Gareth Evans cancelled out Brett Pitman's first-half opener for the visitors just before half-time to leave McCall's side in touch with the top seven.

McCall said: "The game was what we expected. It was always going to be a battle and that's the way it turned out on a heavy pitch.

"Bournemouth are a strong side physically, they're going well and their confidence is high. I would have been disappointed to go in at half-time a goal down and I thought we deserved our equaliser.

"We made a couple of errors in the second half which gave them chances.

"I'm satisfied with the result. There have been games this season where we've dropped points, but a draw is what we deserved. I don't think either team deserved to lose. It wasn't a game for the purists."