MICHAEL Flynn said there was no chance of another Newport County AFC penalty “toss-up” after Matty Dolan was given responsibility to seal a comeback win against Bradford City.

The Exiles trailed 1-0 to their League Two promotion rivals at Cardiff City Stadium after Paul Cook’s goal in the first minute of the second half.

However, County fired back with a late double to record back-to-back wins for the first time since the start of December and to fight back from being behind for the first time since October.

Matty Dolan levelled with a superb curling free-kick and then the defender, who sealed a 3-0 win in Bradford in October, kept his cool to slot home a penalty with the last kick.

Flynn criticised Josh Sheehan for allowing Padraig Amond to take responsibility from the spot against Oldham in December when the score was 2-2 in a 4-2 defeat at Rodney Parade.

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“There was definitely no toss-up with who was taking the penalty this time,” said the manager. “I made it quite clear even though they knew before the game.

“With the change of personnel you never know but it was quite clear Matty Dolan was taking that penalty.

“I thought that we should have had one just before that for a shirt-pull on Joss Labadie but the ref had no choice - a couple of their players coming off said it was 100 per cent a handball.

“At least the referee had the courage to give it so late in the game.”

Dolan was cool in time added on and he was on the money with a stunning free-kick to get the Exiles back on level terms.

“I've given up on free-kicks - we usually hit the wall or put them on the counter-attack,” said Flynn.

“The amount of conversations we have had about it is incredible and the reason why I get frustrated is because I know that they (Dolan and Sheehan) have both got the quality to do better, more consistently.

“It was an outstanding free-kick, he hit it perfectly and the timing was perfect.”

County’s fighting spirit delighted Flynn as he celebrated his anniversary in the hotseat.

“Four years ago I took over and in my first game we came from behind to win 2-1 at Crewe,” said the manager. “This was only the second time that we have done it this season.

“I thought the first half was probably the best League Two game that I have seen this season.

“It was very, very high-quality football with passing patterns and players having confidence and bravery on the ball.

“It was a much better performance at 'home' because of the surface that we've got.

“Did we create enough? No, not really. Did we play some really good football to the final third? Yes.

“It's just about finding that different way to open teams up and if we do that we can really string results together.”