Ipswich Town winger Marcus Harness states side have ‘more belief’ after Leicester City draw at Portman Road

Ipswich Town winger Marcus Harness stated that the Blues have ‘more belief’ after their last-minute draw against Sky Bet Championship leaders Leicester City last night.

Sam Morsy’s 93rd minute effort deflected off Jannik Vestergaard to cancel out Stephy Mavididi’s first-half opener and put Kieran McKenna’s side five points ahead of third-placed Southampton after an enthralling Boxing Day encounter.

Harness said: “I think it was a good performance and it gives us more belief and shows us that we’re onto something, so we’ll just carry on.

“This is what you play for, games like that, against some amazing players in a packed stadium. You can’t really ask for much more. It’s a pleasure.

“It turns out to be a good point. I think we would have been disappointed to come away with nothing. The skipper (Morsy) managed to drag it by the scruff of the neck and get us a goal at the end. We’re happy with the point.

“We played well. Just the final ball and the final finish maybe let us down a bit but I think over the balance of the game it was probably fair to get the draw so we’re happy with it.

The 27-year-old was asked about Town’s mentality after the 4-0 defeat at promotion-rivals Leeds United on Saturday but the Tractor Boys’ number 11 stated that the side are full of confidence.

“We’ve got a lot of belief with what we’re doing in the group. It’s (Leicester City) probably one of the best teams to come to Portman Road since I’ve been here and we’ve shown that we can compete which we’ve done over and over again,” said Harness.

“We never want to lose two games in a row or when we do lose we want to back it up with a good performance. It’s only one game of football. We can’t get too wrapped up in narratives that other people might have. We drew a line on it and just moved onto a fresh game of football . I think we played well and happy to get a point.

“We’ve probably gone behind a bit more than we would have liked lately. There’s been quite a few times we’ve gone behind, reacted well and shown good character.

“Whenever things go against us we’ve got a lot of character in the group, stick together, keep doing what we’re trying to do, playing to our principles and we’ve dealt with it well so far. We’ve got a lot of confidence that even when we go behind, we’re still in the game.

He was also asked about the injury to George Hirst which saw the striker withdrawn from the field in the first half.

Harness said: “Hopefully it’s not too bad. We’ll see. We’ve got a big squad of a lot of fit and quality players who can come in and add a lot to the group. I’m sure we’ll be fine.