Grant McCann reviews Doncaster Rovers' win over Stockport County as he makes penalties admission

Grant McCann admits his Doncaster Rovers players didn't practice penalties in the build-up to their shoot-out cup win over Stockport County.

Rovers sealed a brilliant 5-4 shoot-out win to book their place in the Carabao Cup second round, after the tie finished 1-1 in 90 minutes.

Alfie May, George Broadbent, Owen Bailey, Jamie Sterry - with a delicious Panenka - and Hakeeb Adelakun scored theirs with Harry Clifton the only one to blot his copybook. Goalkeeper Tommy Simkin was the hero, saving from Ben Osborn and Eoghan O'Connell in the shoot-out and making ample stops in regulation time.

Speaking post-match, McCann admitted: "No, we didn't practice them.

"I don't think we can emulate a training ground penalty to a stadium penalty. I was pleased Haks was the one to go and take the last penalty for us because he's the calmest man in the world. That wouldn't have fazed him.

"Even if you'd have had over 100,000 people behind the goal, it still wouldn't have fazed him."

After a competitive but goalless first half, May fired Rovers in front only for Kyle Wootton to restore parity quickly. Nothing separated the teams thereafter as penalties loomed.

On the performance as a whole, McCann said: "I thought it was an excellent defensive performance. We knew Stockport are a really high possession-based team. We had to be patient and I knew we'd have to change it at half-time, possibly because of the heat, just to keep the energy at the top end.

"Then we scored a really good goal from a corner but probably the most frustrating thing we did today is how quickly we've conceded afterwards. I don't know how it happened. I'll have to sit and watch it back on the video but we held our nerve, we sent the game through and won it at the end."

Rovers discover their second round opponents on Monday evening when the draw is made.