Bristol Rovers 1-3 Fleetwood Town
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High-flying Fleetwood continued their impressive start to the season with a convincing win at Bristol Rovers.
After a goalless first half Jamille Matt put the visitors ahead with a near post flick before Rovers equalised through John-Joe O'Toole's header.
Matt put his side back in front three minutes from time with an emphatic finish from Antoni Sarcevic's pass.
Substitute Jon Parkin then sealed the points for Fleetwood in injury-time with a volley from a narrow angle.
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Bristol Rovers boss John Ward told BBC Radio Bristol:
"They're a good side, we said that before the game - their away form is excellent. We had to be on our toes throughout the whole game not just the last few minutes.
"We got ourselves in at 1-1 and then we had a couple of problems with the two centre-backs who probably were not fit enough to complete 90 minutes at the level that this game required.
"For different reasons Mark McChrystal's been working on a knee problem for the last two to three weeks and has not been on the training pitch enough.
"Tom Parkes has had a knock and not been fit enough in those last few minutes."
- Published7 June 2019