Fagan sees red as City crumble to Dons defeat

Fagan was dismissed 38 minutes in for two bookings having been warned by referee Darren Deadman, while Rob Kozluk’s tug on Billy Knott and Luke Oliver’s barge on Jason Euell gifted the Dons two penalties.

The Bantams started the better of the two teams, with Nahki Wells and David Syers both testing Seb Brown before the game sprung into life in a mad five-minute spell just after the half hour mark.

First, Kozluk hauled down Knott as he rose to meet Rashid Yussuff’s cross and Jack Midson despatched the resultant spot kick.

That lead lasted just three minutes as, after Andrew Davies’s header was cleared off the line by Sam Hatton, Fagan’s resulting cross bounced off Pim Balkestein and into the net.

That was to be Fagan’s last meaningful contribution though as, having already been booked for a late lunge on Hatton and warned for a series of fouls, he stupidly kicked the ball away after conceding a throw and was sent for an early bath.

Bradford let Wimbledon dominate possession after that but it was a tactic that only kept them level until the 53rd minute.

Euell played Hatton through with a superb chipped pass and the right-back lobbed the ball to the back post where Knott arrived unmarked to head in.

More poor defending helped Wimbledon extend their lead when Oliver pushed Euell and Midson this time dispatched the ball into the opposite corner.

AFC Wimbledon: Brown, Hatton, Mitchel-King, Balkestein, Gwillim, S Moore, Knott (Djilali 71), Moncur, Yussuff (Jolley 90), Euell (L Moore 86), Midson. Unusued substitutes: Johnson, Turner.

Bradford City: McLaughlin, Kozluk, Oliver, Davies, Seip (Fry 79), Hanson (Hannah 65), Bullock, Reid, Wells (Atkinson 46), Fagan, Syers. Unused substitutes: Annerson, Flynn.

Referee: D Deadman (Cambridgeshire).