Players take all the credit for executing plan, says Gary

GARY Bowyer insisted all the credit went to his players for Burton Albion's outstanding 1-0 win away to AFC Wimbledon on Saturday.

- By COLSTON CRAWFORD

From the Brewers' point of view, everything went to plan as they dominated large parts of the game and then, when Wimbledon threw everything at them towards the end, defended superbly.

Alex Hartridge's neatly-deflected header from a Charlie Webster free kick settled the game, so Albion scored from a set-piece which Bowyer hailed as a first this season from first contact and when Wimbledon had the chance to lead from a first-half penalty, keeper Brad Collins produced a strong save.

"It's down to the players. I didn’t head one ball, I didn’t kick one ball," said Bowyer.

"They took responsibility. We give them the guidelines, they have to go and execute them and they did.

"They had won six out of seven and we came here and we were good. We started ever so well and we were in control of the game.

"I thought how we went about it, how we approached the first half, how we took the lead, the opportunities we had after that and how we were when we had to stand up and be counted was great.

"Our rearguard was immense. They threw everything at us and we stood up.

"I was absolutely buzzing to send our wonderful supporters home happy.

"The noise that they made in the corner, it was just incredible and you saw the gratitude of the players and the staff at the end."

Of the goal, the manager said: "It was a wonderful delivery from Charlie and a wonderful execution from Alex.