Wycombe boss full of praise for Ross’s ‘fantastic job’
Gareth Ainsworth believes Sunderland are the best team in League One and praised the ‘fantastic’ job being done by Jack Ross.
His Wycombe Wanderers side held Sunderland to a 1-1 draw, ending the Black Cats’ eight-game winning run.
Ainsworth said: “It was a superb performance by the boys, I thought we were the better side in the first half and up to the goal it was very even.
“After we scored Sunderland then piled some serious pressure on us and they deserved the goal after the pressure in the last 15 minutes.
“What I’m really proud of is we didn’t crumble, once one comes at this fantastic football club the fans are right behind them and it could easily have been two.
“We could have nicked it but perhaps that would have been unfair.
“I’m immensely proud. We came here and competed with what I think is the league’s best team.
“They are going to be right up there at the end of the season, Jack Ross has done a fantastic job, he is a great manager and this is a proper football club, everyone shakes your hand, welcomes you, it is fantastic for a club like Wycombe to come here and experience it and get something from the game.
“I don’t think teams underestimate us, I think they respect us. We are not the biggest resourced team, no academy or reserve side, we punch above our weight.
“It was nice to see little bits of the plan come off and cause problems for Sunderland.
“They have had to put some serious names on at the end and we take that as a big compliment.”