Johnson hails persistent Robins

Sun, 08 Nov 13:21:47 2009

Bristol City boss Gary Johnson praised his side's resolve after they responded to a late Nottingham Forest goal to earn a vital point at the City Ground.

Wes Morgan had given Forest an 85th-minute lead with his first goal of the season but in the final minute of normal time, Danny Haynes pounced for an equaliser.

Johnson said: "We've had a few goals scored against us this season in the last minute so it was nice for the shoe to be on the other foot.

"We could have felt sorry for ourselves when Forest scored so late in the game but we stuck at it and came up with a goal. We sent on a 6ft 7in defender to play centre-forward and it helped us get the equaliser and I think we deserved it.

"For us it feels more like a win to come back and score and get something from a game that could have gone away from us, but it's not easy to come to the City Ground these days. Billy Davies has got them playing really well and you have to come here and compete.

"I think we did that but there were not too many highlights in the game before the last five minutes."

 

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