COVENTRY City manager Chris Coleman said his side deserved to walk away with all the points in their stalemate with Crystal Palace at the Ricoh Arena.

Club top scorer Leon Best notched his eighth goal of the season to cancel out Darren Ambrose's first half opener and Coleman said his side's toil was befitting of more than they ended with.

"We should have got the three points to be fair but I was delighted with the way the lads never let their heads drop after going behind and stuck at it to get one back," Coleman said.

"We've had no luck in oppositions' boxes recently but that will change if we continue to play like we did in the second half.

"You're only as good as your strikers and Besty and Clinton worked their socks off tonight. Clinton never got his goal but he made a fantastic contribution.

"As for Besty, I was really pleased to see him get on the scoresheet as it's been a difficult week for him with Ireland not qualifying for the World Cup.

"I thought all the boys did really well and we seemed to have a much better balance in the side tonight which is something we have been lacking recently with all the injuries we have had.

"We have got to take this result now and go to QPR and do our level best to get something down there."

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