Michael Skubala was pleased with the point his Lincoln City side picked up in their 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic on Saturday afternoon at the LNER Stadium.
Paul Mullin gave Wigan the lead in the early stages, before a quickfire James Collins brace flipped the game on its head and the Imps went into the break with a 2-1 lead.
Callum Wright’s early second half header levelled scores again, before Christian Saydee and Rob Street were both shown red cards.
Skubala said: “Another game that became a little bit chaotic for loads of different reasons. I think, in the end when I reflect on it, it’s probably a good point because I don’t think we were at it.
“For the first 20 minutes we weren’t at it at all, we weren’t aggressive enough, pressing high enough, (we weren’t) getting in dominant positions and I thought they got on top of us.
“We had to change shape because I thought we were getting bullied. We were too passive.”
When quizzed on the strength of the Latics, Skubala said: “They (Wigan) are a very physical team, and we didn’t get on top of that with our energy and our intensity.
“If you cannot match them with physicality, you have to match them with intensity, and we failed to do that.”
Skubala had no criticisms of either of the red card incidents, when he said: “I had no issues with the ref’ today; I thought both were sending offs.
“I was frustrated and angry with the ref’ last week. We didn’t get a draw out of today because of the referee, for sure, that was our own doing.”
“A point is a good point because we weren’t on it.”
Lincoln City will hope to return to winning ways next Saturday when they travel to face Burton Albion.