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Ian Evatt hailed Amadou Bakayoko and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson’s late heroics as Wanderers again came from behind to win 2-1 against Burton.
The visitors went ahead during the second half when Sam Hughes headed home at the far post from Terry Taylor’s corner.
But Bakayoko pulled one back three minutes from time and Bodvarsson completed the comeback in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
Evatt believes it is no coincidence his side have a knack for scoring late and was delighted to see his substitutes again make a big impact.
“I have a huge amount of belief in these players and we don’t score late by chance,” he said. “If you look at the amount of late goals we get, it is not by chance.
“It is the way we probe and ask questions, and teams find it really difficult to snuff us out for that long.
“I would almost say the ‘football Gods’ smiled on us because there was only, in my opinion, one team trying to play the right way and win the game.
“They are ever so dangerous from set-plays and we have to give them credit as well because they came and executed their gameplan.
“Whatever it may be and whether you like it or not, you have to give credit that it was a gameplan that was working for a long period for that game. But the players again stuck together.
“I’m delighted for those two (Bakayoko and Bodvarsson), who have taken a bit of stick of late and missed a few opportunities. But to come off the bench and impact it like they did, it is a lot like the end of last year really.”
Kieran Lee and Conor Bradley both missed big chances before Bodvarsson’s winner, and it was starting to feel like it was not going to be Wanderers’ day.
The Bolton boss added: “When the opposition come with a gameplan like that, it is extremely difficult and I think the first goal becomes vital.
“We had one or two situations first half, Dapo in particular had a really good chance and if we score, it kind of changes the whole game pattern really.
“It was disruption, I don’t think the ball was in play very often. It really disrupted our rhythm, we couldn’t get a head of steam second half until they scored.
“Then I made some ‘lucky changes’ again and they came on, we were aggressive, we played on the front foot, we had belief and momentum – a bit like Saturday to be honest.
“When you see Kieran Lee hit the post at 1-1 and Conor Bradley miss a good chance, it would have bene easy for the players to accept it wasn’t their night.
“But they didn’t. They stuck together, kept going and they deservedly got the winner.”
The Whites started in their usual system but switched things up during the second half, and Evatt reckons they have the personnel to keep opposition teams guessing.
“Now we have got everyone fit and available, we are able to flip between systems and formations,” the manager explained.
“We can constantly evolve and change during a game and make it difficult for the opposition to manage what we are doing because they will have a set gameplan for us being 3-5-2.
“If we switch to 4-3-3 for a period of time, which we did for 25 or 30 minutes, it can ask different questions and we can switch back in game as well.
“Eventually, we got a head of steam and there was only one team going on to win. Unfortunately, it wasn’t Kieran and Conor’s chances but big Jon managed to get the winner, which was fantastic.”
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