Napier City Rovers had done the hard work in the first half to put the game to bed but they came up shy against Miramar Rangers.
"We were disappointed. Obviously when you're 2-nil up at halftime and then they put their first goal in, in the 71st minute, you'd like to think we can pull off the game there," Conroy Removals-sponsored Blues coach Bill Robertson said after the Fergus Neil-captained Blues drew 2-2 away in the Lotto Central League clash at Endeavour Park on Saturday.
On reflection, though, Robertson put it down to a "decent point" on the road against a good Miramar side hosting the game on Western Suburbs' home ground as their turf, Farrington Park, was booked in readiness for the second leg of the Oceania League match between his Team Wellington and Auckland City FC yesterday.
"They created some good chances and we had plenty, too, so the game could have gone either way, actually."
At halftime, Robertson stressed to his troops the need to maintain the intensity of their work rate as well as quality in creating more scoring opportunities while stifling the hosts.