Sam Morsy’s beautiful stoppage-time purpose salvaged a degree for Ipswich City as they fought again to earn a 1-1 draw with Southampton at St Mary’s.
With each side winless of their first 4 video games of 2024/25 after profitable promotion collectively from the Championship final time period, Saturday’s match was performed out at a relentless tempo from the off.
Teenager Tyler Dibling, one week on from a constructive efficiency in opposition to Manchester United, put Southampton forward early on, taking in Adam Lallana’s go and producing a composed one-on-one end.
Russell Martin’s staff have been closing in on an enormous victory when Morsy struck 5 minutes into stoppage time, sending a 20-yard volley into the top-left nook by way of the assistance of a slight deflection off Jan Bednarek.
The outcome retains each groups nonetheless ready on their first wins of the marketing campaign, with Southampton 18th after incomes their first level and Ipswich two factors higher off in sixteenth.
Sam’s strike earns us a degree.#SOUIPS | @Nustone_UK pic.twitter.com/LXdSH4HVas
— IPSWICH TOWN (@IpswichTown) September 21, 2024
Knowledge Debrief: Ipswich the long-range maestros
All three of Ipswich’s Premier League objectives this season have come from outdoors the field, with Morsy pouncing on a half-cleared nook on the loss of life to seek out the top-left nook, with just a little assist from a deflection.
They’re the fifth facet in Premier League historical past to have every of their first three objectives in a single marketing campaign come from distance, after Aston Villa (1993-94), Arsenal (2002-03), Fulham (2009-10) and Burnley (2016-17).
Whereas the Tractor Boys are nonetheless ready on their first Premier League win since 2002, Southampton stay winless in 18 Premier League matches, since a 1-0 win in opposition to Leicester in March 2023.
