Cooper: Swindon back on track

Mark Cooper believes Swindon's promotion push is back on track after Massimo Luongo struck twice to topple Bradford 2-1.

Australian Asia Cup star Luongo bagged a first-half double to help the Robins end a run of three straight defeats. Bantams striker Billy Clarke's effort nine minutes into the second half proved no more than a consolation goal. Cooper said: "We needed to get back on track and the three points were obviously the most important thing but I thought we were outstanding in the first half. "Some of the football was incredible and the game could, should, have been out of sight. "We were wasteful again in front of goal and we could have been sitting comfortable at half time. "The first 10 minutes off the second half we played with our hearts and not our heads and trying to finish every attack off and made it end-to-end. "That is probably down to the youth and exuberance of the boys. They are desperate to go and score goals. "I just said to them that 2-0 up at home against a team that have knocked two Premier League teams out of the FA Cup, full of confidence you have got to play with control and your head." Luongo gave the hosts the lead after only 16 minutes. Ben Gladwin played a sweeping pass to Jack Stephens who rolled the ball on for Luongo and the former Tottenham midfielder skipped into the area and picked out the bottom corner. Luongo made it two 11 minutes before half time, rounding off another fine team move. Stephens came surging down the wing and found Williams who laid the ball off for the onrushing Luongo to slot home. Clarke reduced the deficit nine minutes after the break, seizing on a poor Nathan Thompson clearance to net from six yards. Bradford manager Phil Parkinson felt his side deserved a share of the spoils for a spirited second-half performance. Parkinson said: "I thought we gave them too much respect in the first half. "Conditions were against us in terms of the strong breeze but we didn't get tight enough to them. "The response in the second half was great. Swindon give you chances the way they play and it was just finding that quality to get that second goal. "They had a couple of key players back in the game and played with real determination at the start. "They were better than us for the first 45 minutes but we came back well and I thought did enough to have got something from the game."