Cooper purrs at Swindon win

Swindon boss Mark Cooper was full of praise for his side after seeing a late winner in a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Doncaster.

Swindon fell behind four minutes from the break when Curtis Main tucked home Nathan Tyson's pull back, but restored parity when Michael Smith converted a penalty after Dean Furman hauled down Ben Gladwin. Home keeper Stephen Bywater looked to have ensured a point for Doncaster with a terrific save from John Swift, but right at the death Jonathan Obika broke clear and cracked a shot inside the far post to secure Town the win. "I thought they were tremendous again," said Cooper. "This is a difficult place to come against a team trying hard to get into the play-offs. The way we did it with a last-minute winner and to change it tactically, it was very pleasing. Three points were key. "There is immense pressure on the players to keep winning. For such a young group to go on the run they did of losing games and taking the criticism and then bouncing back with three wins, shows true character and I am ever so proud of them. "I think we've showed a determined effort not to get beat. You can tell by the celebrations at the end, with the goalkeeper in the top row at one point, that it means so much to them. They showed true spirit. "I asked them at half-time when was the last time we came back from behind to win and we got the response from them." Doncaster manager Paul Dickov was disappointed with the defeat, but pleased with the efforts of his players despite their second home loss in four days. "I thought at 1-1 there was only going to be one winner, especially towards the last 15 minutes, and I would have been slightly disappointed with a point as we gave them a real run for their money," said Dickov. "But when you're in that sort of game, you have to make sure you concentrate defensively for the whole match and we switched off. "We cannot continue to concede soft goals - if we continue to defend the way we have when conceding goals, then we are not going to win any games. Individual errors are really costing us at the minute." Dickov says they have to forget about the result and now look ahead to Saturday's clash at Coventry. "You have to dust yourself down and get on with it," the Scot added. "I'm pleased with the performance after Saturday. I thought we pressed them really well in the second half and we should have had a penalty. It would have been a completely different outcome if we had got and scored that."