Bolton boss Ian Evatt hailed his side’s persistence after a last-gasp 1-0 win at 10-man Lincoln.
The resolute Imps looked to have held on for a hard-fought point after Danny Mandriou was sent off in the second half.
But Eoin Toal sent Evatt and the traveling Wanderers fans into scenes of jubilation with his dramatic 89th-minute winner.
“I thought we played so good,” said Evatt. “I thought we dominated from start to finish.
“We had moments we didn’t take, but we kept the belief and kept the faith.
“It shows you the value of set plays. It was easy to throw the ball in at that stage, but against 10 men it’s harder so we utilised the space around the edge and it worked.
“I wish I could bottle up that feeling because what a feeling that was in front of the away end.
“I was really pleased with the performance because I was delighted with the way we played.
“When you have the ball for so long and it’s wave after wave, it was just relentless and eventually we got what we deserved.”
The Trotters cut the gap with the top two after Portsmouth were stunned at Bristol Rovers and Peterborough were held to a late draw.
But Evatt, whose side are two points off Posh with a game in hand, stressed: “It’s getting tight at the top.
“Everyone spoke about the strength of the league, when you look at the pace the top five, six are setting and the points they’re stacking up, it’s large quantities of points.
“For us, we’re not even halfway through the season. There’s so much football to play.
“There’s no talk of this or that. We just focus on the next game. It’s really boring to say but that’s the way it has to be.”
Lincoln slipped to a second successive defeat and are four games without a win.
On Mandriou’s second sending off of the season, boss Michael Skubala said: “It’s a really tough one to take. We had 20 minutes with 10 men, the lads were digging deep and 89th minute, it’s hard to take.
“I thought we deserved something out of the game.
“The red card is a game-changing moment, there’s no doubt about that. I can’t stand here and say it’s not a game-changing moment.
“I don’t really want to talk about Danny if I’m honest, I want to talk about the warriors who for 20 minutes looked like they were going to get something out of the game.
“I thought they were brilliant to a man and we were so unlucky not to come away with something. Getting something out of that game would have been a proud performance from those 10 men.
“He will apologise. He knows. I don’t think it’s about Danny, these situations are about the other guys.
“I was really proud of the crowd, they were amazing. When we were under the cosh you could hear them and we will need that in the next few weeks and months as we’re depleted.”
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