The Wales manager Chris Coleman felt Craig Bellamy had enjoyed a perfect send-off after the veteran forward's final telling contribution in a Welsh shirt helped earn his injury-hit side a superb 1-1 draw in Belgium.

Aaron Ramsey struck a late equaliser to stun the World Cup 2014 qualifying Group A winners in Brussels and boost manager Coleman's hopes of keeping his job.

Wales had shown brave resistance, with their goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey making a string of sharp saves, but they looked to be subsiding to a seventh defeat of the campaign when Kevin De Bruyne seized on an error from the debutant James Wilson to fire Belgium ahead.

Ramsey was then picked out by Bellamy, on his 78th and last Wales appearance, and slid the ball under Thibaut Courtois to earn the visitors a hard-earned point.

"It was an ideal way for Craig to sign off," said Coleman. "That's twice in four days he has played that last pass for us to score a goal and I am pleased for Aaron too, his contribution to this camp has been immense.

"You always look at Aaron even when we are at full strength because of the quality he has got. With all the players we were missing there was even more pressure on him and he stepped up to the plate and was absolutely fantastic."

The draw at the King Baudouin Stadium may still prove to be Coleman's last competitive game in charge of Wales, with his contract effectively up after next month's friendly against Finland and talks of a new deal having stalled.

He has certainly given the Football Association of Wales plenty of food for thought by beating Macedonia and earning a point in Belgium with a squad ravaged by injury and missing leading players such as Gareth Bale, Joe Allen and Ashley Williams.

But Scotland's win over Croatia means Wales finish a lowly fifth in Group A, and the FAW will have to decide whether some fleeting moments of promise merit another chance for the 43-year-old.

Coleman says there will be no resolution until after the November meeting with the Finns in Cardiff. He said: "If I had lost these two games, I wouldn't have been expecting to have been told I wasn't the man to take us forward. Equally, two great results does not mean I expect to be told I am the man to take us forward.

"I'm the same manager as I was last month. I never plan differently but, ultimately, it's about results. My contract ends in November and we have a friendly against Finland next month and we will talk about it then."