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Bristol Post
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Sam Frost

Bristol Rovers verdict: Barton needs to break cycle after nightmare start and predictable finish

After poor performances and results, the response is everything in football but for Bristol Rovers, their hopes of bouncing back accordingly seven days' on from the drubbing at Morecambe took less than two minutes to be dented.

MK Dons claimed a 2-0 win at the Mem on Saturday in a game bookended by goals for the visitors. The Mem was vibrant and doing its bit to draw a response from Joey Barton's players, but it took little more than 90 seconds for the mood to change.

Mo Eisa won and scored a chap penalty to put the Gas on the back foot again and for all their efforts to battle back, patiently trying to craft attacks, they finished with nothing to show for it as Max Dean clinched the victory in the final minute of the 90.

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