Captain Ian Sharps feels there were positives to be drawn from Chester FC's performance against Altrincham.
Although disappointed at failing to win the game, which finished 1-1 after Michael Rankine cancelled out Ross Hannah's opener , the veteran defender insisted it was a 'step in the right direction'.
Aside from the opening five minutes and an end-to-end finale, the Blues were the better side, creating numerous chances and forcing 11 corners but could not convert that dominance into a second goal and in the end had to settle for a point.
"It hurts and it's definitely two points lost but I thought the performance was better than against Macclesfield so it was a step in the right direction," said Sharps.
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"We wanted the result and we're disappointed obviously that we didn't get it. We wanted to score more goals than we did and have a clean sheet so that's a recipe for not winning games but I think the effort was there and the commitment was there.
"We were winning second balls, winning first balls and we're just really disappointed that we didn't win the game.
"It took us about five minutes to get to grips with the game but then I thought the midfield did really well for us.
"Luke George, Tom Shaw and Ryan Lloyd dominated the game in the first-half, we switched it well, we got it out wide well and I think they had to change formation to stop us doing that and that's testament to our play."
Hannah fired the Blues ahead on 20 minutes with a composed close range finish for his 12th goal in 11 games and the skipper has been delighted at the striker's form.
Experienced keeper Worsnop has taken accountability for the equaliser and Sharps, while not wanting to single out his colleague, admits individual misstates have cost the side this season.
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"You can see when Ross gets in the box that the opposition are nervous and as a team we kind of expect him to score now and that's a nice feeling to have," said the 35-year-old.
"I thought on his chance he'd taken too many touches but fair play to him he finished it well. We wanted to get the next goal and go again because you never know what will happen later on in terms of the scoreline but we just couldn't get that second goal.
"There were a few that flew across the box, some good crosses, we missed a few chances and stuff that didn't bounce for us but at the end of the day we made a mistake.
"We've made too many individual errors this season certainly and it's cost us but to be fair to Spider he did well at the end and saved two shots.
"It's two points dropped as I say but as a performance I think we can take a little bit of heart from it."
