Tony Mowbray felt a difference in quality at the top end of the pitch prevented Rovers from taking all three points at Carrow Road.

Sam Gallagher came off the bench to score his sixth goal of the season, and fifth as a substitute, to earn a deserved draw for Rovers against the league leaders.

They had been chasing a 10th successive victory, an led early in the second half courtesy of a Kenny McLean strike after a free-flowing move.

That was despite Rovers having dominated up to that point, pressing high from the off, but without anything to show for their dominance in the opening 45 minutes.

John Buckley led the line, as Rovers were without the injured Adam Armstrong, but needed their substitutes to combine to earn a point, as a Harvey Elliott cross was headed home by Gallagher with 13 minutes remaining.

Gallagher had a chance to win it late on, making an impact off the bench once again, but did appear to be holding his hamstring as the game came to a close.

“I think what jumps out at you is their quality in the final third as opposed to our quality in the final third," Mowbray said.

“Dolan, Brereton, Buckley, they’re young kids, they’ve got international footballers who played in the Premier League last year.

“We have players learning the game, there’s a difference in quality at the top end of the pitch, we understand that, but that’s what we are as a football club, trying to grow.”

Rovers looked to get after Norwich with a high pressing game from the off, but Mowbray said that was something his side look to do every game, but isn’t something they can implement against teams who don’t play out from the back.

Asked for his verdict of his side’s display, he said: “We were okay, we played how we’ve been playing, we came away with a point and I think we’re a bit disappointed that we didn’t come away with more.

“You have to say they have some quality about the way they play, they scored a great goal, but on balance, I think we more than deserved a point out of the game.

“That’s how we play, some teams play long ball so you don’t always see the press, you have to try and break these teams down who play with lots of men behind the ball.

“This was just a different game of football, playing against a team with a lot of confidence, who play out from the back and are top of the league by all of those points.

“Our strength is winning the ball back, we came to Norwich knowing that we’d have the chance to try and use our main strength which is winning the ball high up in the opposition half and pay dividends. It almost did.”