Hopkin fuming at spot-kick call

decision, it changes your half-time team talk as you think you are going in at 0-0 and there wasn’t a lot in the game, and it’s suddenly 1-0 to the home team to a poor decision.”

Accrington manager John Coleman praised striker Zanzala, who scored his fourth goal in as many games.

“I don’t think Ozzy has ever been as confident as he is at the moment,” said home boss Coleman.

“He can be a handful for any defence in this league and he takes on board what we say.

“We do have a strong squad here, it’s difficult to pick the bench, never mind the 11, but we are up into the play-off positions and, like last year, we will give it our best shot.

“I feared the worst when they got one back, but we remained on the front foot and got the third. It was an acceptable performance, but we know we can do better. We had a bit of luck with the swirling wind.”

Accrington Stanley 3 Bradford City 1