Johnson wanted win

Johnson: Coventry draw

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Bristol City boss Gary Johnson felt his side deserved all three points after his team drew 1-1 with Coventry.

The Robins had to rely on a late equaliser from David Clarkson following David Bell's opening goal.

Johnson admitted to his relief at salvaging a point but was of the belief that a victory was there for the taking.

"In the end we did more than enough to win," he said. "There were plenty of opportunities as the game went on and we didn't quite show the quality to take them.

"We lost Jamal Campbell-Ryce with a calf strain in the warm-up and had to make a late change, bringing in Evander Sno.

"You can do without that sort of thing, but we improved as the match went on and feel we should have had all three points."

Clarkson had not scored since the opening day of the season, and was also laid low for five weeks by a mystery virus.

"Hopefully, this goal will be a new start for him," said Johnson. "He had to go through a second pre-season to get fit again after the illness and has worked very hard."

Coventry boss Chris Coleman was happy enough with a point after seeing his side defend in numbers from the first whistle.

"Bristol were better than us in the first half and we had to switch from 4-4-2 to match their five in midfield," he said.

"But they didn't cause us that many problems and in the end we might easily have nicked it in the closing minutes."

It was Coventry's first game since the departure to Newcastle of top scorer Leon Best, and Coleman added: "It's no secret that we need to strengthen and I'm looking to sign two new strikers through the loan system, hopefully by the end of next week.

"I thought Freddy Eastwood and Clinton Morrison did a lot of unselfish running off the ball today, but we need more options in attack."