Russell Martin Manager
Ipswich captain Sam Morsy fired in a late equalizer from distance to secure a 1-1 draw for the visitors after Tyler Dibling’s first Premier League goal had put Southampton ahead. Southampton looked set to claim their first win of the season, but missed opportunities from Cameron Archer and Ben Brereton Diaz proved costly. Speaking to the media, an admittedly frustrated Russell Martin expressed his disappointment with the result, though he acknowledged that his team is showing improvement.
Russell Martin said “My overriding feeling is just frustration and I’m a bit angry and disappointed really. We scored a great goal in the first half. Ipswich had too many moments from set plays and in the second phase because we couldn’t quite clean the game up enough. But I really liked a lot of the performance. I thought the lads came out brilliantly and started the second half so well. Ipswich had two shots on target in the second half and that was in the 96th minute, and they scored from one of them. So that’s the disappointing thing. It was a really poor set-piece to give away. It’s about game management, and there’s too much anxiety in the team. I’m sure I’ll be so happy about a lot of it (when I watch it back). I’m angry right now as you can see. Conceding on 96 minutes, of course, you’re going to be furious and not very happy about it. We are getting better and better every game. I really feel that. We have to continue progressing and getting better. It’s so tight down there that the league will be so tight for a long, long time. We just need to keep performing and getting better, but make sure we turn it into wins.”
