Rovers manager Stephen Bradley was on the money pre-match; Molde, the early club of Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Erling Haaland, look like the strongest team in Europa Conference League Group F.
Magnus Grödem showed well to chest down the initial ball into the box but the Norway under-21 international was then allowed back-heel through five defenders for Brynhildsen to finish under Alan Mannus. For Rovers, the show must go on. The focus switches to strangling Damien Duff’s Shels the same way the minnows of European club football have been punishing them and move clear of domestic challengers Derry City before Molde, Part II.
It wasn’t a night for the Rovers teenagers, Emakhu and Justin Ferizaj, who did bank valuable experience before what seems an inevitable move across to England or Europe. Wherever they land, it’s clear that the standard will be light years beyond their current patch.