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Rovers are out after penalty woe

Scoring Summary

Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster Rovers
Mathias Pogba (45')	Chris Brown (90')

Match Stats

Crewe Alexandra

Doncaster Rovers

11(5)	Shots (on Goal)	9(3)
9	Fouls	8
6	Corner Kicks	3
3	Offsides	2
48%	Time of Possession	52%
2	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
4	Saves	5

Teams

Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster Rovers
1 Steve Phillips	33 Gary Woods
15 Gregor Robertson	19 Andy Griffin
6 Adam Dugdale	4 Shelton Martis
2 Matt Tootle	3 James Husband
3 Harry Davis	15 Liam Wakefield
19 Abdul Osman	21 Sammy Clingan
31 Bradden Inman	11 David Cotterill
26 Chuks Aneke	27 Josh Meade
30 Lauri Dalla Valle	29 Harry Middleton
9 Mathias Pogba	10 Robbie Blake
7 Max Clayton	9 Chris Brown
Substitutes
13 Alan Martin	Jonathan Maxted 13
5 Mark Ellis	Paul Quinn 2
12 Oliver Turton	Evan Finnigan 24
27 Ryan Colclough	Iain Hume 17
11 Byron Moore	Jordan Ball 25
Substitutions
Oliver Turton for Chuks Aneke (76)	Evan Finnigan for James Husband (54)
Ryan Colclough for Max Clayton (82)	Iain Hume for David Cotterill (54)
Byron Moore for Bradden Inman (88)	Paul Quinn for Andy Griffin (65)
Yellow Cards
Gregor Robertson (31)	Robbie Blake (53)
Matt Tootle (51)
Red Cards
Matt Tootle (90)
· Squads: Crewe Alexandra | Doncaster Rovers

Shootout Snapshot

Crewe Alexandra

Score

Doncaster Rovers

Lauri Dalla Valle (pen)	1 - 0
	1 - 1	Chris Brown (pen)
Harry Davis (pen)	2 - 1
	2 - 2	Iain Hume (pen)
Abdul Osman (pen)	3 - 2
	3 - 2	Robbie Blake (miss)
Byron Moore (pen)	4 - 2
	4 - 3	Paul Quinn (pen)
Gregor Robertson (pen)	5 - 3

Robbie Blake missed from the penalty spot as Doncaster crashed out of their second cup competition in the space of four days, losing 5-3 following a 1-1 draw.

Chris Brown's last-gasp goal cancelled out Mathias Pogba's first-half strike to take 10-man Crewe to penalties.

But Blake smacked the crossbar with his spot-kick as the Alex held their nerve and tucked away every penalty.

A bug forced Rovers boss Dean Saunders to make five changes to the team that lost to Oldham in Saturday's FA Cup clash.

But the Welshman would have been pleased with his team's bright start as Alex full-back Gregor Robertson produced a vital block to deny Brown before Blake hit the foot of a post with a fierce 30-yard free-kick.

Crewe took control and Chuks Aneke saw a header palmed onto the crossbar by Gary Woods while Bradden Inman was denied by two great saves from the goalkeeper.

The Railwayman broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time when Max Clayton cut back to give Pogba the simplest of finishes.

The visitors should have levelled when James Husband flashed an inviting ball across the face of goal but Steve Phillips kept out Brown's close-range shot with his feet.

Pogba hit the upright with a header from Inman's centre before Crewe's Matt Tootle saw red for his second bookable offence in injury time.

Brown then bundled the ball in at the far post at the death but the game still ended in heartbreak for Rovers.