RECORD GOAL FOR GAZ’S MEN
we know how to play it. The bit of brilliance for the second goal has changed the game. Akinfenwa, what a player, what a man.
“The penalty was a tight one on the edge of the box, but you need those to go your way sometimes.”
Stewart put Wanderers ahead after bundling home from a corner to end the first half, while Scott Davies kept out Paul Smyth, before Akinfenwa hit the bar.
Vaughan slotted home with the aid of a post to level it up after 63 minutes, before Davies made a brilliant save to keep out Stewart.
But there was nothing he could do to stop Wycombe going head after 71 minutes when Akinfenwa headed home Fred Onyedinma’s cross to equal Nathan Tyson’s EFL goalscoring record.
Jacobson’s penalty then sealed the victory in the dying seconds of the game after Alex Samuel was wiped out by the keeper, securing back-to-back league wins for Wanderers. The result leaves Tranmere in the bottom three but, despite being frustrated by their latest defeat, manager Micky Mellon took plenty of encouragement from his side’s fighting spirit.
“It’s a disappointing defeat for us,” he said. “We’ve come to one of the best sides in the league and matched them at times and we can be pleased with that.
“But what we need is results and it’s tough at the minute. Conditions made it difficult. It was a windy afternoon.
“They had to work hard to keep us out and on another day we get something from that game. We’re working really hard to try and get results. We’re putting in a lot of effort on the training pitch.
“They had a lot of decisions go their way today from the referee.
“The penalty could have been given as a free-kick it was that close to call.
“When you’re struggling those things go against you. Sometimes you need luck on your side and today it wasn’t.”