Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade felt that Coventry City pushed the O's all the way in a League One encounter at Brisbane Road which Orient won 2-0.
Slade told Simon Mall of the East London and West Essex Guardian Series: "It needs to be impressive when you're playing Coventry. I think they're a very, very good side and for me they've still got a chance of the play-offs.
"Certainly if they hadn't had that points deduction for me they'd be right up there. The manager's doing a fantastic job for them and they pushed us all the way.
"We created chances fortunately and our attitude and the fact that we are absolutely relentless in what we do, in the end, paid off because we had to keep knocking on the door and eventually we found our way through."