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Drury: Don't Underestimate Bristol City Win - Ipswich Town News

Town star Andy Drury is convinced the weekend win over Bristol City was better than some people thought.

The midfielder, who rounded off the 3-0 victory with a stunning long-distance strike, believes it may have been under-estimated in some quarters.

Drury, 28, has a message for anyone inclined to think ‘It was only Bristol City’ as a result of the West Country outfit’s miserable current form.

But regardless of the out-of-sorts Robins collecting only one point from their last seven games, Drury said: "If people are saying that they are not showing our performance enough respect.

"I thought we played really well and the boys deserve a lot of credit. Whenever they [City] got the ball we were on them and some of our moves were fantastic.

"We didn’t let them play but a few days before the game, when we watched clips of Bristol City’s previous game, they were creating chances. They didn’t do that against us.”

A modest Drury recalled, and played down, his spectacular 85th minute goal, his second of the season for Town but sixth in all after he netted four times in his 15-game loan spell at Crawley.

He added: "It’s got to be up there with the best I’ve scored — definitely one of the best if not the very best of my career so far.

"There was a bit of space that opened up in front of me and Chops did a good job setting me up. I’ll be honest — I was a bit tired by then. I just decided to hit it as hard as I could and luckily it went in.

"We do a fair bit of shooting practice during the week but I’d be lying if I said they always fly in like that!”

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