"But all credit to the players, because they might have even won it at the end.
"We showed a bit of character to come back after twice being behind, and that shows the progress we have made.
"We had a history of going a goal down and not being able to fight back before I came here.
"We've done well since I arrived, but next year's going to be hard because I think this league is only going to get tougher."