George Boateng felt a point was the least the Tigers deserved from their game against Chelsea.

The game finished 1-1, with Steven Mouyokolo scoring for City and Didier Drogba replying for Chelsea, and Boateng was pleased his side got some reward for their efforts.

"It was a good, hard-fought point," said Boateng.

"Our draw against Wolves at the weekend made this game more important. We started really well and we deserved to go one-nil up.

"In the end, it took another wonderful free kick from Didier Drogba for them to equalise. I was disappointed to concede the free kick (myself). When Anelka had the ball, I felt I had to foul him because he was getting into the box and we wouldn't have been able to touch him had he got in there.

"It was an instinctive decision and it was costly in a way because we have given two points away. But, when you play a top four team and you get a point, I think you should be happy."

Boateng admitted the plan was to try and exploit Chelsea's vulnerability at set-pieces, a plan which worked well when Mouyokolo headed home Stephen Hunt's corner on the half-hour.

"We knew that they had conceded a lot of goals from free kicks and corners. We had a very good chance just before half time with Anthony Gardner's header and that would have given us the lead again.

"In the second half, Steven Mouyokolo had another couple of chances. But we played well as a team and I'm happy that we didn't 'fold' after conceding the equaliser.

"We should be the happier of the two teams."