“It’s an unbelievable performance as for the second consecutive occasion it looked like everything was going against us,” Sam said following the game.
“I relate to the spirit of the team and the squad and the belief of the team that even with ten men they said ‘We’re not going to get beaten’. With the crowd behind us and cheering us all on the lads did an unbelievable job again and it was only an unlucky bounce of the ball into the defender’s shins that put them in the right place to poke it in.
“They couldn’t break us down in open play and we had some good saves from Rob Green when we needed them. Even with ten men Julien Faubert nipped in front of the goalkeeper but it’s just rolled out for a goal-kick when it could easily have just dropped to his feet for a side foot into the back of the net.
“Great credit to the lads and four points from two games with ten men after eight minutes and ten men after 17 minutes is terrific stuff and we’ve just go to pick it up from here. It’s an unbelievable point and it feels like a win. We’re playing the team that’s right up there at the top of the league and they couldn’t break us down.”