"I am quite relieved because I thought it was a terrific advert for this league," said the Leaicester boss. "Both sides played very positive football and they caused us a few problems - there is no doubt about that.
"Obviously they did their homework on us but for us it is a very good result.
"I am sure Martin Ling will be very disappointed but I think the one thing we have to remain positive about all season is the fact that, even when people ask questions of us, if we can stay in the game we have got a bit of quality about us.
"I am sure everybody in the ground could feel their goal coming as we stopped doing the things that got us success in the first few minutes."