Nottingham Forest manager Chris Hughton admitted his side were fortunate to take a point away from St Andrew's this evening following a 1-1 draw with Birmingham City.
The Reds captured a late point courtesy of Lewis Grabban's 98th-minute penalty kick but despite picking up an important point in the West Midlands, Hughton was unhappy with large swathes of his side's display.
Speaking after the game, he said: "Credit to the team because we had a really good chance through Lyle Taylor before the penalty but I think we have to look at it as a very good point. In the first 20 minutes I thought we were good and were the better team but after that I thought we were second best for the remainder of the game and we are fortunate that they didn't take a couple of further opportunities after they had scored. If they had taken those chances then we certainly wouldn't have got anything from the game.
"The longer the game goes on at 1-0 then you're looking for that little bit of fortune and certainly Lewis's strike for the penalty was one of quality. I can't say that we deserved the draw but because we pushed right until the end, we got it. In our good run, we hadn't been conceding from defensive mistakes or from set-pieces but in the last two games, that's exactly what we've done. We know we have to improve our attacking game and find the solutions to get the goals to win football matches as well.
"That 70 minutes of the game worried me tonight because at 1-0, I felt it was more likely that they were going to increase their lead than we were going to get back in it and that's because they were in the ascendancy. Arguably we had two very good chances through Ryan Yates and Lyle Taylor and if they had taken those opportunities then the game could have been different but the momentum wasn't going our way tonight. We came here to get a result tonight and we've got that but we weren't able to get the win we wanted.
"Birmingham is a difficult place to come against a side who are excellent at set-plays and long throws and what that does do is disrupt the rhythm of the game because every long throw they're taking is taking a minute from the game. Probably when I calm down a bit and reflect on it in the morning I'll be happier with the result but there are two separate things, the performance and the result. I'm delighted with the result in the manner which it came but disappointed with the performance."