Burton Albion boss Dino Maamria says the Brewers will remember the Bolton Wanderers celebrations when their winner went in when they come to the Pirelli Stadium and said he was unsure of where the officials got seven minutes of added time from
Dapo Afolayan and Aaron Morley both saw efforts go off target in the early stages as Wanderers started brightly. But the Whites were unable to carve out many clear cut opportunities in a frustrating first half they had much of the ball for against a Burton side which struggled to create much.
After the break, despite Wanderers continuing to dominate but creating few opportunities to speak of, the visitors took the lead. Sam Hughes headed home off the far post from Terry Taylor's corner.
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Amadou Bakayoko struck as full-time approached to level for the hosts past Ben Garratt. Kieran Lee hit the post in stoppage time, but Bodvarsson fired home through a crowded penalty area after the Brewers failed to clear a corner and hand Wanderers a huge three points which sees the Whites now fifth in the table.
After his side eventually succumbed to the late pressure they were put under, Brewers boss Maamria said he was unsure of where the seven minutes of added time at the end of the second half came from. He felt his side were brilliant for 87 minutes and felt the officials were not strong in the encounter.
Celebrations from Bolton included forward Elias Kachunga sliding in front of his knees in front of the Burton bench. Maamria says the Brewers will remember that when Wanderers travel to the Pirelli Stadium.
He said: "Since you've mentioned that...when they come to our place, we'll give them a good game.
"We were brilliant for 87 minutes. You've got to remember the journey these lads have been on, where we were six or seven weeks ago and where we are now. We come to places like this now and we are comfortable, we create chances, we score. The next bit as a team is to keep growing in confidence and belief. We have to manage those last five, ten minutes of the game when you're playing away from home and winning.
"Until the 87th minute we produced fantastic football. We executed the game plan, we totally limited them. We scored a fantastic goal and could've scored a second with Jonny Smith on the counter.
"Probably the biggest disappointment for me is that first goal, because when you come to places like this the momentum can easily shift. You see the fans getting behind them and the squad they've got - they bring five subs on. The goal came from a goal kick, that's disappointing because we should easily deal with that.
"The momentum shifts. The fourth official puts up seven minutes - I'm not sure where he got seven minutes from - and what hurts the most is that they've scored in the eighth minute of added time. I'm thinking, really? To come to these places you have to be organised, you have to be confident, brave with the ball, manage the environment - we did all that.
"Also you need strong officials, and I didn't feel we had that tonight. To play eight minutes, I think the crowd got into him a little bit and he gave into that. The goals we've conceded are really poor - the second one from a corner we should easily deal with. That shouldn't happen with the last kick of the game."
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