Luke Molyneux stars as Doncaster win at fellow strugglers Burton

Luke Molyneux scored and assisted as Doncaster hauled themselves out of the League One bottom four with a 2-1 victory at fellow strugglers Burton.

Rovers were off to a flying start with a goal in just the second minute. Skipper Owen Bailey’s dart into the box in the opening minute was unceremoniously halted by Jack Armer’s challenge and Molyneux unerringly found the bottom corner from the penalty spot.

Things got better for Rovers with a second goal after 12 minutes. An angled cross-field pass found Molyneux in acres of space on the right to deliver a low cross that was bundled in by Bailey.

A stunned Burton side pushed to try and get back into the game, but they had keeper Brad Collins to thank that they were not 3-0 down when the Coventry loanee palmed Elliot Lee’s close-range effort onto the bar, denying him a debut goal.

Albion made a triple change at half-time and Tyrese Shade was inches away with an angled shot just two minutes after the restart. The Albion striker also forced keeper Thimothee Lo-Tutala into a full-length save minutes later as Albion cranked up the pressure.

Concerted second-half pressure eventually told for Albion when Kyran Lofthouse nodded home George Evans’ corner with a quarter of an hour remaining and Jake Beesley thought he had equalised only to be denied by a contentious offside flag from the assistant.

Albion piled forwards late on but a flurry of late corners failed to yield an equaliser.