Cheltenham Town 2 Gillingham 2: Reaction from Gills boss Neil Harris after the League 1 draw

Gillingham manager Neil Harris viewed it as a point gained at Cheltenham.

His side twice had the lead and hit the post in stoppage-time as the match ended 2-2. The point was enough to see the Gills climb out of the bottom four, a place above of Fleetwood, who they play on Monday.

Commenting on the draw, Harris said: “I think it was a fair reflection of the balance of play and the chances at both ends. Aaron (Chapman, the Gills goalkeeper) made a couple of really good saves for us, but we scored two good goals, hit the underside of the bar and the post in added-on time so there is an element of disappointment in me.

“When you are leading twice you want to see the game out but my players can give me no more than they are at the moment, I am proud of the players and we have to look at it as a point gained.”

It was a topsy-turvy afternoon which had seen the Gills and their relegation rivals swap places through the 90-plus minutes of action. Harris’ men ended the day better placed than they started.

Harris had enough to cope with on the sidelines, however.

He said: “It was nervy during the game, a rollercoaster of emotions, for the players and the manager and the coaching staff on the sidelines.

“During the game I am not aware of other games, I don’t know when there there are ups and downs in that, all I can focus on is my players and again, we had issues again leading in to the game.”

Captain Stuart O’Keefe travelled but couldn’t shake off his injury. Ben Reeves came in as a starter and scored a classy second goal, bending the ball home from the edge of the box.

“I can’t quite believe he got as long out there as he did,” said the manager.

“The lads did great to dig in, then just when you think we are digging in and holding