Bradford City 0 Barnsley 1: We defended like trojans, praises Johnson

Bradford City lost to Yorkshire rivals Barnsley at Valley Parade in a League One clash.
Barnsley's Sam Winnall is blocked by City's Christopher Routis. (Picture: Tony Johnson)Barnsley's Sam Winnall is blocked by City's Christopher Routis. (Picture: Tony Johnson)
Barnsley's Sam Winnall is blocked by City's Christopher Routis. (Picture: Tony Johnson)

Both teams were in need of points as they looked to close the gap on the play-offs.

But it was the visitors who netted first, inside the opening few minutes.

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Williams crossed and the in-form Marley Watkins pounced to put Lee Johnson’s Barnsley in front.

It proved to be the only goal of the game.

Victory stretches the Tykes’ unbeaten run to five matches.

Barnsley boss Lee Johnson said “If I’m honest I thought we were average in possession. We defended like trojans because we had to, coming to Bradford.

“I thought we had some really good chances even though we had minimal possession for us - because we normally have a lot more possession - on the counter-attack we still got four or five chances.

“In fairness to them, they hustled us, they hurried us and put a lot of balls into our box and had a couple of chances themselves, but mainly down to our mistakes.

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“Sometimes it can be a good thing that you get in that defensive mindset because you’re switched on to runners and everybody is doubling up for each other and that was one of our strengths tonight.

“Our fans roared us on. We showed a really good spirit to come to a tough place and get a result.”