Johnson frustrated by Iron late show

The Robins manager was 30 seconds away from celebrating maximum points from four Championship home games after a goal on his Ashton Gate debut from Costa Rica international Alvaro Saborio before Grant McCann scored at the death.Saborio looked to have earned City the points when smashing the ball home from close range at the second attempt on 50 minutes after a Marcus Williams attempted clearance had ricocheted off a team mate.But McCann's deflected shot after the home side failed to clear a free kick from the halfway line deflated the normally bubbly Johnson and gave 10-man Scunthorpe an unlikely draw.The visitors had used all their substitutes when one of them, Gary Hooper, strained a hamstring 10 minutes from time. That made City's failure to clinch victory all the more frustrating for Johnson.Johnson said: "I'm not going to be too critical of the lads because I thought we played well. But one good header from a set piece would have cleared it and won us the game."We conceded some unnecessary free kicks and if you do that and invite the opposition to put balls into the box you are asking for trouble."It won't be easy looking at the video of the equaliser and I couldn't face the players with a smile after the game. But I was pleased with a lot of our play and I hope our supporters won't forget how well we passed the ball."It was good for Alvaro's confidence that he got a goal and I am sure that he and Nicky Maynard can form a successful partnership."Delighted Scunthorpe boss Nigel Adkins said: "It was an excellent point for us against a very good footballing side. We've had an excellent week."I had to change our shape quickly from the 4-3-3 we wanted to play to nullify their extra men in midfield. So we went 4-4-2 with two holding midfielders and created a number of chances."Jonathon Forte had a goal disallowed for offside, which I thought was very close but won't comment on until I have seen the video and their keeper made several good saves."Bristol's goal was a comedy of errors from our perspective, but we stuck at it, worked very hard and even with 10 men at the end got our just reward."City gave a home debut to midfield Evander Snow, on loan from Ajax, who looked strong on the ball throughout.But it was home goalkeeper Adriano Basso who made the best saves from a Martyn Woolford header and a Paul Hayes shot.Both teams had goals disallowed early on. Saborio looked clearly offside when tapping home Snow's cross-shot, but it looked a closer call when Forte did the same from Sam Togwell's centre.

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