Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl apologises to fans and Bristol City manager after Championship draw
The Owls were excellent in the first hour and led 2-1, thanks to goals from Djeidi Gassama and Di’Shon Bernard.
But the hosts lost momentum with some second-half substitutions, with Wednesday’s game management being lamentable late on as they dropped deep and encouraged City, who made some telling attacking changes, to push on.
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Hide AdRoss McCrorie levelled and sub Sam Bell almost grabbed a winner.


Rohl confirmed that he brought off loanee Shea Charles, playing the final game before his scheduled return to parent club Southampton, at the interval following a booking in the first period, with the midfielder running the risk of a second yellow.
Rohl, whose side visit QPR this weekend, said: "We controlled the game in the first half and played good football and deserved to lead. They got the equaliser and then we break to make it 2-1.
"I think until 60 minutes, it was a good performance, but the last 30 minutes were not acceptable, we were too passive and didn’t get pressure on the ball.
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Hide Ad"In the past, our strength was we could make changes from the bench to make the impact and I accept the responsibility for this today.
"It was hard to take, with some subs, I had to do them, but when you bring them on, they are normally fresh and you expect them to counter-push, but today they didn’t."
On Charles’ substitution, he added: "Exactly. After the yellow card, I thought he was a little bit passive and scared to arrive in the duel.
"I think this is Shea’s strength, to be strong in the duels. I said two or three times that he was scared to get the second yellow card. It was not easy and a red card would not have helped him.”
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Hide AdThe German also issued an apology to City counterpart Liam Manning after the game.
He commented: "I apologise to the opponents’ manager. I didn’t give the handshake at he end of the game. I was a little bit disappointed, but I apologise to him.”
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