Phil Parkinson branded Bradford’s penalty a “nothing incident” as he expressed frustration on the officers of their Carabao Cup second-round exit however was happy together with his Wrexham gamers.
Tyler Smith’s spot-kick inside three minutes put Bradford forward however Will Boyle’s header took the sport to a shoot-out.
Mark Howard saved Dan Oyegoke’s effort, however Luke Younger missed and Harry Lewis saved James Jones’s penalty because the Bantams received 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
Parkinson was pissed off with the choice to penalise Aaron Hayden’s problem on Jamie Walker and doubted if referee Ben Speedie noticed the incident.
He mentioned: “For a fully nothing incident, the ref has given a penalty. He’s obtained 4 gamers in between him and the incident and he’s instructed me it was him who gave it, however there’s completely no method he can see it so he’s clearly guessed.
“The linesman has obtained one of the best view of all and is mic’d up and is meant to speak and the officers are imagined to work as a group. I really feel a bit of bit aggrieved by how that call has come about, however we have now to take it on the chin and we needed to reply and I believed the lads responded rather well.”
Bradford boss Mark Hughes mentioned: “I believe other than one good save within the first half when Harry saved together with his shins and the aim, we tried to maintain that one out nevertheless it’s tough with the large lads and we had been missing a bit of little bit of measurement and weight tonight, however I believed the lads had been wonderful.
“For my part we absolutely deserved to win the sport in regular time. Clearly you are worried if you get to penalties as a result of it may go both method nevertheless it was the best consequence.”
