Bristol Rovers ended a run of 10 straight defeats with a 1-1 draw at Crewe in Steve Evans' first game in charge. Evans oversaw a gritty performance by the Gas, whose passage was helped by the first-half dismissal of Crewe's Adrien Thibaut.
The sides traded early goals, with Emre Tezgel firing Crewe ahead in the ninth minute and Callum Morton levelling three minutes later. From there it became a contest shaped by errors and a numerical imbalance, but Rovers held firm for a point that snapped their dismal sequence.
Goals Traded Inside Twelve Minutes
Tezgel found the corner with a first-time strike from the edge of the box after Reece Hutchinson pulled the ball back, giving the Railwaymen a deserved early lead.