Alex Revell feels both sides tried to win to go top in Stevenage-Bradford draw

Alex Revell felt both Stevenage and Bradford tried to get the win to send them top of the League One table – with each left frustrated by the 1-1 draw.

Neill Byrne put the Bantams in front after three minutes only for Harvey White to equalise 15 minutes later.

The match was played at a frenetic pace but neither could find a winner as they remain second (Stevenage) and third (Bradford).

Boro boss Revell said: “I thought it was two teams trying to win the game and it was quite evenly balanced.

“It was a really poor start from, the delivery of our free-kick and then their counter, that was disappointing, but after that, I felt our intensity was much better.

“We scored a fantastic goal and we restricted them to four shots, a team that had 26 last week.

“We limited them to no real chances.”

Revell, though, is still delighted with the way his side are picking up points.

He added: “We had a bump in the road losing to Lincoln last week and we worked really hard this week to win the game.

“It wasn’t to be but these players are working extremely hard to make sure we get points and that’s what we’re achieving.

“We just have to make sure we stay nice and focused and humble.”

Bradford manager Graham Alexander felt they allowed Stevenage to come back into the game after the good early start.

He said: “They’ve got a superb defensive record and they’ve won all their games here, so to take the lead and play well for 10 minutes (was great).

“Then I thought we stopped going for the throat and turned down opportunities to go forward and attack their back line.

“We allowed them a good spell of momentum in the first half to get the equaliser and we gave away some cheap set-pieces.

“Second half we were more aggressive and more purposeful, we put pressure on their back line and we’ve got behind them.

“We showed where our strength was.

“Before today, we were the highest scorers in England across the four divisions and I think they had the best defensive record in the EFL, so it was going to be a clash of good records, I suppose.

“They’ve probably come out on top because they’ve only conceded one goal and we haven’t scored as many as we usually do or created as many as we usually do.

“You have to credit Stevenage for how they defend but I thought we looked like we would win the game in the second half.

“We just need that second goal to really put teams under severe pressure.”