Stanley boss John Coleman praised Joe Pritchard after his side's 1-0 win against Bristol Rovers.

Pritchard reacted quickly to glance the ball into the corner of the net after a quickly-taken Sean McConville corner early in the second half.

The hosts were unable to respond, despite the threat posed by Aaron Collins, who hit the woodwork in the final 10 minutes.

“He tired a bit towards the end. He’s still getting through an injury – at 15 minutes to go he was starting to fade dramatically,” said Coleman.

“But you know what you’re getting from Joe. He likes to face up. He’s so inventive, he’s so quick to react and he’s got a great shot with either foot.

“And he’ll be disappointed that he didn’t do better with the opportunities that he had in the first half. Particularly after an unbelievable ball from Tommy Leigh to send him through on the penalty spot.

“Thankfully he got his just rewards with his efforts today and he got the winner.”

Bristol Rovers have now gone seven league games without a win, and boss Joey Barton accused his side of "naivety".

He added: “It was tough. I don’t think we were anywhere near as productive as last week. I felt that it was going to go to whoever scored the first goal.

“Our ball boy gives a quick ball to their player, they take a quick corner and we switched off for the goal.

“We’ve actually shot ourselves in the foot in that regard. We showed a bit of naivety. We thought the danger had passed.

“We thought we could take a breather. Our ball boy inadvertently – they don’t really throw much quick ball in for us but ended up giving them a bit of quick ball and the goal comes from that.”