Johnnie Jackson hailed AFC Wimbledon’s sensational stoppage-time winner in opposition to bitter rivals MK Dons as one in every of his best moments as a supervisor.
The match gave the impression to be heading in direction of a 0-0 draw after Jack Currie’s pleasant looping header hit the woodwork and Stephen Wearne missed an open aim.
Nonetheless, Ronan Curtis gave the house followers a second to recollect as he completed off a pleasant transfer within the dying seconds to safe all three factors.
The defeat is a serious blow to MK Dons’ automated promotion push, leaving them fifth, however Jackson believes the last-minute win can encourage his aspect as they push to make the play-offs.
“Actually, it’s the highest I’ve been as a supervisor and up there with my finest moments in soccer,” he stated.
“It’s up there. I used to be a participant for a very long time and I had some actually good moments, however it’s up there with something.
“You’ve received a private pleasure if you end up a participant, however as a supervisor you may grow to be a little bit of a slave to the outcome.
“To see my group play the way in which they performed and carry out the way in which they did on an event like this and get the win makes it actually particular.
“We had been disillusioned with the end in January. You may lose a sport of soccer however we realise the significance of it as a soccer membership.
“We simply received the away sport incorrect on quite a lot of ranges, so we had been eager to place that proper.
“That’s the fantastic thing about soccer in a league season, we had been all sat in that altering room after that sport wishing that we may have it again.
“Nicely right here was our probability to get it again and we took it.”
MK Dons supervisor Mike Williamson believes his aspect have to be humble in defeat.
“I’m gutted for the boys and gutted for the followers,” he stated.
“I’m not going to be vital of the gamers, our in-possession stuff was not so good as it may have been however they needed to stand as much as quite a lot of balls into the field so we needed to defend with power and depth.
“We would have liked to place our our bodies on the road and we did that, however soccer can come right down to moments.
“We missed an opportunity they usually went up the opposite finish and scored, that’s how brutal the sport will be.
“I really feel as if dusting ourselves down and eradicating the emotion, we’ve received to soak all of it in.
“It’s onerous to be humble in defeat however that’s what we’re going to be, we settle for it and the truth that we weren’t adequate to come back right here on the day and convincingly really feel that we should always have received the sport.”
