Dion Sanderson felt he was fouled by Zan Vipotnik but play was allowed to continue by referee Gavin Ward. Myles Peart-Harris raced through on goal and kept his cool to slot past Aynsley Pears.
That made it 2-0 on the stroke of half time and Swansea added a third after the break when Liam Cullen steered home from Peart-Harris’ pass.
It was a frustrating result for Rovers, who were looking to boost their play-off push following victories against West Brom and Plymouth under interim boss David Lowe.
After Luke Williams left Swansea earlier that week, Alan Sheehan took over as manager, and the team also had a temporary manager in the dugout.
“To be fair, that’s a foul because he’s holding him back,” Hackett told Football Insider. “I believe there was a foul in the build-up to play, and the referee has missed one.”
“He’s not seen it as a foul, he’s allowed play to continue and they’ve scored. I think they’re unfortunate.”
Lowe thought the goal ought to have been chalked off as well. “It looked like a foul to me and it looked like the referee was going to blow for a foul, but obviously he didn’t,” he remarked following the final whistle in South Wales.
“You can acquire results that work for you and results that don’t work for you.
We’ve been on the losing end of one today, which is unfortunate, but that’s football. They go for you on some days and not on others.
