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Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt on AFC Wimbledon win, getting game on and gap to play-offs
19.02.2022 - 21:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bolton Wanderers returned to winning ways with a 4-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon to keep their play-off hopes in League One alive.
Wanderers took the lead in the first half thanks to Jon Dadi Bodvarsson's header as he scored his first goal for Bolton.
Dapo Afolayan then added a second after the break, before Dion Charles clinically finished to put Wanderers three goals to the good.
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And Amadou Bakayoko came off the bench to net Bolton's fourth as Wanderers narrowed their gap to the play-offs to seven points, thanks to results elsewhere in the day going their way.
After the game, Wanderers boss Ian Evatt spoke to the press and here's a transcript of his immediate reaction.
What’s your assessment?
“I thought man of the match and performance of the day was the ground staff, the volunteers, the stewards and everything they did to enable us to get this game on. Sometimes they don’t get the credit they deserve but I’m so appreciative of what they did today.
"That made a huge difference to us and the pitch was brilliant and immaculate and we enjoyed ourselves out there today.”
Good to bounce back after the blip at Burton?
“Yeah, I think that’s all it was. We’ve hardly spoken about it to be honest. We parked it really quickly and we thought it was a game in isolation where everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
"Obviously the pitch, the conditions, the goals, the six minutes, it wasn’t a reflection of how we actually played the game. I thought we were the better team, it’s not like we got battered for 90 minutes but we parked it and wanted to show what we could really do today and we’ve gone out there and done that.”
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