Don’t blow it now, Hill warns his Rovers men

TRANMERE boss Keith Hill felt his side blew a great chance in the goalless draw at Scunthorpe United.

Rovers were guilty of some wasteful finishing in the first half, before Iron keeper Rory Watson made two good second-half saves.

The result saw Tranmere drop out of the automatic promotion places and Hill said: “We have to focus on the football and not keep looking at the league table and the next game.

“We have to deal with the here and now and perform. The lads have worked hard and we don’t want this to be a missed opportunity.

“We are having a great season and we don’t want to waste it in the last six games. It is a chance we can’t turn down and I feel today is a chance we have turned down.

“We missed chances in the second half. I thought we looked nervy in the first half and didn’t really get on the front foot.”

The visitors started brightest with Kaiyne Woolery sending two shots wide inside the opening 15 minutes.

Joe Murphy kept out John McAtee after he went clean through after 20 minutes.

Alister Crawford blazed over two minutes later, before heading over Otis Khan’s cross after 36 minutes.

Alex Gilliead shot just wide after 49 minutes, before Woolery again failed to find the target.

Watson made a fine fingertip save to keep out a Paul Lewis header after 55 minutes as Rovers continued to press.

Murphy kept out Kevin van Veen’s near-post shot just before the hour mark, before Watson saved with his feet to keep out Lewis after 66 minutes.

A Khan free-kick went inches wide after 82 minutes, before Van Veen and Gilliead were off target with late chances for the hosts. Scunthorpe boss Neil

Cox praised the passion shown by his players. “I am pleased with the point. We have had illness in the camp and a lot of injuries so we couldn’t pick the team until 1.15pm,” he said.

“We went brave with two up front and told the players to go out and play and enjoy challenging a team that were third. We lacked a bit of quality in the first half, but the passion and endeavour we showed to stay in it and to try and win it at the end was brilliant.”