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Bishop: We Didn't Deserve to Lose on Second-Half Display - Ipswich Town News

Midfielder Teddy Bishop felt Town’s second-half performance at Exeter deserved better than the 2-1 defeat courtesy of ex-Blue Lee Martin’s injury-time goal which saw his side exit the Leasing.com Trophy at the third round stage.

The 23-year-old, who was making his first start of the season, admits Town are in need of a victory when Accrington Stanley visit next weekend to end a run of 12 games without a win over 90 minutes, with five of the last seven having ended in defeat.

"I thought on our second-half performance we definitely didn’t deserve to lose, definitely not,” he said. "To lose it with that goal at the end there, it’s gutting really.

"We missed a few chances but I think that’s been the story of the last couple of months, we need to get back to being clinical like we were at the start of the season and start winning games again.”

Bishop admitted it was a chance to reach a Wembley final missed with the Blues one of only 10 current EFL clubs not to have played at the new stadium.

"The manager said right from the start that we want to go to Wembley, we want to win this competition,” he said.

"We felt like it was a really good opportunity and we’ve showed in the teams that we’ve played. It is very disappointing but now we have to concentrate on the league.”

Not all fans are disappointed to see the Blues out of the competition but Bishop says the players certainly don’t feel that way.

"Definitely not, we want to win every game we play in,” he insisted. "We wanted to win today and we wanted to win this competition.

"It is flat [in the dressing room] but there are characters in there that will pick it up, we’ll have a good week’s training and we’ll go again at the weekend.”

Bishop admits that the Blues are very much in need of a victory when Accrington Stanley visit Portman Road next Saturday.

"We do need a win,” he said. "I thought the performance at Wycombe was better than it had been before and we were unlucky not to get the win. We’ll go out on Saturday and try and get the three points, like we always do.”

He says promotion remains the target, despite the recent run which has seen the Blues drop to fourth.

"The aim is to win the league, it hasn’t changed, and we can still do that," he insisted. "We’ve got the squad to do that, so that’s our aim.”

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