Dave Jones made four changes with Loovens, Sinclair, Scimeca and Thompson all starting the game in place of Purse, Ramsey, Rae and Hasselbaink respectively.
City outshone the home side with a 3 - 1 ratio of efforst on goal but neither side could find the net.
On the downside it's 4 league games without a goal and just 2 points collected from the last 18. On the plus side it was a far better performance and one that should have resulted in a victory.
Next up the FA Cup. City are at Middlesbrough on Sunday with the winners facing a trip to Wembley for the semi finals.