Gillingham boss John Coleman hailed his players after back-to-back home wins for the first time since September with a 1-0 win over title-chasing Bradford.
Conor Masterson scored his first goal for almost a year as the Gills pushed themselves 12 points clear of danger.
Coleman spoke of the relief of finally getting a win when his side scored a huge win against relegation-threatened Morecambe.
But after this victory, he said: “I’m really pleased with the performance. Obviously, I am more than pleased with the result.
“I can be happy this week opposed to last week, where there was a lot of relief.
“It’s more happiness this week because the game plan worked against one of the best teams in the league.
“I wanted the lads to believe they could win because it will build their confidence and they have done just that. I’m delighted.
“I’m pleased for Conor. It was a good goal and exactly what we needed.
“You need a bounce of a ball every now and then at this level and we got the bounce of the ball today. That hasn’t happened a lot for us at home this season.
“There have been so many games we could have won, but we’re heading in the right direction now.
“I’m really pleased with the performance and delighted to get another three points for those home fans who have supported us so well this season.”
Bradford boss Graham Alexander bemoaned his side’s missed chances after they failed to go top of the table following Walsall’s defeat to Grimsby.
“It was a scruffy game, a lot of set-pieces,” reflected Alexander.
“I thought we edged the clear-cut chances, but there weren’t many. There were a lot of stoppages, a lot of stoppages.
“I thought any opportunities they would get would be from set-plays, which was the case for the winning goal.
“We had a couple of good chances, one each half, which I thought we could have done better with but their keeper has made a couple of good saves.
“It was a really tight game all the way through, I thought we had the majority of possession and the better openings.
“We just didn’t have the cutting edge. The players kept going. We just dropped the wrong side of the line.
“We needed to have a little bit more belief in the final third, not in terms of effort, but go that extra yard to try and get an opportunity at goal.
“We have come and competed against a physically more dominant team than us.
“The players have given everything, just like they have done for the last eight weeks or so – the last 13 games.
“The game suited our opponents with lots of set-pieces and we’ve conceded from one of those.”
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