Speaking after the game Allardyce was in a reflective mood. “It was frustrating.
"We've not seen that super-clinical finishing side of our game today. I think that left us hugely frustrated and when we did get a proper finish on target the goalkeeper was on top form.
"There's nothing more we could have done today to try and win a game of football but ultimately the clinical finishing has deserted us. It's our second clean sheet of the season so we only needed the one goal, but we just couldn't find it.
"I felt today that if we'd found one, we'd have found many on the back of Aston Villa losing six or seven on the trot. I think their heads would have gone down and we'd have opened them up even more.”