Paul Trollope says Bristol Rovers will continue to work on eradicating the defensive lapses that are undermining his side's free-scoring start to the season.

The Pirates remain League One's top scorers after their 2-2 weekend draw at Yeovil Town.

But they have the second worst defensive record in the division and Trollope felt errors played their part in both of the Glovers' goals at Huish Park.

"We're still the top scorers in the division and we could even have had a few more goals," said Trollope.

"A lot of teams are down the bottom because they can't score goals – that's not our problem. But we have to make sure players keep to their roles and responsibilities.

"We work hard in training, but it's about doing it for 90 minutes on the field. We didn't manage to do that again, but we did come back twice so that aspect was pleasing.

"Our attacking play is a huge positive for us, but we need to be better as a team in all areas.

"We've got a few free midweeks coming up which should help us, and we need to make sure we go forward from here and learn again from what we need to be better at."

Rickie Lambert netted his eighth goal of the campaign from the penalty spot and Jo Kuffour opened his account for the club with his first touch after he came off the bench to earn the Pirates their point and end a run of four successive defeats.

"It's a small step for us – a very small step," said Trollope.

"We came with the intention of winning and bouncing back from the run of defeats, but we'll take the draw and move on.

"We worked hard in training on our defending, so it was disappointing that we came undone after six minutes because someone lost their man on a corner.

"Steve Elliott has put his hands up over that. He got caught slightly underneath a cross.

"Despite that though, we looked lively going forward, and we looked a threat from set-pieces throughout.

"We got back in the game at 1-1, and then we came unstuck again through a goal with numerous defensive errors.

"Credit to the players though because they showed great endeavour, and in the end we'll take the point knowing that there's still a lot of hard work to be done on the training field."

Rovers are back in action next weekend when they take on Crewe Alexandra at the Memorial Stadium.