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Sam Frost

Joey Barton's honest verdict on red card and penalty calls in Bristol Rovers' loss at Plymouth

Joey Barton had no complaints after 10-man Bristol Rovers succumbed to a 2-0 defeat to League One title-chasers Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday.

The Gas battled hard in the opening stages to keep the Pilgrims at bay, but Antony Evans received the second of two yellow cards for fouls from behind in the 26th minute, leaving the odds stacked in the hosts' favour.

Barton's side made it through to half time with some last-ditch defending, but it took just six minutes after the pause for the deadlock to be broken, with Niall Ennis scoring a sensational bicycle kick into the bottom corner. Just a couple of minutes later, the game was put to bed when Macaulay Gillesphey headed home Matt Butcher's cross to put the Greens within one win of the Championship.

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