James Coppinger and Nathan Tyson scored in a superb derby victory away at Scunthorpe United,whose early relegation fears are far from eased yet.
Scunthorpe boss Russ Wilcox admits The Iron are playing better now,but his team had two early scares in the first ten minutes.Donny defender Jamie McCombe started his career off at Scunthorpe and headed a Furman cross wide before Wellens hit a shot straight at Robert Olejnik.
Doncaster pressurized more in the first half,but it came as a shock when Scunthorpe took the lead.New Zealand international striker RORY FALLON made it two in two since joining,finishing off Neal Bishop's good work after twenty-four minutes.
Doncaster pulled it back to 1-1 though four minutes later.JAMES COPPINGER found the ball in the box and hit it past former Austria U21 goalkeeper Olejnik.
The second half proved to be brighter for both teams.But it was the away fans who were roaring early in the second period when NATHAN TYSON put Doncaster ahead with a low shot.
Olejnik was kept on his toes from then onwards,denying both Wakefield and Forrester.Iron striker Paddy Madden then tried to chip Jed Steer but he was just over the bar.
In the final fifteen minutes,Scunthorpe pushed forward aggressively,and could've nicked a point.Andrew Boyce,recalled from a loan spell at Grimsby,missed a tap-in and substitute Hakeem Adelakun hit over from a corner.
It's Doncaster's second away win of the season but Scunthorpe need to do something to their team if they are to improve.
VIEWS FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
SCUNTHORPE BOSS RUSS WILCOX
"That game had a good derby atmosphere and there were two teams eager to change their forms,hence the desperate sense."
"That was the best we've played yet.We were more creative and brave out there but it just didn't work.We need to carry on this kind of play in the next few games and we'll turn a corner."
"Silly little things cost us the game.Rory Fallon and Paddy Madden have played well but they're not the only two players who score constantly;others must step up."
SCUNTHORPE STRIKER PADDY MADDEN
"The gaffer said it was a performance to be proud of because we did what he'd asked-to be more involved as individuals."
"We took the lead and felt confident we could win the derby baring in mind where we are in the league.When we conceded twice,we never recovered and had our belief knocked."
DONCASTER BOSS PAUL DICKOV
"Overall I'm delighted.We now need to carry on to the next game and go on to win next week."
"We came back with a good reaction following last week and I'm pleased because of that."
TEAMS
Scunthorpe United
26 Robert Olejnik
33 Sean Brisley
25 Andrew Boyce
14 Terry Hawkridge(Myrie-Williams 56')
24 O'Neill
07 Matt Sparrow C
12 Neal Bishop
28 Gary McSheffrey(Adelakun 82')
09 Paddy Madden
34 Rory Fallon
Substitutes
13 Marko Marosi GK
32 Miguel Llera
11 Jennison Myrie-Williams
27 Billy Kee
04 Sean McAllister
03 Andy Dawson
16 Hakeem Adelakun
Doncaster Rovers
01 Jed Steer
15 Liam Wakefield
12 Luke McCullough
06 Jamie McCombe
22 Reece Wabara
21 Marc De Val Fernandez(Keegan 85')
19 Richie Wellens
26 James Coppinger C
10 Harry Forrester
04 Dean Furman
14 Nathan Tyson
Substitutes
13 Marko Marosi GK
18 Paul Keegan
23 Kyle Bennett
09 Theo Robinson
31 Mitchell Lund
30 Ben Askins
25 Alex Peterson