Fleetwood character warms boss

Graham Alexander hailed the end of Fleetwood's goal drought as the floodgates opened in a 3-3 home draw with leaders Bristol City.

Stephen Dobbie's late strike ensured a share of the spoils at Highbury after Kieran Agard had turned the game in the visitors' favour. Alexander said: "The two best defences in the league go head-to-head and you get a 3-3 draw. "The form guide went out of the window on those terms. "We shot ourselves in the foot at the start of the second half with two sloppy goals "They were cheap goals and it's put us on the back foot. "I thought the character shown by our players was unbelievable. "They deserved to get back in the game and the quality of each of the goals was amazing." Alexander reserved special praise for Dobbie, whose late strike lifted the roof at Highbury. He added: "We see those sorts of finishes all the time in training. "I think he's just been unlucky in recent weeks, he's always looked the most likely to score. "He's had efforts gone wide, efforts saved but that one's gone in. "To get that goal, to save the point, you can see the reaction of the player, the crowd, of Stephen himself and you can see it means a lot to him." Josh Morris was the man with the honours for the home side, lashing home the opening goal after Derick Williams had blocked Stephe Dobbie's initial effort. But Fleetwood could not keep hold the their advantage before the break. Agard had already seen one shot superbly saved by Chris Maxwell and another fly past the post just after the half-hour mark when he found himself on the end of Joe Bryan's cross and stabbed the ball home from close range. Fleetwood were still napping when Agard bagged his second second two minutes after the interval. A neat backheel by Wade Elliott set up Luke Freeman to cross and after Aaron Wilbraham's first shot was saved, Agard pounced on the loose ball to drive home. City struck again five minutes later. Mark Little's cross was flicked over Nathan Pond by Agard and Wilbraham applied a low finish. Fleetwood brought on Jamie Proctor and the substitute made an impact within a minute, heading home Morris' cross to cut the arrears. Conor McLaughlin could have provided a late leveller, Frank Fielding's fingertips denying the Northern Ireland international his first ever Football League goal. But two minutes from time the home side did find a way back. Matty Hughes' effort was blocked and when the ball fell to Dobbie on the edge of the box, the on loan Crystal Palace forward let fly with an unstoppable curling effort to complete the fightback. Robins boss Steve Cotterill insisted his side should have been out of sight by the break, but was quick to talk up both sides. He said "The quality in that game. "That game wouldn't have looked out of place in the Championship, in terms of attacking play. "We should have been 6-1 up at half-time. "We had six unbelievable chances and the game is dead and buried. "We've not started very bright, whether it's a bit of coach-lag or whatever. "We've not got going for 20 minutes and we were a goal down, which makes it more difficult. "We recovered well and started the second half like a train. "We're 3-1 up and then they go and grab a goal in a game where we're massively on top. "So I'm a bit dissapointed with regards of the first half because we could have been more rutheless. "It could have been over. But we knew it was going to be a tough game. "When you're on the road on a Tuesday and then on a Saturday it does make it difficult. "The second goal gave them a big boost. "We're disappointed with the goals because that's not been like us this season, but the unbeaten run is still going." Breaking news, transfer gossip, line ups and goal alerts from your football club - delivered direct to your mobile. Sign up for Sky Sports Alerts