Richards to square the ball and left Gomes with the simple task of slotting the ball home, but the experienced Portuguese forward somehow managed to put the ball wide.

That led to a nervous few minutes for Rovers, but they were able to put the match to bed as the match drew to a close when Jordan Rhodes was able to beat a defender and fire low into the bottom corner from just outside of the area. It is an invaluable three points for Rovers and will have the team looking up going into 2013. The hope will be that a new manager will be in charge soon, but with little time before the next game against Forest on Tuesday it is quite likely that Bowyer and his team will still be in charge.

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