Eran Zahavi scored his 13th league goal of the season which cancelled Bnei Sakhnin early lead but he was denied time after time by Gad Amos who helped his side salvage a point at Bloomfield.

The 35-year-old who had a close range header saved by Amos inside injury time, said: “He had a good game but we must not wait for the 90th minute to score. We battled and gave everything we could and should have scored. It is annoying that once again we were chasing the game.”

Zahavi, whose side had a numerical advantage from the 36th minute following the dismissal of Beram Kayal, said: “Sakhnin did a good job as they battled even more than we did and gave everything. We didn’t put away the chances we created which hurts. We are not collecting the points we should and not piling the pressure on the leaders like we should be doing, but we are making their lives easy”.

Zahavi summed up a frustrating night: “We are not creating the tempo we would like. We must string a victory to another victory. For the moment we are not doing that but we will have to improve in every aspect. The players must all take a good look in the mirror and give a 100%. The moment everyone will be on top form, fully focused and giving everything for the team – things will be easier. The players here have the ability I know that without a doubt, but somewhere it has yet to click”.