"Given the circumstances, I thought we were absolutely magnificent.
"In the first half we let them get a foothold in the game after going in front and in the second half, with the sending off, which I thought was very, very harsh on Robbie (Savage).
"Craig (Bellamy) was excellent for us today. He's playing at the top of his form, even though I'm sure he'd say that there's more to come.
"He worked his socks off for his team this afternoon and he's given us that quality that we didn't have last year."