Airdrie boss Ian Murray reckons Clyde "got away with one" after the Bully Wee ended their winning run in League One with a dramatic comeback last night.
After a goal-less 72 minutes, the match burst into life with four late strikes as Clyde twice came from behind to claim a valuable point.
Dylan Easton opened the scoring before Robert Jones pulled Clyde level with 10 minutes remaining. In a pulsating finale, Jordan Allan looked to have won it for the Diamonds in the 84th minute but Billy Mortimer's first goal for Clyde two minutes from time earned them a draw.
It put a dent in Airdrie's hopes of catching leaders Cove Rangers, who they trail by seven points, and Murray was gutted to see his side's five-game winning run in League One come to an end.
He said: "We are very sore and frustrated.
"We dominated the game. It took us a while to get the goal so I'm bitterly disappointed for everybody because we deserved to win that game.
"But we need to go away and look at a couple of things as well.
"It was one-way traffic and that's no disrespect to Clyde because I think they know they got away with one as well. Some of our play was so good.
"I thought the energy and work-rate we put in from the first minute to the last was excellent, I couldn't fault them in that aspect of it.
"In the first half we lacked a bit of quality in the final third - that was our problem - and we rectified that in the second half.
"Football is a cruel game, it really is, it changes in the blink of an eye.
"It's a harsh lesson for us but sometimes a little knock can make you stronger and that's the message to the players now."
Clyde gaffer Danny Lennon was delighted to pick up a point as his sixth-place side closed the gap on Falkirk to three points,
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