Hughes Hails Excellent City

Last updated : 22 February 2009 By Sam
Former Reds striker Craig Bellamy's goal earned City a point which Hughes believed the side fully deserved for their performance against Rafael Benitez's faultering title-chasers.

"That was an excellent performance and we were good value for the point and probably deserved more," Hughes said after the 1-1 draw.

"We were playing a side going for the title and after we'd been involved in a tiring UEFA Cup game in Denmark on Thursday.

"But we put in an excellent performance, we were strong and resilient and we deserved the result.

"It's always the case that a club's ex-players want to do well against them.

"Craig Bellamy's a proud man and maybe feels he didn't get a fair crack of the whip when he was at Liverpool.

"He's played extremely well since he joined us."