Robinson Rescues Southampton After Harwood-bellis Gifts Ipswich Fast Start

Ipswich and Southampton earned a constituent apiece arsenic 2 of nan relegated clubs from nan Premier League past play drew 1-1 astatine Portman Road.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis’s ain extremity aft 4 minutes gave Ipswich an early advantage but Jay Robinson equalised for nan visitors conscionable earlier nan half-hour mark.

In a frantic 2nd half, Sam Szmodics deed nan station while Robinson had a changeable deflected by Ipswich goalkeeper Alex Palmer arsenic neither broadside were capable to drawback nan victory.

Ipswich took nan lead erstwhile George Hirst intercepted a bad boy walk and crossed from nan correct for Jack Clarke to caput towards goal, pinch nan shot deflecting disconnected nan thorax of Saints centre-back Harwood-Bellis and into nan net.

Adam Armstrong appealed for a Southampton punishment erstwhile he collided pinch opposing skipper Dara O’Shea but referee Robert Madley was unmoved.

Robinson and Welington later collided successful nan Ipswich punishment area erstwhile they were successful a awesome position to find an equaliser. A break down nan correct by erstwhile Ipswich loanee Ryan Fraser yet led to him making a pinpoint transverse for teen Robinson to link pinch his caput to bring nan sides level.

Hirst robbed Harwood-Bellis heavy successful nan Southampton half and made his measurement into nan visitors’ punishment area wherever nan Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu stuck retired a limb to deflect nan shot. Moments later Palmer rushed retired of his extremity towards nan halfway statement and nan shot was almost intercepted by Armstrong but O’Shea closed down nan striker’s effort astatine goal.

The hosts almost took nan lead successful nan 47th infinitesimal erstwhile Hirst released Szmodics towards nan Southampton extremity but his changeable struck nan right-hand station and rebounded into Bazunu’s arms. At nan different end, Robinson had a changeable charged down and Jaden Philogene went adjacent pinch a scissor kick.

In a frantic commencement to nan 2nd play Szmodics’s blistering tally upfield astir resulted successful a onslaught astatine extremity but he grounded to outrun Welington, whose coagulated tackle sent nan shot backmost to his keeper. Shortly afterwards, Palmer had to get down to deflect a changeable from Robinson and Szmodics collided pinch Bazunu successful nan Southampton punishment area, pinch nan referee awarding a free-kick to nan visitors.

Conor Chaplin, connected arsenic a substitute, changeable narrowly wide successful nan last minutes and his header went conscionable complete nan crossbar but neither broadside was capable to find a winning goal.