'To get that first start was an aim of mine'

Ipswich Town forward and goalscorer George Hirst has been speaking to Premier League Productions following the defeat: "It is a tough one to look back at right now. You don't want to ever finish a game like that. With the situation we found ourselves in, to get it back to 3-3, we showed what we are about. We pride ourselves on being a team that can go and do that.

"To go and concede in the way we did, is one of those things that happens when you are down there. We won't be playing the blame game or trying to find fault. All we can do is keep working to turn things our way."

On what positives the team can take from the performance: "That was the message in the dressing room, between the lads and the gaffer. It can almost get hidden when you lose like that. A lot of people on the outside would focus on the result but, for the 90 minutes before that, we played well. We were, for the majority of it, the more dangerous team."

On conceding late on: "That is something we have to work on. We pride ourselves on our press, getting after people, and I enjoy that. We can't just accept that there will be chances at the other end - that is no way to stay in the division."

On the substitutes scoring goals: "We have a squad that are ready to come on and contribute at any given time. Liam [Delap] comes on and scores the goal to get us back in the game, and he nearly does it again late on. We have to keep our heads held high and come back in on Monday morning ready to knuckle down."

On scoring his first Premier League goal: "A proud moment, but it will get clouded a bit with the way we lost the game. But to get that first start was an aim of mine and to follow it up with a goal would have been sweeter, if we had gone on to win the game or even take a point."