Paul Hurst reckons his Shrewsbury side were on the wrong end of a mistake by the officials for Kyle Dempsey’s goal.

Dempsey received the ball from Dion Charles and showed clever feet to get past his man before firing past Toby Savin.

Hurst felt the goal should have been chalked off and says Wanderers gained “momentum” from that moment, although he refused to blame it solely for the result as the points were eventually shared.

“The first goal is offside, I can’t influence that decision or blame the lads for it,” he said after the final whistle.

“Dempsey is the wrong side of Jordan Rossiter, I thought it at the time and have looked back, it is.

“We are relying on officials there. Who knows? That might not have changed anything, they might have scored five!

“But in terms of the start and momentum, that helps them dramatically. That is hard to do anything about and after that, they get a lot of momentum and have so much play.

“They get the equaliser and you are probably stood there thinking, ‘Are we at least going to get a point here?’

“Thanks to a good save from Toby, some really good defending, bodies on the line and hard work, we managed to see the game out.”

The Shropshire club had lost seven of their previous nine league games, and Hurst hailed his side’s efforts against a side he expects to be “right up there”.

“I think we all would have taken a point before the game, and that is not being negative,” the manager added.

“I have said before, I think Birmingham are almost on a different level because of their financial backing and then I feel that Bolton are right up there.

“They went very close last year and the goals they have been scoring, 11 in their last three, we knew it was going to be tough. The lads took on board set plays well and got the two goals to get in front.”

Jordan Shipley’s superb strike from the edge of the box was similar to his goal at the Toughsheet Community Stadium last season.

“Ships’ one is obviously from last season and something we spoke about, similar to last year,” Hurst explained. “They were shouting about it but we just felt it would probably be on. It is a great touch and strike.”

Morgan Feeney was booked after the final whistle following a confrontation with Ian Evatt, which saw the Bolton boss sent off.

When asked about the incident, Hurst replied: “I think Ian was frustrated in terms of the added time.

"When I saw eight – I am not saying whether it was eight or not, I couldn’t honestly tell you. But it makes you smile because I have been on the other side of that where you think there should be a lot and it is five.

"I think he was frustrated because there had been one stoppage and the thought was that (referee Declan Bourne) had blown up on eight minutes exactly."