Bradford midfielder Michael Flynn has admitted defensive lapses are the root cause of his side's faltering climb up the table.

The Bantams' recent eight-game unbeaten run has been halted by successive defeats, but Flynn, who scored on his 29th birthday in the 2-1 defeat at Dagenham & Redbridge, is confident Stuart McCall's side can maintain a promotion challenge.

Flynn told the club's official website: "We've got to bounce back again now and we are good enough, as long as we cut out these little mistakes.

"That's not just down to our defenders, because we're a team and we win and lose together, but if we'd held out and matched Dagenham, clearing and defending like they did at the end, then we would have got something."

Flynn added: "My goal was one of those meaningless ones. If we'd won 1-0 it would have been a good birthday present, but it's nothing when you've lost."