Opposition view: Sixfields draw 'feels like a defeat' for Kazim-Richards
Crawley Town manager Colin Kazim-Richards felt his side would have won Tuesday’s game at Sixfields had it not been for the decision to send off Lee Evans early in the second half.
Crawley could count themselves unfortunate to be behind at the break as Nathan Opoku broke the deadlock against the run of play on 37 minutes, but the momentum shifted dramatically after Evans saw red for a lunging tackle.
Dion Pereira levelled midway through the second half and Crawley had chances to win it but they could not find a way past Cobblers goalkeeper Zach Jeacock.
Kazim-Richards said: "I'm frustrated in terms of the result but not the performance.
"We were disappointed with our performance and the result against Bristol Rovers at the weekend but to go away from home on a Tuesday night and perform like that, it shows that the mentality and the character of the team is top.
"We still dropped two points, we pushed and pushed, but it wasn't to be. If they hadn't gone down to 10 men, I think we would have won because they just stayed in a block and shuffled.
"The first few minutes wasn't what we wanted but, after that, I felt we controlled the whole game. It's frustrating because we know how good we can be but we have to limit the unforced errors.
"They had one shot on target and scored it and that's football, fair play to them, but we could have scored four, five, six. It feels like a loss but we can turn this into a massive point going forward."