Brief respite is all Bristol Rovers' midweek stalemate with promotion-chasing Ipswich Town turned out to be as Burton Albion resumed a demoralising run for Joey Barton and his players in a 2-1 defeat at the Mem on Saturday.
Buoyed by a dogged and disciplined showing on Tuesday, it all started so well for the Gas who looked on their way back to form after a strong start punctuated by John Marquis' fine header.
But the afternoon ended in a fashion painfully familiar since the turn of the year, as a Rovers team short on confidence and ideas were left lamenting moments of poor defending and a breakdown in their build-up play.
