Wycombe Wanderers midfielder Dominic Gape has revealed why he decided to shoot from near the half-way line which led to his incredible goal in the Chairboys’ recent 3-0 win over Barnsley.

Gape, along with Anis Mehmeti and Nick Freeman, each scored a stunning strike in the victory at Oakwell which ended a run of three consecutive defeats for Gareth Ainsworth’s men.

All three goals were sensational in their own right, but the 27-year-old’s lob from more than 60-yards was the moment of the game, and the midfielder explained that the attempt was premeditated.

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Gape, whose last goal for Wanderers scored in Octobber 2018, explained to BBC Three Counties Radio: “I had a little scan up just before Jordy [Jordan Obita] took the throw in.

“It was something that we noted before the game that the keeper [Brad Collins] likes a high line, so it came to Wheels [David Wheeler], and I asked him to set me up and he set me up nicely.

“I then thought I will have a go at this, and thankfully I hit it perfectly and it hit the back of the net.

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“Watching it back, he (Collins) wasn’t in that bad of a position but when I scanned up before, he was a couple of steps higher.

“I had a look, had a go and if you don’t buy a ticket, you don’t win the raffle.”

Wanderers’ impressive and dominant victory over Barnsley was only their second against the South Yorkshire club, and their first-ever at Oakwell in five attempts (two draws, two losses, and one win).

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The win also ended Barnsley’s unbeaten home record in League One that lasted for just over six years.

Their previous defeat at their stadium in the third tier of English football took place on April 9, 2016, when they fell to a 2-1 loss against Chesterfield – a run that lasted for 2,324 days.