Michael Duff proud of Wycombe’s resilience in come-from-behind win over Bolton

Wycombe head coach Michael Duff described his side’s 2-1 home victory against Bolton as ‘gutsy and dogged’ as they ended a run of five games without a win in all competitions.

The Chairboys went into their League One clash against the Trotters without a win in almost a month, in which they had failed to score in four of the last five games.

They trailed after just 16 minutes as Thierry Gale put Bolton ahead but, in the last five minutes of the opening period, strikes from captain Jack Grimmer and Armando Junior Quitirna turned the game around.

Duff said: “They are a top team, which is why we changed shape.

“We flattened out our midfield and respected the opposition, as they have very good players and a top manager and as a team, they could hurt you.

“The key today was that when we had a period of dominance, we scored two goals.

“I was comfortable with the second half, even though they had loads of territory, but the way we set the team up, we got them on the break and scored twice.

“We could have scored more but for a few good blocks, and we were unlucky in some aspects, so to deliver that sort of performance was very pleasing, as we did make a few tweaks.

“From that, we built momentum, and the last 25 minutes of the second half, we were excellent.

“It was a good, gutsy and dogged performance and I am very pleased.”

Bolton’s loss ended their seven-match unbeaten league run, with their last defeat in the competition coming two-and-a-half months ago at Burton.

The Trotters looked good on the ball, but rarely threatened Will Norris in the Wycombe goal after falling behind.

Their best chance of the contest fell to ex-Wycombe man Xavier Simons, who forced Norris into a good save on the hour mark.

Manager Steven Schumacher said: “I thought the game got away from us in a 10-to-15-minute period.

“For large parts of the game, I thought we were in control but lost concentration, especially at the end of the first half.

“We got punished for it.

“I did think parts of our game were really good, but we were missing that last bit of quality in the final third, as to only hit the target once from 15 shots is just not good enough.

“The majority of the game was fine. It was going the way we wanted to, but the way they passed the ball in the final 15 minutes of the first half stretched us.”