Martin Ling reckoned his goalkeeper was at fault for Nicky Forster's goal.

But the Leyton Orient manager, and former Albion midfielder, admitted the result was fair.

Stuart Nelson was left grasping at air as Forster's thunderbolt flew past him.

There was also a theory he should have claimed George O'Callaghan's chipped cross which led to the second leveller, though Ling let him off the hook for that one.

The O's boss said: "We scored two quality goals, they scored two cheap goals in my opinion.

"The first one's gone through Nels and the second one stayed in the air a long time.

"He couldn't do an awful lot about the second one but the first, for me, has got to be saved.

"I'm a realist and I think the result was probably fair. We got our noses in front twice and didn't see it through and we could have nicked it with the last kick of the game.

"But if I look at the whole game and look at ball retention they were better, especially in the second half.

"In the first half I thought we were the best side without really performing for the first half-hour.

"I think sometimes with Sky here it affects players at this level. They get really hyped up and you try to calm them down.

"Our best player was Paul Terry because he was calm on the ball. It needed a few more to be like that."

Ling praised the work of creator Sean Thornton for the first goal and admitted his team were badly hit by the midfielder;s early departure through injury.

He added: "Sean is a ball retainer. Of the midfield four, the only one who kept the ball with the quality I would expect was Paul Terry.

"Sean is always a big miss in that department."