Rotherham United v Bradford City player ratings: The clever finisher and the defensive shockers

Rotherham United and Bradford City shared the spoils at the New York Stadium.

The Millers’ performances had more highs and lows, the Bantams more steadiness as the sides drew 2-2.

Cameron Dawson – made some important saves 8

Joe Rafferty – a good defensive performance 6

Lenny Agbaire – looked at sixes and sevens far too often 4

Jamal Baptiste – another young centre-back learning the game who had a really poor night 4

Denzel Hall – looked like something would happen when he got the ball 8

FREEDOM: Rotherham United midfielder Josh Benson (Image: Kerrie Beddows)placeholder image
FREEDOM: Rotherham United midfielder Josh Benson (Image: Kerrie Beddows)

Dan Gore – decent midfield performance 6

Joe Powell – always looking to play the forward pass 7

Reece James – a lovely ball in for Martin Sherif's goal 7

Ar'Jany Martha – playing as an inside-forward gives him the freedom to be at his best 7

CLEVER: Bradford City midfielder Antoni Sarcevic (Image: Paul ELLIS / AFP)placeholder image
CLEVER: Bradford City midfielder Antoni Sarcevic (Image: Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Josh Benson – see above 7

Kion Etete – passed a shot when he needed to thump it 6

Substitutes:

Martin Sherif (for Etete, HT) – instantly made a difference and scored a good centre-forward's goal 7

Shaun McWilliams (for Benson, 65) – steady 5

Zak Jules (for Agbaire, 83) – Rotherham could have done with him on sooner N/A

Not used: Jules, Spence, Hugill, Yearwood, McWilliams, Sherif, J Holmes.

Bradford City (3-4-2-1)

Sam Walker – not to blame for the goals 6

Neill Byrne – a solid game at centre-back 6

Tom McIntyre – played some nice passes and showed all-round quality 7

Ibou Touray – forced a good save with a free-kick 6

Josh Neufville – set up the goal which got Bradford back into the game 7

Tommy Leigh – got drawn into the physical stuff too much at times 6

Alex Pattison – disappointing miss was put right by his decisive goal 7

Tyreik Wright – a lively presence on the left 6

Antoni Sarcevic – clever finish to pull a goal back 8

Bobby Pointon – energetic but unable to get on the scoresheet 7

Will Swan – missed two good chances early on 6

Substitutes:

Andy Cook (for Swan, 65) – created two good chances for Pattison – one of them taken 6

Jenson Metcalfe (for Leigh, 65) – kept up the fight 5

Stephen Humphrys (for T Wright, 65) – drifted off the right to good effect without getting his goal 6

Brad Halliday (for Byrne, 90) – N/A

Not used: Hilton, J Wright, Kelly.

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