WANDERERS boss Gareth Ainsworth praised his team’s never say-die-attitude as they hauled themselves off the canvas to rescue a point at home to bottom-of-the-table Dagenham.

Aaron Pierre’s header in the fifth minute of injury time salvaged a 1-1 draw which kept Wanderers second in the table and maintained their unbeaten start to the season.

The Blues trailed from as early as the seventh minute to a goal from former Wanderer Matt McClure and Ainsworth admitted his men looked jaded and complacent in a first half where even he admitted they were fortunate to finish just one down as Dagenham raged about a second ‘goal’ they had ruled out for offside.

But even though Wanderers never managed to hit the heights of their previous performances Ainsworth always thought they would pull it out of the fire even as the clocked ticked deep into stoppage time.

Ainsworth said: “We do get last minute goals. We have this never-say-die attitude. Two or three years ago we would have seen hordes of Wycombe fans leaving before the end but with this spirit we have got they know not to leave.”

He added: “In the first half we were poor and Dagenham were the better side. They went very direct with two big forwards and we didn’t start until the second half. I had to give the team a bit of a rocket at half time. I told them to get their foot on the ball and take that extra pass which we didn’t do in the first half.

“I think we were maybe a little bit complacent and there was a little communication breakdown, I brought in Janoi Donacien  whose new to the team and that could have added something to it and I take that on the chin. But all round we didn’t start well. The energy levels were quite down from what I’m used to and that’s going to happen. It was hot and we had a mammoth game on Tuesday.”

And he admitted that the Daggers could have been two up before the interval.

He said: “You get some and you don’t get some and it was tough for them to take because if we had gone 2-0 down playing like that it would have been very difficult. We weren’t in the game at all but in the second half we came out of the traps well.  We got the ball down, switched it well and got crosses in the box and it was one-way traffic in the second half.

“I said before the game this wasn’t top versus bottom. It was two League Two teams and anyone can beat anyone in this league and we’ve managed to get a point out of it. I’m still really pleased with the unbeaten start. The winning run has ended now which might not be that bad a thing because there is no pressure to keep that going.”

And he paid tribute to defender Pierre who scored the midweek winner at Morecambe and today's  last-gasp header to preserved the club's unbeaten start.

He said: “Aaron Pierre is doing really well at the moment. He had two men on him for every set play and was being really hounded out but right at the end he managed to wriggle himself free. It was a great ball in from Michael Harriman and it was a fantastic finish to a good second half and it might end up to be a very good point.”