Gareth Ainsworth believes Wycombe Wanderers are turning Adams Park into a fortress after the Chairboys recorded their fourth home win in a row.

Ainsworth’s comments came after Michael Harriman scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Mansfield.

The result moves Wycombe up to seventh in League Two and left their manager delighted with a thoroughly professional performance.

He said: “The boys are turning Adams Park into a fortress and I think the defence can take a lot of credit today. The attackers always take the credit but I think we restricted Mansfield to one chance.

“I thought we dominated the game and had the majority of the chances. We were knocking on the door, asking questions and we finally got an answer.”

In truth that answer came in a hugely fortunate manner as Harriman sent a cross towards the back post which eluded everyone and snuck in in the 68th minute.

The goal came towards the end of a spell of decent pressure from Wycombe in a match which had seen both sides fail to find their finest attacking form.

Ainsworth was understandably unconcerned with the manner in which the Chairboys’ winner was scored and instead chose to praise Harriman’s quality in the build up to the goal.

“It probably wasn’t the prettiest of goals. Was it a shot or was it a cross? I’ll leave Michael Harriman to answer that one,” said Ainsworth.

“But he is a fantastic player and had a fantastic touch to set himself before the goal.”

Wanderers’ defence was, once again, superb and repelled a poor Stags’ attack with ease throughout the 90 minutes.

Ainsworth was quick to highlight that the clean sheet stemmed from a solid team effort which saw Wycombe pressure their opponents from the front.

“The work rate of the whole team was great and we defended really well from the front today. We worked really hard on that this week and it has paid off,” he said.

“It is not just today and we are never out of games. We never get trounced. I know there is a few big scores and touch wood that doesn’t jinx us.

“I can say that for a couple of years we are never out of games and never get stuffed. We are always in it.”

Wycombe will now turn their attention to a trip to Notts County on Monday where they will look to cement their position in the League Two play-off places.