Gary Johnson hailed his Bristol City side's "never-say-die" attitude after Bradley Orr's last-gasp equaliser sent them back to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship at the expense of wasteful West Brom.
City looked to be heading for their first defeat of the season when Robert Koren finally put the dominant visitors ahead 15 minutes from time.
But home boss Johnson went for broke with his substitutions and was rewarded when Orr pounced on a Dean Kiely fumble with seconds remaining.
"It keeps us unbeaten and what an important goal that was," said a delighted Johnson after the 1-1 draw.
"We threw caution to the wind a little bit when we went 1-0 down and it came off for us.
"The boys never say die and that's the attitude they've got at the moment."
Johnson conceded his side were second best for much of a game in which the Baggies should have been out of sight before Orr's dramatic leveller.
"You could see that West Brom are sort of that Premier League/Championship side and you need to take your chances," Johnson said.
"Good players come into the game at some stage, as West Brom did, and we had to hang on in there, so credit to them. That's a massive point."
Johnson praised goalscorer Orr and bandaged midfielder Marvin Elliott, whose header was too hot for Kiely to handle.
"Marvin's attacked it fantastically, even with his cut eye and 'Pope's hat'.
"We were ready for the mistake. That means we were concentrating right to the end. I'm very proud of them."
As for his promoted side being top of the league for at least another 24 hours, Johnson added: "You can't say yet we feel invincible.
"Every time we play we seem to be playing to go top of the league - and we do it.
"The boys gave a little bit of a cheer."
Baggies boss Tony Mowbray could not hide his frustration after seeing his side miss a host of chances to seal a first away win of the season and go top in the process.
"I'm very disappointed. It's an understatement to say I'm a bit disappointed," he said.
"When you get two minutes from the end of the game, 1-0 up, looking comfortable, we're disappointed.
"Credit to them (City), they kept going. You've got to give respect for where they are in the league.
"They're not there by accident. They're there by hard work, endeavour and organisation."
He added: "Their keeper was worked more than ours and bottom line I'm disappointed we didn't take the three points.
"The manner of conceding such a late goal leaves a sour taste in the mouth."
If he was seething at their finishing, Mowbray could not criticise his side's own determination.
"I'm happy with their endeavour and their work rates.
"It's a bit of quality we still need to find to finish a game off."