Bristol Rovers’ stubborn resilience to earn a draw with high-flying Mansfield Town looked a positive result in isolation, but when factoring deeper components, there was a tinge of disappointment lingering over their goalless stalemate at the Mem.
A point against the Stags, who are unbeaten in their last 11 games – nine of which were wins - would have been reviewed upon as a positive result had it not been for the Gas seeing their own undefeated streak of six games depart last Tuesday following a 2-1 defeat to relegation-threatened Oldham Athletic.
Another component that would have gone unnoticed by just checking the full-time score would have been the controversial penalty incident in the 63rd minute that would have potentially put Rovers ahead.
