STUART McCall is convinced City will bounce straight back from their Sheffield United shocker to seal the deal in the play-offs.

The Bantams need just one more point from the remaining two League One games to guarantee their place in the top six.

With Millwall and Southend also losing on Monday, that situation stayed the same despite the 3-0 defeat at the champions.

McCall expects there to be no repercussions as his side prepare for the final league home game against Wimbledon at the weekend.

The City boss said: "There had better not be. But we've got enough leaders in that dressing room, and on the staff, that when we come back in training there won't be any doom or gloom.

"We haven't lost many this season and when we have, we've always bounced back."

City have not suffered back-to-back defeats throughout the campaign. The previous six league losses have been followed with two wins and four draws.

The last time they lost two in a row was at the start of January 2016 under Phil Parkinson, when they were beaten at Bramall Lane and then Gillingham.

It was also the first game in 19 when City have failed to score – a run going back to January when Shrewsbury won 1-0.

McCall feels the level-headed spirit within the dressing room will stop the Bramall Lane defeat causing any lasting rumblings in City's play-off pursuit.

"You can talk all you want but we've got belief in each other," he said.

"Monday was a bad day in the office against a top-class team. We've got to accept that and start building now for a big game next Saturday.

"We move on, we'll analyse it and look at it to see what we could have done better.

"But the bottom line is we've been beaten by the best side in the league. We can't let a poor 45 minutes detract from what our aims are and I'm sure we won't."

Sheffield United had put the Yorkshire derby to bed by the break but McCall saw signs of some resistance from City's second-half display.

"It's difficult when you are 3-0 down but we still showed spirit and effort to take part in the game," he said.

"We could have felt sorry for ourselves but I told the players at half-time that anyone not putting (the effort) in would be brought off. We kept at it, although the damage was done and we can't dwell on it."