Nathan Blissett joined Bristol Rovers from Kidderminster last week
Nathan Blissett scored his second in three games for Bristol Rovers as the promotion-chasing Pirates beat Welling.
The home side took the lead in the second half through new loan signing Blissett, who dinked the ball over Welling goalkeeper Benjamin Buchel.
The visitors were reduced to 10 men on the hour mark when Jake Gallagher was shown red for a foul on Lee Mansell.
Matty Taylor then secured the points for Rovers from the penalty spot after he was hacked down by Zac Fagan.
The Pirates are now six matches unbeaten in the Conference.
Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke told BBC Radio Bristol:
Clarke on Bristol Rovers v Welling
"It was a tough old game to be fair, Welling were disciplined and got nine men behind the ball at the majority of the time which was a little bit frustrating first half.
"I said to the players it's just about being patient at times. We changed things around at half time just because I thought it was the right thing to do.
"We went to a 3-4-1-2 just to try and get us a bit more impetus in the game and once we got the goal we went back to a 4-4-2 and that's the beauty of it, the flexibility of the squad.
"We work on the systems and they can comfortably adapt to it. I thought it was important before the game to freshen things up a little bit."
- Published7 June 2019
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