PAUL Ince last night bemoaned his side’s display as they were knocked out of the Carling Cup by Manchester United.

A Carlos Tevez hat-trick helped United to a convincing 5-3 quarter final win as the pressure was piled on to an increasingly under fire Ince.

Fans’ chants of 'we want our Rovers back' left the Rovers boss in no doubt of their thoughts.

Another inept defensive display incensed the travelling few as Rovers squandered numberous early chances before gifting the hosts an opener and then collapsing.

Ince said: “It was difficult but in the first half we started well.

"We had three good chances in the first half and were doing okay for 30 minutes,” he told Sky Sports News.

“We felt comfortable. We weren’t playing particularly well, but we didn’t look in danger.

“But we conceded goals pretty early and you can’t do that against teams like Manchester United.

“I said at half-time that it was important who got the next goal, if we got it we had a chance.

“We did that, with a great finish from Benni (McCarthy), but then we gave away a penalty straight away.

“You can’t do that at any level, nevermind against Manchester United.

“I wasn’t sure it was a penalty but that killed us. We feel we are back in the game at 2-1 but we keep doing it to ourselves.

“Saying that, we got three goals at Old Trafford.”

Rovers currently sit second from bottom in the Premier League after a nine-match winless streak in the league.