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'It is a tough one - it feels like a loss'

Flynn Downes of Southampton during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Ipswich Town FC at St Mary's Stadium
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Flynn Downes has been discussing the Saints picking up their first point of the season on BBC Radio Solent: "It is a real tough one to take - I mean, we need to see the game out. If we're not going to score, we need to just control the game but we didn't. We had chances in the second half and didn't take them. When you are 1-0 up, you know that you can always concede and that is what happened.

"I think we had tough spells in the game, but I think that is really positive because we had tough spells in the last four games and conceded. Today, we stuck to it and we were really solid. I think sometimes we have got to learn when to press and when not to press.

"It is a really tough one to take - it feels like a loss - but we will take the positives from it."

On his midfield partnership with Mateus Fernandes and Adam Lallana: "I thoroughly enjoy playing in the middle with them two. They are two unbelievable players. Adam has got that experience from playing in the Premier League for how many years, so he is really helpful out there and he is some player as well.

"It is a privilege playing with them two."

On Tyler Dibling getting his goal: "He deserves it. He is some player. I think everyone is seeing it now. For the last three or four games he has been unreal for us, so long may it continue."