Danielle Sheen scored twice as Rovers Ladies booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Women’s Cup courtesy of an impressive 3-0 victory away to Premier League side Nottingham Forest.
Lagan Makin set the tone in the first minute when she breezed past her full-back and whipped in a dangerous ball, which went right along the six-yard box.
Rovers continued to press and eventually made the breakthrough on 28 minutes.
The ball was worked well down the left and played into Anderton, who rifled a left-foot shot over the keeper.
Seven minutes later and Rovers added a deserved second when Sheen went through and lobbed the oncoming keeper.
Rovers expected a reaction after the restart, but it was the visitors who again looked brighter and within five minutes Sheen had her second.
The Forest defence tried to clear the ball, but it ricocheted off Anderton and rebounded off the keeper to Sheen, who fired past a crowd of bodies on the line.
Rovers’ reward is a fourth round tie away to local rivals Preston North End.
Rogers said: “We never doubted that we would win this game, which my players controlled from start to finish.
“I felt we were superior in every area of the pitch and 3-0 could have been a lot more on another day.
“It was almost the complete performance and I think my players deserve all the praise they get. We must refocus our attentions now on the next game, but I’m sure if we maintain our levels of performance from recent weeks, then 2012 will be an exciting year for us.”
ROVERS: Parker, Pennington, Oates (Heyes 73), Cox, Turner, Bennett, Ince, H Forster, Makin (N Forster 68), Sheen (Savage 75), Anderton.
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