Valérien Ismaël spoke to the media after Tom Dele-Bashiru's penalty was cancelled out by Scott Twine in a 1-1 draw with Bristol City at Ashton Gate.
Read what the Head Coach had to say below...
On securing a point:
It’s a solid point, it was a good game. It was similar to the first game at home where we made three mistakes and we got punished. This time we made one mistake and got punished.
I think we were always strong and tactically very good. We pressed well, we were well organised, we have more control now of the left side. The intent in the first half was really good.
We will take the point with a good feeling but with a feeling of some homework to do. We will do our homework to improve, to make sure that next time we get the three points.
On young players in the team:
We have so many good young players in the sqaud, we have improved a lot this season. I think now it’s about taking the next step, the maturity, the decision making, the first touch.
We put ourselves in good situations but the last pass and the crosses were just hectic. The period of the season we're in now, when it’s all about winning games, you have to be more mature in decision making.
We need to not always try and make the great action from the back, sometimes if we play the ball into the channel it could be a good decision. We can be more calm in the last third.
It’s a pleasure to work with the young players and every game now is a chance to be better in that direction.
On the key moments:
We had two big chances with Yáser Asprilla to go in front.
Ben Hamer made two big saves for us, with Jake Livermore clearing off the line. We made it difficult unnecessarily but on the other hand that is okay, we need to make sure with our decision making we are more ruthless.
On conserving energy:
I think you need to control the ball more in the opponent’s half and stay more calm.
When we got the ball in the opponent’s half we took too many touches, we lost the ball and it goes in the other direction. It cost a lot of energy to go back. It is the energy you are missing to make the difference at the end.
On reviewing the match:
After tomorrow we go through the video and we will explain again.
It’s a process, you made a mistake, you see, learn from it and we go again.
You lost points on the way but you have to accept that. It was a solid away game.
