Ipswich Town: Sam Morsy discusses his first Premier League goal

Said with a slight chuckle and a big smile on his face, it’s hard to know whether that was truly the case. Ultimately, that doesn’t matter. It was his first Premier League goal and one that earned Ipswich Town a vital point away at Southampton.

“I’m really delighted and happy with it,” he said after the match. “The last minute of the game makes it sweeter and it’s a good point on the road.

“It’s obviously a nice personal achievement and I’m really happy with it.

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“It’s something that probably won’t sink in until I reflect at the end of my career.”

Morsy isn’t a natural goal-scoring midfielder. When he does find the back of the net, it’s usually in style. This goal – the equaliser in a 1-1 draw, was similar to his strike at Rotherham United last season.

A corner was cleared out of Southampton’s box, landing at his feet. He took a touch before putting all his power behind the shot, with the ball bouncing off defender Charlie Taylor before fizzing past Aaron Ramsdale.

“It was about getting the first touch right and hitting it as sweet as I could,” he explained. “Luckily for me, it went in.

Morsy has now scored in the top four tiers of English football (Image: Ross Halls)

“I was just waiting, it came out. I knew that, if I could get my touch right, I could just smack it.”

It’s a remarkable achievement for the captain, who has now scored in the top four tiers of English football. In an Ipswich shirt, he’s done it in League One, the Championship and the Premier League.

Asked if his phone would be buzzing with messages, he joked: “It’s only when I score or if it’s a huge win! Other than that, there are no texts on my phone. There’ll be about 100 tonight!

“Obviously people have supported me throughout my career, which I’m grateful for.”

Aside from it being his first at the level, this was another late goal for Town, which was a staple of their success in the second tier last season. Morsy is delighted to see that it’s stuck with them in the top flight.

“It was the difference maker last season, we won so many points from losing positions or drawing positions,” he recalled. “It’s going to be important again.

“It’s not by luck, it’s about us continuing to push on and we did push on. We were the only team who were going to score late on.”

As for the game as a whole, Morsy is aware that there are things his side need to do better, but he believes that they were the more likely to take all three points in the clash at St. Mary’s.

“I thought it was another great game,” he said. “Lots of chances. I thought we were the better team and we thoroughly deserved a point, if not more.

“We can improve on a lot of things – we’re nowhere near where we’re going to get to. We know that, and there’s loads of things to work on.

“One thing that has stuck with us is the resilience, the team spirit and the desire to go until the end.

The Blues are now unbeaten in three games (Image: Ross Halls)

“It takes time. It takes time for players to come in, integrate themselves and get up to speed with the rhythm and how we play. It’ll take a good amount of time on the training ground, which we do have, which is positive.

“We’ll just keep chipping away.”

The result means that Ipswich are now unbeaten in three Premier League games, which includes two tough matches on the road. It’ll take a big effort to extend that run against Aston Villa next Sunday, but Morsy is adamant that there’s more to come in the next few weeks and months.

“We’ve had two away games, two points, unbeaten,” he stated. “We’ve got a home game coming up to look forward to, so we’ll take each game as it comes.

“The team we are now we probably won’t be in November. We’ve got to keep picking up points, improving and working.”