Steve Burr bemoaned his Chester FC side's inability to convert chances after watching them salvage a point at the death in the 3-3 draw at Guiseley on Easter Monday.
With both teams in the midst of a relegation dogfight, the Blues' trip to Nethermoor was a six pointer and presented a chance for them to bounce back to winning ways and pull themselves further clear of the drop zone after Saturday's dismal 2-1 home defeat to Barrow.
But despite starting well in West Yorkshire, Chester were made to pay for their profligacy in the first half as they spurned several chances to add to Ross Hannah's 39th-minute opener.
The Blues manager said: "It's a game, for me, that should have been out of sight in the first half. And we had enough chances in the second half but, again, the goals that we have conceded we seem to give ourselves a mountain to climb.
"We showed a lot of character to come back, which is pleasing, but we should have had it out of sight as far as I'm concerned."
Hannah had given Chester a 1-0 lead at the break but Sam Hughes and Ben Heneghan both wasted gilt-edged chances to extend the advantage.
RECAP: How the action unfolded at Nethermoor
And the Blues' inability to put two halves of football together was evident once more as Emile Sinclair's double and one from Will Hatfield had the Lions on the cusp of victory before Tom Shaw bundled home in injury time after substitute Kane Richards had levelled at 2-2 with his first touch.
"You saw the conditions today and you don't like to make excuses but it was very difficult to get it out of that bottom end," said Burr, whose side entertain Boreham Wood on Saturday.
"But we were pleased at half time with how we played but disappointed we weren't further in front. To score three goals away from home and not get three points is hard to take, but in the manner of the way it came we are pleased with the point because it was a late one."
Burr was disappointed with the manner of how the goals were conceded, with the Lions enjoying plenty of joy in opening up the Blues defence by exploiting them down the flanks.
"It is something we have been trying to eradicate for a while now," said Burr, who said his decision to recall goalkeeper Jon Worsnop in place of Tony Thompson was due to the Blues having lost three games on the spin.
"We created enough chances to have got ourselves in front and got a cushion, which we always seem to need as we're always vulnerable to conceding goals."
