Richard Dobson said Wanderers were punished for losing their way in the second half as they were pegged back in yesterday’s draw at Accrington Stanley.

Blues were in the ascendency at the midway point but had failed to add to the single goal advantage given to them by Paris Cowan-Hall’s sublime curling effort from the edge of the box.

Wanderers missed several presentable chances in the first half to add to their lead and were punished shortly after half time as Sean Maguire headed in Kal Naismith’s free kick to ensure the match finished all square.

Although a draw was probably a fair result given the two sides took it in turns to dominate each half, table topping Wanderers could have been on the end of a defeat had goalkeeper Matt Ingram not made two outstanding second half saves.

Assistant manager Dobson, who stood in for Gareth Ainsworth with the Blues boss laid low through illness, said: “Disappointed we didn’t make more of our dominance in the first half an hour. We started really well and I’m pleased with the attitude we had going into the game, and some of the football we played.

“Having not got that second goal, it gave them the chance to re-organise at half time and the early goal in the second half gave them a little bit of impetus.

“For 20 minutes we lost our way a little bit before we worked our way back into the game towards the end.

“We missed a couple of big chances and if we’d have got that second goal we might have put the game to bed.

“With the wind howling towards our goal there was always a chance they would create something somewhere down the line, but not in open play. I thought we defended pretty well but set pieces were a problem. Naismith’s delivery has been excellent and unfortunately they’ve managed to nick one from a set piece.

“They are bright up front but I thought overall our back four contained them reasonably well. Just disappointed we didn’t do enough for 20 minutes, half an hour in the second half, although we were the aggressors going into the last ten minutes.”

Dobson added that Ainsworth was content to come away with a share of the spoils.

He said: “I had a brief conversation with him. He said it’s a good point – away from home is always a bonus. It’s a shame it wasn’t three but he was quite happy with the fact we came up here and got a point against a decent Accrington side.”