Sam Morsy has revealed his delight following his late dramatic equaliser against Southampton on Saturday afternoon.
The draw kept Ipswich Town outside of the relegation zone and denied Southampton their first Premier League win of the season.
It was also Sam Morsy’s first-ever Premier League goal, becoming the tenth Egyptian to score in the top tier of English football.
However, for Morsy it’s even more special as he has now scored in the top four tiers of English football with Wigan, Ipswich, Middlesbrough, Chesterfield, and Port Vale.
Speaking on his achievement, Morsy said: “I’m really delighted and happy with it. 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. It’s something that probably won’t sink in until I reflect at the end of my career.
“It was about getting the first touch right and hitting it as sweet as I could. Luckily for me, it went in.
“I was just waiting, it came out. I knew that, if I could get my touch right, I could just smack it.”
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.”
Asked about the game overall, Morsy replied: “I thought it was another great game. 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.
“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’ve had two away games, two points, unbeaten. 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.”