ARGYLE will carry on fighting for their Championship status until they "have no breath left".

Pilgrims head coach Paul Mariner made that promise after seeing his side have the best of a 1-1 at Coventry which nevertheless did little to relieve their relegation concerns.

Centre-back Kári Árnason's header in first-half stoppage time capped an excellent opening 45 minutes for Argyle, who were pegged back immediately after the interval by Michael McIndoe.

Despite the performance, the Pilgrims are still seven points away from the safety of 21st place with games running out.

Paul said: "I'm the type of person, and the squad is the type that, until we've got no breath left, we'll still be fighting.

"I think you could see from today that we gave Coventry everything they could handle. Coventry have just come off a five-game [in six] winning streak, and are absolutely flying. They haven't been beaten here since September, and everybody thought it would be a slam-dunk home win.

"We have got a lot of fight in this team; we've got quality in this team; we've got people who can score goals - we've just got to keep clean sheets. Easier said, than done.

"People said 'Is your team a dead team walking?' It most certainly is not. I think everybody could see that today.

"We've lost two games in seven and we are down the bottom - there's something to hang on to there."