"I am a Championship manager but you mustn't treat it like the actual computer game, 'Championship Manager'," Gary Johnson said after the 2-2 draw at Ashton Gate.
"There was a lot of Championship Manager for a little while there."
He added: "They had their chances, we had ours. It could have been 4-4, maybe.
"Sometimes people have to enjoy those great games."
"It's the highs a lows of the Championship," Johnson said.
"It was a fantastic goal - Scotty's - just at the right time.
"Unfortunately, we gave a free-kick away and weren't good enough to clear it. That's when teams are at their most dangerous, when you've just scored.
"That's what happens sometimes and you have to give credit to the opposition.
"I thought our lads gave it a really good shot. I was proud of them. I know we don't want to be drawing games at home but for the first game of the season, that was a good result."
John Gregory
"Martin Rowlands really should have gone away with the match ball today," Gregory said of the player who twice hit the woodwork and forced a great save out of Henderson.
"He played very well. He couldn't have really done much better than he did.
"When Scotty scored, I thought that was probably going to be the end of the scoring. But you don't write off this bunch of lads.
"They've got a lot of energy, a lot of courage and a lot of desire to to well this year."
He added: "We had to show a lot of character going behind twice, totally against the run of play on both occasions.
"This was a fixture I didn't really want first game of the season.
"You try and avoid the clubs that have just been promoted, particularly Bristol City.
"So my boys really did fantastically well today."
"At times we outplayed Bristol City and had it not been for one or two very good saves by the goalkeeper in the second half - which kept Bristol City in the game - we should have won by two or possibly three clear goals."