JOHNNIE Jackson said AFC Wimbledon had played better on the road and not got their rewards after their 3-1 win at Barrow in League Two on Saturday.
The Dons were without a league win away from home since August, but made a rapid start as Joe Pigott gave them the lead two minutes in.
Andy Dallas equalised just before half-time but Matty Stevens won it for the Dons with goals in the 76th and 77t minutes, his ninth and tenth goals in nineteen games in all competitions the season.
It was a second away win in a row for Jackson’s side, after their 2-0 victory at Milton Keynes in the first round of the FA Cup.
“We’ve played as well as that in our away games, maybe better actually, and not got what we deserved,” Jackson said on Dons TV. “I wasn’t panicking about that, but obviously it becomes a thing where you have to speak about it. The boys answered those questions today.
“It was really good for the supporters to see it too, because it’s a difficult place for us to get to. I’m sure some of the guys and girls set off early on Saturday morning to support us and it was great for those that were able to make it, because it’s a hell of an effort to get up here.”
Wimbledon are tenth, three points off the play-offs, with three games in hand on the majority of the sides ahead of them,
“I don’t think many teams will come here and win 3-1 like we did,” Stevens said after his brace against the joint-second best defence in the league – after the Dons – before kick-off. “It’s been a really good day at the office and the boys will be going home happy.
“We’ve got to think about Tuesday now and Accrington Stanley, as we want to get back-to-back league wins and hopefully we can do that.”
Stevens has scored seven goal in the league.
He added: “I like to get to double-figures before Christmas in the league, but that’s double-figures for this season now in all competitions. It’s good going, because as a striker that’s what you want to be hitting and then progressing from there.
“I’ve done it before in my career and hopefully I can keep contributing, but they’re always that more sweeter when they’re the winning goals.”
