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Knudsen: We Need to Stick Together - Ipswich Town News

Left-back Jonas Knudsen has issued a call for unity as the Blues look to work their way through a tough period which has seen them fail to score for four matches and win only two of their last 11 games in all competitions.

Town, who are down to 16th in the Championship, were booed by their supporters on Saturday as the final whistle confirmed league leaders Huddersfield’s 1-0 victory, the Terriers’ first win at Portman Road in 20 years and the Blues' first home loss in the league this season.

"We have to stick together and that's the only thing I want to say to everybody,” the Danish international said.

"In the dressing room we are going to stick together and every team has been in this position where it's not going the way you want it to go.

"It's not the way to shout at everybody, we have to stick together and we will come back stronger. Of course the fans are not happy but we want to do the best for them.”

Knudsen has backed Leon Best to end the goal drought when the Blues return to action after the international break when they travel to face the 30-year-old striker's former club Blackburn on Saturday 15th October.

"We have missed a goal in the last few games but nobody more than us wants to get another goal,” the 24-year-old full-back added.

"It will come soon because you can see Besty is getting better and better. We have to keep going and stick together."

Best made his second start for the Blues after two sub appearances having joined Town on a free transfer close to the end of the transfer window following a successful trial.

"He is going to get stronger and stronger,” Knudsen continued. "He was out for a little while and now he is in good shape. He is going to be a good striker for us, the big man we need. The goals will come for him if he keeps doing what he's doing.”

Looking back at Saturday’s defeat, he added: "We stopped Huddersfield playing and it is the small details in this league, we know that.

"But we had to get a 0-0 out of this game if you can't score goals. We have defended well this season - you can see that in the table - but were are missing the small details offensively and we will keep working on that.

"When we come out on the other side of this process we will get a very good product out of it.”

Christopher Schindler’s 58th minute goal came after skipper Luke Chambers and keeper Bartosz Bialkowski combined to give away a needless corner.

"We hate to concede from corner kicks and maybe we have done a little too much of that this season but we have to keep going,” Knudsen admitted.

Huddersfield goalscorer Schindler said the visitors were aware that the game was unlikely to be a free-scoring affair.

"We knew by looking at their stats that they don't concede too many goals and that perhaps it wouldn't be a really good-looking game so set pieces were important,” the German defender said.

"I am more than happy that I have scored my first goal for this club.

"I got a good feeling on the set piece. I saw that the space in front of the first defender was not occupied and made a short run from the far post to the near post. The delivery was right on that spot.

All Huddersfield’s eight wins this season have been by a single goal and Schindler says Saturday’s match was typical of their fixtures.

"All our games are quite tight and one situation can decide it,” he added. "Now we won this game and got a clean sheet against not the best opponent playing football but one that defends well on a narrow pitch."

Schindler was replaced in the second half having taken a blow to the head: "I got hit by an elbow I think and felt it was bloody but I thought I would have been able to carry on playing.

""I got treatment off the opponents' doc and he said the skin was too thin for him to stitch it but I will get some back in Huddersfield.

"Sometimes you get hit, it's part of the game - it's a contact sport and it was not intentional.”

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