Brechin City manager Ray McKinnon expressed disappointment that his side had to share the spoils after a 1-1 draw against Ayr United at Glebe Park.
“The players deserved to get something out of the game but it should have been three points instead of one,” he said.
“On the balance of play, we definitely had the better chances in the first half but we then lost a very cheap goal, just as we did last week at Forfar.
“However, the players kept up the pressure in the second half and created a couple of good chances and they deservedly scored the equaliser.
“Overall, I’ve been delighted with the form we’ve shown in recent weeks but we certainly haven’t been getting many breaks and hopefully our luck will change.”
City started the game well and put a lot of pressure on the Ayr defence and they were desperately unlucky not to have been awarded a penalty after 20 minutes when Alan Trouten was clearly impeded in the penalty box right in front of referee Alan Muir, who waved play on.
City kept up the pressure and they should have grabbed the opener when Andy Ryan, playing his last game for the club before returning to Hamilton Accies, steered the ball wide from a good position.
The side in command can often be caught out at the back and that’s exactly what happened a couple of minutes before the break when Ayr scored the opening goal.
With the ball bobbling about in front of the home penalty area, the City defence failed to clear their lines and Anthony Mag stepped up to fire a blistering left-foot drive into the top corner of the net.
City pressed hard for the equaliser in the second half and their efforts paid dividends after 74 minutes.
Steven Jackson picked up the ball wide on the right and swung a good cross into the Ayr penalty box for older brother Andy, who lost his marker before bulleting a header beyond the reach of David Hutton in the Ayr goal.
The same player almost notched the winner with five minutes remaining when he fired in from close range after a great run and cross from Trouten but Hutton brought off a point-blank save to deny him.