TONY Mowbray paid tribute to his side’s never say die attitude as they made it a sixth game unbeaten with a last gap equaliser at Fulham.

Lucas Joao scored in the fourth minute of injury time to earn Rovers a point at promotion-chasing Fulham who looked to have snatched all three points with an 86th minute strike.

Craig Conway had levelled for Rovers in the 79th minute after Fulham had taken the lead just before half-time through Sone Aluko.

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And Mowbray said: “For the group it’s important to keep this run going, they showed that desire not to lose against a very good football team.

“I told them a story about never giving in and hopefully that resonated with them because we will need to do that between now and the end of the season.

“We will have some days when we are chasing a goal, some when we need to hang on, and some where we need to get three points and if they can show the qualities that they have shown so far then we should be ok.

“There were lots of positives. 

“For the effort, drive and desire we showed in the second half I thought we deserved it.  They were a very good passing team who can suffocate you if you’re not on the front foot.

“I thought they worked really well – took the gameplan on well, and hopefully there will be a lot of belief from a result that not many people would have given us much of a chance of getting.

“Fulham are a team on the up, they won 3-1 at St James’ Park and they have some very good players, fleet footed, very fast, very direct and I thought we managed them generally ok.

“I was delighted for the supporters who made the long trip, for the players who managed to take a point after a really difficult game at Norwich and we need to reinforce that with three points at the weekend.”

Fulham bossed the first-half and took the lead just before the break through Aluko’s strike.  But Rovers had renewed belief after the break and were deserving of their point at the final whistle.

“The second half was a bit of us being on the front foot more and them being a little bit more reserved about their play,” Mowbray added.

“They took a bit of speed off the pitch which allowed us to push, and press, higher up and ultimately we grew in confidence and got what we wanted.”