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Conor Bradley places Wanderers’ midweek comeback against Burton Albion alongside the very best moments of his young football career.
The Liverpool loanee – who has already turned out in the Champions League at AC Milan – reckons he has never experienced anything like the feeling of Jon Dadi Bodvarsson’s 98th minute winner against the Brewers.
Bradley had sat chewing his fingernails on Saturday whilst serving a suspension at Accrington, watching Ian Evatt’s side perform similar late heroics. But he returned to the starting line-up on Tuesday night to sample an incredible turnaround.
“It was unreal to come back from a goal down with a couple of minutes left,” he said. “It feels good to be part of a team that has that never-say-die attitude.
“That is probably one of best nights I’ve had in football myself in my short career so far, so it’s one that I will remember for a long time. Jon taking off his top when he scored was unbelievable - I’ll never forget it!
“The San Siro was up there as well, to be fair, but it’s just the emotions from going one down, everyone’s gutted and to come back in the last seconds of the game to score was unbelievable.”
Bradley was unavailable for the Accrington game having picked up five yellow cards in his first couple of months as a Bolton player.
It was the first suspension of the 19-year-old’s career – and though he travelled to the game regardless to support the rest of the team, the experience has given him something to think about.
“It was tough. I want to play every game while I am here,” he said.
“I just made sure I was there to support the boys and thankfully they got three points.
“I feel a bit hard done by – but it is just the way I play, to be honest. I should probably watch myself because I don’t want to be suspended again. But I am aggressive, I do want to put tackles in, so it is a learning curve for me.
“I wouldn’t want to change too much, it is the way I play. I like to get in people’s faces and press because that is the way we are taught at Liverpool. I wouldn’t want to take it out of my game but maybe I should be a bit nicer to the referees?”
Bradley admitted, however, that the 3-2 win at Accrington made for good viewing.
“It was the first one of my career and I was probably more nervous watching than I was playing, which was a bit weird. I’d rather be out there but it wasn’t a bad game to watch, couldn’t have gone any better.”
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