Forest Green Rovers boss Ian Burchnall believes Bolton Wanderers are the best team with the ball in League One after their 1-0 triumph.
The Whites travelled to Gloucestershire again following Tuesday's night's defeat on the road to Cheltenham Town. They faced a Forest Green side sitting in the drop zone.
Connor Wickham scored what proved to be the winning goal in the first half. Despite chances for Dion Charles, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson and Kieran Saldier after the break, the Whites were unable to draw level and slipped to defeat.
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Forest Green remain in the drop zone but now just on goal difference. Burchnall hailed the victory and how it came to pass as he felt his side beat the best team in possession in League One in the form of Wanderers.
Speaking to the club's YouTube channell, Burchnall said: "It was a brilliant team performance. From start to finish I thought we were excellent and it's a massive result really for us.
"I thought our shape without the ball was brilliant the whole way through the game. I thought it gave us a good platform to play.
"I thought the goal we scored is a great goal. It was a really well-worked goal. We had a big chance before that with Armani Little.
"But without the ball, I thought our shape was good. Second half we fell a little bit deeper which is normal. I think we have to respect that Bolton are probably, in my opinion, the best team in possession in the league.
"I think they're excellent so we really had to just work hard to deny them space and try to deny them opportunities. Towards the end when Josh March comes on, he counters really well and we got a good balance today I think.
"We got ahead and we didn't panic. We stayed calm and when we needed to counter-attack and keep the ball, we did it well, but the biggest thing for me was the way we defended."
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