Martin Allen praised his players for producing a “magical” second half performance at Wycombe on Tuesday night.

The Gills opened the scoring early in the second 45 minutes and hung on at the end with only 10 men to secure maximum points from their trip.

Allen (pictured) said: “It was always going to be a hard game at Wycombe and they drew the previous week with Watford in a cup game. Gary Waddock’s teams always have a go and they have some good young players and others with experience so they have a good blend.

“I made five changes, which some would say was a gamble. I thought we did okay first half but second half we went up another level with pace and power. We lifted our game completely to another level and thoroughly deserved to win.

“What a magic second half. The players were absolutely fantastic and to see them once again celebrating infront of our travelling away support, who sung their hearts out behind that goal, was magical and it was a great win.”

The Gills had lost their last four games at Wycombe, without scoring a goal, but on Tuesday night the visiting fans finally had something to celebrate at Adams Park.

Allen said: “I don’t know what their bad memories were God bless them; that doesn’t bother me one bit, it’s nothing to do with me.

“All I hope now is that the fans saw a team defend resolutely, giving very few opportunities to the home team, who had hardly anything in the second half.

“Everyone was fully committed and there was passion from the players on the bench even though they are carrying a lot of disappointment. Fair play to all the players, it was another good win and another three points on the board.”

The Gills were up against it at times in the first half, but the introduction of Charlie Allen for Bradley Dack at the break put the visitors in charge.

“Young Bradley did really well but we needed something different and that’s why I took him off,” said Allen. “That kid that came on (Martin) made the difference in the second half.”

And Allen was pleased to see his side remain tough to break down, even when reduced to ten men, following Tom Flanagan’s 78 minute dismissal for two yellow cards.

“I thought it was a sending off,” said Allen, when asked about the sending off.

“We all know our jobs and if they do it properly we are very difficult to break down. Those players did the job.

“It won’t always work and there will be bits and pieces that don’t always drop our way but if we have players willing to put a shift in like they did (on Tuesday) then we are very difficult to break down.”

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