Johnson honest in defeat

Gary Johnson was gracious enough to admit Bristol City deserved to suffer a shock 2-1 Carling Cup defeat against Crewe.

Goals in each half from Anthony Elding and Byron Moore were enough to earn the League One side a surprise scalp and leave Johnson reeling from an early exit.

A disappointed Johnson said: "We only played for 10 minutes and they outplayed us for 80 so they deserve to go through.

"Maybe we should have made some changes from Saturday because the effort wasn't there tonight.

"We showed no kind of quality with our crosses into the box or with our finishing and so Crewe deserve their victory.

"Brian's goal was superb. It wouldn't do it credit to call it too little, but it was certainly too late."

Johnson added: "I'm going to have some explaining to do to the chairman (Steve Lansdown) about it and it will be the hardest interview I've had for a while."