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John McDougall

Late draw a tough one to take for Bolton Wanderers, claims Bradford City joint manager

Mark Trueman believes the late draw Bradford City secured is a 'tough one to take' for Bolton put praised Wanderers for their playing style under Ian Evatt.

In an encounter Bolton dominated, Nathan Delfouneso came off the bench as full-time approached to get the final touch on Eoin Doyle's deflected shot to put Wanderers ahead.

It looked like the Trotters would pick up all three points, but Danny Rowe came off the bench himself to a score in injury time and salvage a point for the Bantams.

Bolton's winning run of six games may have come to an end, but they are still nine games unbeaten and eight points from top spot, as well as remaining in the League Two play-offs.

The draw for Bradford leaves them still tenth in the table, but Bantams joint manager Trueman believes the late goal is evidence of the fighting character there is in the squad, as their five game winning run too came to an end.

He told the Yorkshire Post : "It is a tough one to take for Bolton but for us we can look to build on that.

"We have shown it in games before, we don't just roll over when good teams come here and take the lead.

"We have got the character and the squad to keep on fighting.

"We showed that fight and desire late on in the game.

We have shown it the other way when we were defending leads but today we had to show our character to go and get a point against a very good team in Bolton.

"Credit to them and how they play, I thought both teams nullified each other for long periods of the game.

"It is just a shame the fans weren't there to see it. It is important you try and keep these unbeaten runs going, we are delighted with the point."

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