Graham Alexander 'delighted' after seeing Bradford City brush off away struggles to beat Wycombe Wanderers
Graham Alexander was left “delighted” after his Bradford City side picked up a rare win on the road against Wycombe Wanderers.
The Bantams have not been particularly strong away from home in League One this season but ripped up the form book at Adams Park.
Andre Vidigal gave the play-off-chasing Chairboys the lead after six minutes before the Bantams bit back through Bobby Pointon.
Aden Baldwin then netted a winner for the visitors, who have climbed to third in the League One table.
Graham Alexander ‘delighted’ with his Bradford City players
Alexander said: “I was delighted with how they (Bradford’s players) approached the game in the first place.
“I thought we could do better on the goal without a shadow of a doubt. There’s a detail in there which we spoke about. It’s disappointing – it was a great finish from the lad (Vidigal), but we shouldn’t have allowed him to cut back inside the pitch.
“That said, I think the players reacted well to that – we didn’t get too downhearted.
“I said at half-time to ignore the scoreline and just make sure we set our heads on what the objective is in the next 50 minutes, which turned out to be nearly 55.
“I thought the players had a massive motion of control today. If you pile on the previous couple of away results and add it onto this then we’re going to be in a dark moment – but we didn’t.
“We separated that, saw this game in its own entity – it’s not just coming back to win 2-1, it’s the calibre of opponent we’re up against, the record they have here. To win 2-1, I’m absolutely delighted with every player.”
Michael Duff’s view
Wycombe boss Michael Duff, meanwhile, said: “I don’t think there was a lot in the game – two teams separated by fine margins.
“[We had] a couple of chances to score good goals, we hit the post but then gave them a really poor goal – they’ve done nothing to score a goal, and conceded from a set play. The actual game, there was nothing in it – a really tight game.
“First half I thought we played some good stuff, second half, obviously the bodies, we ended up with no wingers available.
“We end up going 4-4-2 then trying to play a diamond – we can’t get the play into the front half enough. I just thought they did the horrible side of the game a bit better than us.”