Blackburn boss John Eustace felt a late equaliser to deny Norwich City the win was the least ‘dominant’ Rovers deserved in a 2-2 Championship draw.

Yuki Ohashi’s diving header in the 87th minute thwarted Johannes Hoff Thorup in his first Carrow Road league game, after Josh Sargent and Borja Sainz had cancelled out Ryan Hedges’ first half goal.

Sargent appeared to be on a personal mission in a frustrating opening period, which included a thumping header against the bar, as Norwich carved out 18 shots in total over the game.

City legend and former Coventry team mate, Darren Huckerby, teased Eustace for his post-match assessment on his social media account.

“I’m feeling disappointed, if I am going to be really honest,” said Eustace, who had to deal with the departure of last season’s 27-goal league top gun Sammie Szmodics to Ipswich ahead of the kick-off. “I thought we were really good in the first half, especially.

"I thought we dominated an excellent team with the ball at times, but also without the ball and limited them to next to nothing. The chances they did have came when we were loose on the ball, so they were warning signs.

“I thought we scored a terrific goal on the transition, which is what we spoke about earlier in the week. The lads were very confident at half-time but I just thought we started a little flat. You could see there was tired legs, we had three or four who have not had a full pre-season.”

Eustace is hoping for some of the Szmodics transfer pot to bolster his squad in the closing fortnight of the transfer window.

“Sammie is gone, he was the best player in the Championship, in my opinion. Now it gives someone else an opportunity to step up and take the limelight,” he said. “It’s a huge two weeks. I keep stressing that we need the right players who will make us better, not just bodies to fill the squad.

“If we want to be competitive then we have to spend some of that money to make sure there is really good competition for places. When players come in, I want the players to think ‘That’s a great signing and it’ll make us better’.

“Up to now, the boys who have come in, they have done well. But we still need three or four to make sure we’re a really good team.”