Paul Sturrock said: "How do you legislate for that? A week ago in our last home game we beat Coventry here 4-0. The difference is that today we went out there and waited for it to happen rather than making it happen.
"I like to think I am a fair manager and will hold my hand up if I think I have contributed, mistake-wise, in the build-up to a game or whatever. Not today.
"The build-up to this game was no different to the last three unbeaten games.
"What really irks me is that we can be so different in our approach one week from the next.
"Now we have our work cut out again."
Rovers' boss Sean O'Driscoll said: "We have not looked at the league table all season, we have concentrated on performances so I don't think we are going to change now.
"We went to Ipswich and beat them 3-1 but it was a different type of game, but we were excellent then but fell below the standards when we lost to Preston on Monday but this was back to nicely organised.
"In this division you need to be organised, just passing the ball does not get you what you want to get, so we learnt from the Preston game. We have done that all season.
"Every game - won, drawn or lost - we think we can do this better or that better. I thought we were excellent today."