Joey Barton admitted he felt a tinge of "disappointment" despite a stoppage-time equaliser for Bristol Rovers against Derby County at the Mem on Saturday after giving the Rams a "footballing lesson".
The Gas fell behind inside five minutes with David McGoldrick afforded too much time and space to size up a shot from 12 yards and he finished ruthlessly beyond James Belshaw. Yet from that moment, the play-off-chasing Rams were on the back foot, with Rovers pushing hard for an equaliser.
Rovers finished the game with 70 per cent of possession and more than 600 passes, more than double what seventh-place Derby mustered, and but it took until deep into added time for the leveller to arrive. With Derby clinging on in the closing stages, Harvey White was deemed to have tripped Antony Evans as he closed in on Lewis Gibson's ball into the box.
