Gillingham’s inability to hold onto a 2-0 lead was used by Doncaster boss Darren Ferguson to motivate his team on Saturday.

Ferguson also accused Gillingham of time-wasting “during the warm-up” in his post-match interview following the 2-2 draw.

“We dominated and I can’t believe we didn’t win,” said the former Peterborough boss.

“They (Gillingham) were just time-wasting and playing on the counter-attack. I think they were time-wasting in the warm-up to be honest.”

Rory Donnelly put the Gills ahead early on and added a second just after the break.

“They have shown they can lose leads,” said the Doncaster manager.

“They were 2-0 up against Walsall and lost and 2-0 up to Wigan and lost. We mentioned it at half-time.

“When it went to 2-2 I thought we would go on and win it and I’m disappointed with the result.”