Steven Schumacher hailed ‘proper number nine’ Sam Dalby after his dramatic double kept Wanderers looking upwards.
Dalby bagged his first brace for the Whites, including an injury-time winner, as Schumacher’s men beat Burton Albion 2-1 to remain third in the League One table.
And the Wanderers’ boss insisted Dalby’s goals were well deserved after an impressive run of games from the big striker.
“A huge three points,” said Schumacher. “A game that, again, was not an easy game. I didn't think it would be. The way Burton play, it's always going to be difficult.
“You’ve got to find a way to break down an organised block, but I felt the two goals we scored were good and I’m made up for Sam Dalby to be in the right place - proper number nine goals.
“He’s been our best player for the last few weeks and he's deserved that just for his work-rate and his attitude has been outstanding. He's looking like a real good number nine at the moment.
“He's holding the ball up well for us, he’s bringing people into play and his work-rate has been excellent. He's played every minute, I think, for the last three games and that's not easy physically, so we'll have to get him to rest up for Saturday because he's been really important for us.”
Dalby gave Wanderers the lead just after half time when he followed up a John McAtee effort which came back off the woodwork.
And then after Burton had levelled, the frontman pounced again in the six-yard box to bag his seventh goal of the season as the Whites kept going again to claim an injury-time winner for the third time in five home games.
“I said to the lads we're in the seven minutes (of injury time), come on, keep believing,” Schumacher added. “Us as the staff were right behind them, kept pushing them on, saying ‘come on, we'll get one chance’. If you get one chance, we have to make sure we take it and thankfully we did.
“We’ve scored loads of late goals now. The lads' effort and work-rate can't be questioned, it really can't. I know we've played better football than we currently are playing now, but I think we always have to remember as well that teams come here and try and make it hard and make it difficult.
“They understand what the game plan is, frustrate them, get the crowd to turn against them and when we miss big chances like we do, then the game's always open. But the lads' effort and the work-rate and the desire can't be questioned because it's not a fluke that you keep scoring late goals.”
Watch the head coach’s full post-match interview on Wanderers TV