MK Dons 4-1 Bradford City - Dons end win-less run in some style
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FULL TIME: MK Dons 4-1 Bradford City
Now that’s a new manager bounce! Dominant from the off, Dons have thumped Bradford here, and 4-1 is flattering because it could have been much more.
What a turnaround, and what a way to end a nine-match winless run in League Two.
Stoppage time
Six minutes to be added on... Don’t think we’ll be getting the same drama as last week...
90 mins: GOAL! Gilbey makes sure
That’s surely got to be enough, right?! Alex Gilbey through on goal, picks out the bottom corner to make it 4-1!
89 mins: Dons make their final change
Ethan Robson has run himself into the ground once again, and gets a little rest at the end here, replaced by Dawson Devoy
83 mins: Robson goes it alone
Ethan Robson bursts forwards from half-way, he’s got Tomlinson in ACRES of space to his left but he goes it alone, with options to his right too, but the shot brushes the outside of the net.
Tomlinson is FURIOUS
81 mins: Bradford make their final change
Osadebe is replaced by Harry Chapman
79 mins: Lewis saves again
Cross from Norman misses Eisa and picks out Gilbey, who looks to direct his header goalwards, and Lewis gets something on it but it bobbles onto the post for a fourth time
77 mins: Mo time, replacing Dean
Max Dean has been sensational again tonight and he being roared off the park as he is replaced by Mo Eisa
Tonight’s attendance
Tonight’s attendance is 5,510
73 mins: Another double change for Bradford
Cook hasn’t had a sniff tonight up front, he’s replaced y Tyler Smith.
And caretaker boss McDonald comes off for Clarke Oduor.
71 mins: Payne should have a second
Oh Payne really should be scoring there. He breaks through from the half-way line, one-on-one with Lewis after skipping past Taylor’s last ditch challenge, but the keeper once again denies Dons.
64 mins: Double change for Bradford
Rayhaan Tulloch replaces Bobby Pointon, and former Dons loanee Dan Oyegoke comes on for Adam Wilson
62 mins: Dons make a change
Conor Grant makes way for MJ Williams. Solid performance from the Irishman in his first league start of the season
58 mins: GOAL! Dean gets his reward
That was the hardest one of the lot! Somehow he gets something on Tomlinson’s low cross under pressure from Ash Taylor, diverting it into the top corner!
Dons are 3-1 up!
57 mins: Dons can’t clear
A couple of long throws into the Dons box have caused issues, Dons just can’t get rid of the ball. Pointon though gets his lines wrong from the edge of the box and puts his effort wide of the mark
54 mins: Dean hits the frame again!
Oh another chance for Dean, and he’s hit the post for a second time in as many minutes, this time off balance but he has Lewis beaten but hits the base of the frame
53 mins: What a save!
Harry Lewis has earned his keep tonight, Tomlinson does so well to nod down Gilbey’s cross into Dean 12 yards out in the middle of goal, but the striker’s fierce strike is tipped onto the bar!
49 mins: Bradford starting well
The visitors have come out of the dressing rooms well here so far, very much the team on top. Dons have not really had a lot of the ball, can’t get a lot of control as they did in the first-half
Second-half
Max Dean restarts the game for the second-half, no changes for either side at the break
In the picture: Joe Tomlinson opens the scoring
What a half for MK Dons at Stadium MK - they lead 2-1 but should be even further ahead
