Johnnie Jackson highlighted the key roles that both players and supporters played in order for the Dons to see through a stunning 4-2 victory over Notts County.
Taking on a side in the top three is never easy, but it was a task that Wimbledon took to with brilliant gusto as Jake Reeves and Ali Al-Hamadi bagged their first goals of the afternoon to put us two goals ahead.
The visitors came back well to level the scores at 2-2, leaving the game on a knife edge. However a second penalty of the day for Reeves and a breakaway second for Al-Hamadi wrapped up the three points in the most dramatic of fashions as we came away with a fourth straight home win.
Here Johnnie provides his full rection to today’s big victory!
ON THE PERFORMANCE…
I feel absolutely exhausted after that! It was a brilliant game of football, it was a great advert for the league and a great advert for us as a club and as a team. My boys were magnificent, I can’t give them enough credit. They done it the hard way. There were a few heart in mouth moments, a lot of tension with the penalty kicks. I wouldn’t have it any other way when we end up with that outcome!
ON JAKE REEVES…
I can’t speak highly enough of him. I had a good chat with him yesterday. I knew we’d get opportunities where maybe that would happen. In those moments you need your coolest head and certainly was that in those moments. He was more than happy to take on that responsibility. That’s the type of player and man that he is.
ON THE GAME PLAN…
I felt we had to show respect to the opposition. We lost Omar Bugiel through suspension. We’ve got a certain way of playing and we probably haven’t got anyone who can quite replicate the role he plays. That coupled with the fact that Notts are a good side meant we had to get things right.
Respect to the opposition that we had to change the way we go about it. Within the framework that we used today we still had that style. I have to give upmost credit to the lads, the information they’ve taken on this week has been a lot and they’ve gone and carried the game plan out – almost perfectly. Some of our attacking play at times meant we could have scored double what we did.
ON ALEX BASS’ SAVE…
It would have been 3-2 to them had that gone in. We knew there would be a reaction from them in the second-half. We also had moments to go ahead, the game was getting stretched. That’s when you need your big players and your goalkeeper in those moments and he’s stepped up brilliantly.
Ali and the skipper get the plaudits but it was an unbelievable team effort today. Everyone played their part, the lads that started, the lads that came on and obviously the supporters.
ON A QUICK TURNAROUND…
We need to recover and we need to enjoy it. Days like today are why we’re in the game. They’re a good group, they’re proper professionals and they know that we’ve got to do it again in a few days. That becomes the test now. I have no doubts that they can go again. Before you know it we’ll be at Gillingham on Tuesday night.
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