Woking interim manager Craig Ross praised his side’s second-half performance after they came from behind to draw 1-1 at home to Altrincham.

Jamie Andrews’ 82nd-minute equaliser earned the Cards a share of the spoils, and Woking created plenty of chances as they pushed for a late winner.

The match was the ninth and final Woking game under the interim management of Ross, Jake Hyde and Dale Gorman, with the Cards picking up an impressive 16 points from those matches.

“We told the lads at half-time we wanted to see 45 minutes of sustained pressure and sustained attacks, and we got that in abundance,” said Ross.

“We asked them to put the ball in the box and when it comes back out recycle it and go again, make Altrincham defend and create chances.

“We did that for 45 minutes and obviously got our goal, but probably deserved more.

“With a little bit of quality in the final third – either the right decision or the right action – we could have got a winner.

“That's the only disappointing thing, but we asked them to be on the front foot and keep Altrincham under pressure and we did that.”

Altrincham were reduced to ten men in the first half when Sam Barnes was sent off, and went down to nine men when Kahrel Reddin was sent off on 89 minutes, and Ross admitted it can be difficult to break teams down when they have fewer players.

“Sometimes it's not easy playing against ten men when they're going to sit behind the ball – especially when they've got a lead to hold on to,” said Ross.

“We've all been in games and been part of games where teams have gone down to ten, sit in and frustrate you and don't give you a lot, but we created loads and the only down side was we didn't put another one in the net.”

Andrews came off the bench to score Woking’s equaliser, and Ross was full of praise for the midfielder.

“Jamie has got great legs to get forward and make runs in behind from midfield,” said Ross.

“He arrives in the box well. I’m really pleased for him because he has worked his socks off for us over the past month. He deserved that goal.”

Ross and Hyde will remain part of the coaching staff at Woking under new manager Jermain Defoe, and Ross admitted he was proud of everyone’s contribution in the successful interim period under his stewardship.

“When we took over all we could do was try to give the club time to make a decision, and we could do that by wining games of football and getting us up the league,” said Ross.

“We've done well and done what was asked of us. I’m really pleased and have been really proud to lead this club over the past month.

“I’m really looking forward to working with Jermain.

“He is obviously a big name in football. Hopefully that's going to attract players who want to play here, and people want to come and watch. I'm excited to work with him on his journey.

“Now we've got to try to finish as high as possible.

“The lads are flying at the minute and they should be full of confidence.”