Conor Bradley admits it was tough to be suspended recently for Bolton Wanderers and felt hard done by it but won't be changing th way he plays.
The Liverpool loanee was recently out of action for Wanderers as he sat out the dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over Accrington Stanley. He was suspended after picking up five yellow cards for the first suspension of his career.
Bradley feels some of the booking was harsh, while others were perhaps avoidable, such as pulling opponents' shirts. But that is all part of his learning experience and he has vowed he will not be changing the way he plays the game as he reflects on his 90 minutes out of action.
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He said: “It was tough. I want to play every game while I am here. I just made sure I was there to support the boys and thankfully they got three points.
“I feel a bit hard done by – but it is just the way I play, to be honest. I should probably watch myself because I don’t want to be suspended again. But I am aggressive, I do want to put tackles in, so it is a learning curve for me.
“I wouldn’t want to change too much, it is the way I play. I like to get in people’s faces and press because that is the way we are taught at Liverpool. I wouldn’t want to take it out of my game but maybe I should be a bit nicer to the referees.
“It was the first one of my career and I was probably more nervous watching than I was playing, which was a bit weird. I’d rather be out there but it wasn’t a bad game to watch, couldn’t have gone any better.
“I think most of them were quite harsh, but I can learn from it. I’ve had a few silly ones in there as well for pulling the shirt. It’s something I can learn from and just lessen down on the yellow cards from now on.”
Bradley returned to action as Wanderers came from behind for the second game in a row against Burton Albion. Amadou Bakayoko and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson both came off the bench to complete the 2-1 comeback.
The young Northern Ireland international has already experienced the same result for parent club Liverpool, coming off the bench towards the end of their 2-1 Champions League group stage win over AC Milan last season. Though that experience is up there, Bradley believes the Burton win is up there with the best nights of his career so far.
He said: “It was unreal to come back from a goal down with a couple of minutes left. It feels good to be part of a team that has that never-say-die attitude.
“That’s probably one of best nights I’ve had in football myself in my short career so far, so it’s one that I’ll remember for a long time. Jon taking off his top when he scored was unbelievable - I’ll never forget it!
“To be fair that (AC Milan game) was up there as well, but it’s just the emotions from going one down, everyone’s gutted and to come back in the last seconds of the game to score was unbelievable.”
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