'Nowhere near' - Wigan boss Ryan Lowe reflects on 'crazy' Doncaster Rovers draw

Rovers enjoyed a three-goal buffer with 30 minutes to go, only for the Latics to pull off a sensational comeback and ensure spoils were shared in South Yorkshire.

Rovers led through goals from Frankie Okoronkwo, Jay McGrath and Harry Clifton but it wasn't enough as Wigan powered back through second half goals via Joe Taylor, Callum Wright and Owen Moxon.

Athletic chief Ryan Lowe reflected on the game, saying: "We concede two sloppy, sloppy goals...one where their lad runs off the back of someone and has a free shot on the edge of the box, and the second one comes from a set-play, where we get caught in two minds.

"To be done by a wide free-kick, when someone runs across your man, is very disappointing, and the game has swung in their favour, which it had. We were nowhere near it at that point, the game was all Doncaster, and I'm really disappointed...we're trying to get messages on, telling the players to settle down.

"We got them in at half-time, made a couple of little tweaks, brought Harrison off, who found it tough in the little pockets, in the '10'...we wanted to get three strikers up there and he found it tough, but he's only a baby, and sometimes that happens. But to concede another calamity goal...I can't put my hat on it now...and you suddenly find yourselves three goals down."

He added: "The lads then react, and go and do what they should do, and what they can do. It was a bit of a crazy game...pleased that we scored three goals, pleased that we came away with a point, because at 3-0 it's dead and buried.

"And the lads have to take a lot of credit for that, because they showed guts, desire, determination to get a result."

Rovers will look to quickly address the result on Tuesday night when Leyton Orient visit DN4.