"The manager gave us a blasting at half-time, saying he wanted us to come out of the traps and I think we did that," said the 34-year-old who was making his second City appearance following his 11th-hour loan switch from Hull.
"The tempo was sharp and we forced our game on them and got a goal. It (City's equaliser) might have been a lucky break but you take that at this stage in the season because it was important not to get beaten.
City are now 7 points clear of 2nd place Peterborough wiuth the teams facing each other this weekend. The extra two points if City had won could yet turn out to be important.
"There are seven games left and it was a point in the right direction, even if maybe that was not the feeling afterwards.
"Being seven points is a sign that things have gone well. But the thought was that it was two points dropped."