'Better team' - Rival striker's Leeds United verdict, regrets and Whites competition intent
Striker Conor Chaplin has delivered a defiant Ipswich Town view on Saturday’s Leeds United defeat, outlining his side’s regrets and strong competition intent.
The newly-promoted Tractor Boys approached Saturday’s Championship hosting of the Whites having won three games out of three but goals from Georginio Rutter, Willy Gnonto, Joel Piroe and Luis Sinisterra gave Daniel Farke’s visitors a 4-3 victory.
Chaplin, though, who bagged the game’s final goal in the 97th minute, felt his side were the better team and that Ipswich have clearly shown they are capable of mixing it at the top end of the division.
Highlighting the regrets of conceding four goals at home whilst also squandering chances, the striker told TownTV: “It was probably a great game for the neutral but I thought we were good and probably the better team for large parts of the game, having more chances.
“We feel disappointed with the goals because we can’t concede four at home. We have to do better on at least a couple of them. We have built a solidness from the back so we’re disappointed.
“But we want to be competing with these teams and we’ve shown a level of what we’re capable of.
"This is where we are at the moment and we want to be one of the best teams in the league, so we’ve shown we can be there.”