Ipswich defender Woolfenden: We will go again against Chelsea

Ipswich Town defender Luke Woolfenden drew positives from defeat at Arsenal on Friday night.

Wolfenden Insists they again proved competitive, despite the loss.

“It was a tough game,” he said. “One we felt we were in the game for the majority of it. We had a good spell at the end with an equaliser.

“Again, we probably just let ourselves down at the moment and need to produce more when we have the ball and have more of an attacking threat.

“We are always disappointed when we give in. They are a top team with top players and we limited them to not many chances.

“Obviously we didn’t create much ourselves, but we limited them to one or two – the goal is one and Gabriel’s header is the other. We always give ourselves a chance when you defend like that.

“We have 11 players who work so hard to keep the ball out of our net and keep the ball high up the pitch. It’s hard to get that rally back, we did well with 20 minutes left but it probably took too long to get to this stage.

“But the last 20 minutes is positive – we kept the ball well and sustained attacks which is what we are looking to do.”

on facing Chelsea On Monday, Woolfenden added: “We can be proud that we have been in every game and proud of the work rate. There is just that little feeling in the boys that we can push on and produce a bit more, especially in terms of attacking Threats and sustainable attacks.

“We’re not a group that lacks belief anyway. We work hard every game and have been in every game this season, apart from Newcastle last week which we worked to rectify tonight.

“Performance wise, it was okay and we’re looking to go again against Chelsea. It’s a step in the right direction, not a massive one but a small step.