Bath coach Steve Meehan admitted his side were fortunate to come away with a 28-28 draw at Northampton.
Contrasting emotions for Bath and Northampton after stalemate
Bath coach Steve Meehan conceded his side were fortunate to come away with a 28-28 draw against Northampton at Franklin's Gardens.
Jonny Faamatuainu's late try, converted by Butch James, levelled the scores to ensure Bath remain unbeaten on their travels this season.
Northampton had stormed back from 21-10 behind and Meehan was relieved to have at least taken something from the match.
"At half-time we'd put ourselves in a position to get four points but we let Northampton have too much ball," said Meehan.
"But in all your Premiership matches, if you went away and came home with two points you'd probably be happy by the end of the season."
Disappointed
Meehan, disappointed to lose captain and centre Alex Crockett with a hamstring injury after only half an hour, added: "He's been playing very well and losing him doesn't help, but we've got players with enough experience and ability to do the job with or without him.
"They came hard at us all day. In the second half they did very well, had a lot of possession and put a lot of it to good use.
"We had one opportunity to score a try in the second half and we took it but we've got to give ourselves a few more opportunities than that."
Northampton were denied two tries when referee David Rose ruled that they had been held up over the line.
Frustration
Confirming that centre James Downey believed he had grounded the ball, director of rugby Jim Mallinder admitted his frustration that TV officials and video replays are not used at all Guinness Premiership matches.
"Last week at Bristol we lost the game on one of those decisions. Today we didn't win the game because of that decision," he said.
"The referee's got to be in the right position, that's his job. We need consistency and we need the refs to make the right decisions at the right times.
"If they are consistent we are happy with it and today we didn't think he was consistent."
Mallinder added: "I was disappointed with our defence in the first half. I thought we conceded a couple of relatively weak tries but we knew - and we said at half-time - that if we kept playing the spaces would appear and I was delighted with our second-half performance.
"I thought we attacked with pace and intensity and moved the ball well. On another day we would have won the game."
