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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
Sport
Kieran Horn

Lesson learned, Barton's blast, mood transformed and Bristol Rovers moments missed from Walsall

Many Bristol Rovers supporters likely would have been engulfed by a relieving experience of déjà vu at the weekend as another late Aaron Collins goal in front of Thatchers End saw the Gas snatch a victory against Walsall, continuing their upward trajectory.

The Gas did not make things easy for themselves, however, playing nearly an hour of the game with ten men after Luca Hoole was dismissed for two yellow cards seven minutes before half time.

But Collins was the man in the right place at the right time again. Rovers' top scorer profited from a mixup in the Saddlers' backline after excellent work from Harvey Saunders to force an error from goalkeeper Carl Rushworth allowed the former Forest Green Rovers forward to nod in the winner in the 90th minute and send the Mem into scenes of bedlam.

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