'The draw suits us more than it does them': Bradford City boss makes his point on Plymouth Argyle

Argyle, who boast the best record in the third tier in 2026 alongside champions Lincoln City, turned up the heat on City, by taking an eighth-minute lead, courtesy of Brendan Wiredu.

It was a character test for the hosts, who were without key duo Antoni Sarcevic and Bobby Pointon alongside another important figure in Tyreik Wright.

City shrugged off the blow to produce a determined comeback and they levelled on 72 minutes following a goal from substitute Will Swan.

Alexander said: "Obviously they're in the chasing pack and we're in the play-off positions and they've been on great form and scored a lot of goals. So I think at 1-0, certainly early on, I think they probably had us in their sights at that moment.

"But I thought we played well, to be fair, today, I thought defensively, we were so strong. I think they put you under a lot of pressure; they're a big physical team, they get the ball forward, have set pieces and a lot of long throws.

"I was disappointed to concede, but I can't be too critical because we're actually on the guy, he just hooks his leg around Jenson (Metcalfe) and it goes in.

"But I thought after that moment, our discipline was really good. I didn't think we gave them many chances. I thought we dominated the rest of the game, to be honest.

"We just had to be aware of them on the turnover because they've got a lot of pace and power in their team. But I thought the players were superb tonight and 100 per cent deserved the equaliser. The draw suits us more than it does them.

"I think it's a good point."

The point maintained the Bantams' six-point advantage over Argyle, who have now dropped to eighth spot.

Luton Town, 2-0 victors at Rotherham United, are now the team just outside of the play-offs.

Fourth-placed City, who host the side just above them in Bolton Wanderers this weekend, are five points above the Hatters with two games remaining in the regular season.

It was Alexander's side's second successive draw after being thwarted late on at Barnsley on Saturday. The emotions after this point were more contrasting.

He added: "Look, I think I was obviously sore on Saturday, but on Monday morning, I sort of realised that we'd won a point in a tight race. "It just felt worse. It did. There's no denying that.

"But tonight, I think just because of who is against us and where they are on the table, when it's coming down to one, two, three games (it's huge). I think we have to go right to the wire.

"I think we have to keep picking up points. I think that's why I was probably a little bit too angry on Saturday, because I thought we dropped two valuable points there. But we'd still got three games to play to still win the points.

"So it's still in our hands. It's still there for us. So I probably overreacted to that at the time (after Barnsley).

"We've got two games and it's in our hands to win the points that we need.

"it's just handling the pressure of that and not looking over your shoulder too much. Sometimes, chasing gives you that."