Doncaster Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll remained positive, following a disappointing 2-1 defeat at the hands of Reading at the Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday evening.

Goals from Shane Long and Brian Howard gave The Royals victory - however Rovers dominated the second half and played the better football without being able to take the chances bestowed to them. Rovers did get a goal back through Billy Sharp's 81st minute penalty following Matthew Mills' handball, which saw the former Rovers favourite dismissed late on - however the fine form of 'keeper Adam Federici ensured that Reading came away with the three points.

"I've become used to walking into press rooms and thinking that we have dominated and that we should have won and taken it on the chin," said the Rovers manager following the game.

"We've tried to focus on the positives rather than the negatives and felt that we could have done better with the goals. I can't fault the players' effort, enthusiasm and they tried to always do the right things and the things that we want."

"This league is so tight; you can walk off of the pitch after any game and think that you could have won that game or you could have lost it. Today is no different and we try and maintain that the players, as I've said, try to do the right things and as long as they do that, they will get our support. Sometimes, results are in the lap of the Gods, but I was impressed with the way that we played."

Doncaster played the better football of the two sides throughout the entire contest, and O'Driscoll admits that he is now beyond being frustrated with coming away from games on the wrong end of the result after his side had dominated.

"I've got over being frustrated because we went thirteen games without a win in the first season in The Championship - walking into press conferences where people were asking me 'how have you lost that one?' In some senses, we are used to it. Credit to Reading, they have changed (the way that they play) and put an extra man in midfield which made it difficult for us. They are a high-energy side and they were always going to be dangerous on the counter attack. I thought that we reacted and nobody's heads went down. We continued to move the ball and made enough chances in the second half to win it - but it wasn't to be."