Norwich head coach David Wagner was happy to take a point after seeing his play-off chasing side held to a 1-1 draw by Bristol City at Carrow Road.
The Canaries went into the match with eight successive home victories behind them but failed to hit the heights of recent months against in-form opposition and had to come from behind to secure a hard-fought draw.
The draw took Norwich level with fifth-placed West Brom and kept them six points clear of the chasing pack with games running out.
“I am satisfied with the point – if you can’t win a game it is important you take something from it and that is what we have done today,” said Wagner.
“It is another small step closer to our target and the gap between ourselves and the teams chasing us is the same, so that is good.
“We were up against a good side and our performance and energy levels were not as high as they have been recently. We know we can play a lot better than that – but players are only human.
“I can’t complain about their effort and attitude but we were not at our best level today.
“There were a lot of turnovers, giving them opportunities and we were fortunate we had a top level keeper like Gunny (Angus Gunn) out there.
“He was outstanding today – and has shown why I feel he is the best keeper in this league.”
Both goals came in a three-minute spell early in the second half, with a shock Bristol City opener being quickly cancelled out.
The Robins, who went close on several occasions in the opening period, got their noses in front on 56 minutes when defender Haydon Roberts got on the end of a Tommy Conway cutback to score his first league goal for the club.
But the visitors were quickly brought down to earth when they were short at the back as a quick ball forward found Josh Sargent and Norwich’s top scorer squared for Borja Sainz to complete the easiest of finishes.
Bristol City boss Liam Manning was delighted with the performance of his side.
“There were a lot of positives from the game,” he said. “In the first half especially we took the game to them and created a lot of good chances and I suppose the only disappointment was that we failed to take them.
“This is really tough place to come but we went out and played really well against a very good side.
“I guess it says something that we have come away from here with a point and are still a little bit disappointed.
“I thought the players were excellent – they showed a lot of quality on the ball and the work-rate and commitment was there too.
“We are on a good run now, I think that’s six unbeaten and we want to maintain these levels in the next two games, to finish the season in the best way possible.”
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