Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Ipswich: Reaction from Carlos Carvalhal and Mick McCarthy
Saturday 16 April 2016 19:48, UK
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal was frustrated after his side had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Ipswich at Hillsborough.
The visitors had the first opportunity as Freddie Sears beat the offside trap and forced a smart near-post save from Wednesday goalkeeper Keiren Westwood.
Fernando Forestieri gave Wednesday the lead after 42 minutes, smashing home his 15th goal of the season from close range after Christophe Berra failed to clear a Ross Wallace cross.
Ipswich equalised on 71 minutes through 16-year-old debutant Andre Dozzell, who was on as a substitute. The son of former Ipswich star Jason Dozzell headed in a Liam Feeney cross from close range.
Ipswich goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski saved a late stinging effort from Wallace to secure a point for his side.
"I see positives and negatives about this game - the score was the negative, the positive was how we reacted after the last game, and the way we responded after Ipswich's goal," Carvalhal said.
"We played against a strong opponent, one which had ambitions of promotion at the start of the season. We are in a better position than we were before the game. We have a five-point gap over Cardiff.
"We'd prefer the win but, for me, it's the way you win, draw or lose. The way we drew today is a positive. We drew because we missed a lot of chances, not because we didn't create any.
"We showed we were a consistent team today and played our football. The first 20 minutes weren't great but after that we played good football.
"We are in a good position now. I talk about reality and the reality is that we must win games. This is a crucial week and we must concentrate on the next game."
Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy was surprised his side snatched a point, but admitted he wanted more.
"It's a good point but it doesn't do us much good apart from that it gives us a bit of comfort that we've got a squad of lads who want to scrap, to play, to fight in a game which could have easily got away from us," McCarthy said.
"Good genes produce good players and Andre (Dozzell) is a good player. I thought he deserved his opportunity. I always said that if we got to the end of the season and it looked like it had drifted away from us, I'd give him a chance.
"I'm always disappointed when we don't meet our expectations, my personal expectations. I thought we could have been a top-six side this season.
"We've suffered a lot of injuries and it's affected us. We've had a bad four or five weeks. We've had a tough time, and it's finished off our season."
