PHIL Parkinson admitted City weren’t good enough in the second half to hang on against Scunthorpe this afternoon.

Hakeeb Adelakun equalised in the third minute of stoppages at Valley Parade to cancel out Rory McArdle’s fine first-half finish.

The visitors dominated after the break but had been frustrated by Jordan Pickford’s heroics until the substitute struck late.

Parkinson said: “I thought we played some good stuff first half but in the second we just couldn’t get out (of our half).

“Sometimes people think it’s a tactical decision to sit back but we just didn’t play well enough. We got pinned in and you’ve got to give Scunthorpe credit.

“Our goalkeeper has had too many saves to make when in past weeks he’s hardly anything to do. I thought he was terrific.

“The two ways you play in the opposition’s half is by moving up the pitch with the ball or sliding quality down the side of the two centre halves. We didn’t do either of those things well enough.”