Paul Trollope spoke of his delight at seeing Lewis Haldane head home a stoppage time winner against Millwall this afternoon.
The first team coach watched Rovers come from behind to take all three points against the Lions, to make it back-to-back League One victories.
Rickie Lambert levelled the scores from the penalty spot after 77 minutes, before Haldane rose high in the six-yard box to send the home fans wild with just seconds on the clock remaining.
"It's those sort of emotions that make the game the wonderful sport that it is," Paul told bristolrovers.co.uk, "We were so disappointed at half-time with a very poor first half performance, and a few harsh words were said in the dressing room.
"The players reacted well to what was said, and in the end we put them under some pressure and our spirit, commitment and desire got us the win we wanted.
"In the first half we looked nervous and edgy, which is a subconscious thing, and it's something we need to deal with. We were better in the second half, we showed composure when we needed to, and in the end that led to the equaliser and the winner.
"We'll take the result, we know we've played better and lost and drawn this season, but we said before hand we'd take an ugly win at home. It was very ugly in the first half, and although we did better in the second half we still know we need to improve.
"At half-time we were facing the prospect of another home defeat, and having played so poorly against Bournemouth last time out we knew it was important to be a lot better in the second half. We tried to say the right things, and to make the right changes to affect the game early in the second half.
"If I'm honest I would have thrown on five or six if I could have, but Andy Williams and David Pipe were the two that came on and they both made a difference. They played big parts in the win, and that was what we wanted.
"Hopefully this result can now spark us into something, but we know we still have a lot to improve on. We've won a couple in a row now as far as the league is concerned, and if we build on this then by the time Christmas comes around we'll be in a good position."
