Adams on "tough to take" defeat
Southampton forward Ché Adams has reiterated him and his teammates must "stay brave" after defeat to Ipswich Town on Tuesday night.
The only goal of the game came on the half hour mark, Omari Hutchinson's strike proving the difference for visiting Ipswich.
It condemned Saints to their third defeat on the bounce, but the 27-year-old forward looks to Saturday's trip to Middlesbrough as the next opportunity to respond.
"[Middlesbrough] are a team that’s struggling and we’re in a bad patch at the moment" said an honest Adams. "We just need to come out of it and snap out of it, show how brave we are and how good we are as people and players.
"Like the other two results it’s just not been good enough, so it’s about eradicating the errors and going again on Saturday.
"It’s a long, long season and we’ve just got to keep going. Keep being brave on the ball which, when they got the goal, we just came off a little bit and didn’t show for the ball as much. We just let them sit in and counter us and it just wasn’t good enough.
"That’s what the gaffer demands [staying brave]. That’s what makes a better team and a good team, when we’re brave. We’re always going to make mistakes, that’s part and parcel of football, it’s about how we react. That’s what the manager wants, for us to be brave and want the ball.
"When we go 1-0 down it makes it hard for us and easier for them. As I said I think we dominated the game, I had a chance I should’ve scored. On another day it goes in, but it wasn’t to be tonight."
