'Disappointing' first half cost Rovers - O'Neill

Blackburn Rovers boss Michael O'Neill said his side were made to pay for a "disappointing" first half in their 2-1 home defeat by Bristol City.

Rovers took an early lead through Yuki Ohashi but trailed at the break and ultimately fell to a first loss since O'Neill took charge earlier this month.

"We're disappointed with the result and we're disappointed with how we played in the first half as well," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"We just didn't seem to get to grips with them in the first 30-35 minutes, despite scoring a really good goal which I thought we would kick on from and we didn't.

"We didn't compete first of all, we didn't get pressure on the ball high enough up the pitch and we didn't win enough second balls and when we did we turned it over. We constantly put ourselves under pressure.

"I thought the reaction was good in the second half. We're disappointed not to take something from the game but there are positives from the second half.

"We threw everything we had available from an attacking sense on the pitch tonight but it just wasn't enough to find an equaliser."

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