Gillingham 0 Bradford 2: Match highlights and reaction from head coach Stephen Clemence’s after League 2 defeat at Priestfield

Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence was disappointed to see standards slip on Saturday but was on the wrong side of some big decisions too.

Clemence accepted his Gills team didn’t play as well as he was expecting - as they went down 2-0 at home - but was frustrated that a goal was ruled out by the officials at nil-nil and a “stonewall” penalty decision was waved away late in the game.

Report: Gillingham 0 Bradford 2

The Gills boss said: “They have had two shots on target and they have both ended up in the back of the net. Their goals were definitely avoidable and we can’t do that, we can’t give teams head starts.

“We set our standards two weeks ago (beating Charlton in the FA Cup). We played really well here and that was the standards that we hoped we would get from out next fixture. We fell below those standards as a team and a staff.

“We understand that result wasn’t good enough, there will be plenty to learn from, a lot of games are coming up, we will take this on the chin, go back to the drawing board and start working again next week. I am very disappointed.”

The Gills might have taken the lead had the officials given a goal from Macauley Bonne’s header which may have crossed the line before the keeper got a hand to it.

Gillingham then conceded when Bradford capitalised on a weak pass from defender Scott Malone before adding a second, scored direct from a free-kick. At 2-0 down, in the 87th minute, the Gills had a shout for a penalty when Connor Mahoney went down in the box from a Richie Smallwood challenge.

The Bradford man claimed it was a dive and the referee felt there was nothing in it. Clemence wasn’t so sure.

On the disallowed goal, he said: “I have seen it back with one of my analysts, we have a