Bristol City and Queens Park Rangers shared a 1-1 draw in the Championship this afteroon. Dexter Blackstock gave the away side the lead but Dele Adebola equalised midway through the first half. City struggled to break down their opponents after half time when they were reduced to ten men after Emmanuel Ledesma was sent off for a second bookable offence.
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City boss Gary Johnson was 'satisfied' with the way his team played in their final game before the International break.
On the game itself: "When a team goes down to ten men, you would hope to beat them. When you play against ten men they will just sit nine behind the ball and they proved difficult to break down as they let us play in the back two thirds of the field and defended as best they could.
"They decided they didn't want to go out and win the game and it was up to us to try and win it. In doing this we had lots of play on the edge and inside of the box and when we did get through their keeper made good saves."
On why he didn't make changes earlier: "People may wonder why we didn't bring Steve Brooker on but we felt if we needed to open the game out a bit and bringing Ivan Sproule on created more oppertunities."
On the sending off: "I thought they were moaning a bit. Macca let the ball go out but the lad showed a sign of agfression. As far as the tackle was woncerned it was on the other side of the pitch and I couldn't see it properley but once he got called over we knew the lad was in trouble."
Gary also laughed off speculation linking him with a move for Palace striker James Scowcroft and reports that Lee Trundle will be allowed to join Swansea on loan.
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Rangers manager Ian Dowie described the point taken from Ashton Road as 'important'.
On the game itself: "I thought we shaded it in the first half. I know it's only a point but it's an important point.
On City: "It was a game between good football sides and they'll cause you problems but other than Dele Adebola's header we were fairly comfortable."
On the sending off of Emmanuel Ledesma: "I don't know why he got booked in the first half. He throws the ball to the man; the man lets it go and its Ledesma's fault. I'll be having a look at the video.
On the referee's performance: "There were a lot of yellow cards flying about, not too many for us. Look at how many challenges went in on Dexter. But I don't want to detract from what was a resilient performance."