YORK City boss Russ Wilcox insisted that his players had set a benchmark for the rest of the season despite being cruelly denied a second home victory of the season following high-flying Burton Albion’s lucky 88th-minute equaliser.

Substitute Adam McGurk’s intended cross deceived City keeper Bobby Olejnik to cancel out a 70th-minute debut goal from Emile Sinclair but Wilcox was still delighted by his team’s performance.

He said: “I’ve told the players they have set a benchmark for the last 19 games of the season. It took a cross, hit with the player’s weaker foot, to deny us a deserved victory but we were outstanding and the better side against a Burton team who were second in the division.

“Of course, there’s disappointment because the difference between one point and three is massive, but we have got to find a level of consistency now and keep performing how we did today.”

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