Mason left a frustrated figure after late Tractor Boys winner

ALBION head coach Ryan Mason cut a frustrated figure after his side’s 1-0 defeat at Ipswich Town.

- By STAFF REPORTER

Jack Clarke came off the bench to net the solitary goal as the hosts got back to winning ways at Portman Road.

The Tractor Boys were the dominant side throughout but could not make their supremacy pay despite a series of chances until Clarke's fifth goal of the season seven minutes from time.

“] think to concede in the nature that we did is extremely disappointing,” said Mason.

“We tried to be as compact as possible and to grow into the game, which I believed we did in the second half, but when we were having our moments we did not really create a great deal, no real end product.

“We didn’t really threaten their goal, their penalty box and that's disappointing.

“It's something we need to work on and, of course, to concede relatively late in the game and the nature that we did as well, it's tough to accept and we need to work.

“From 50 minutes to 60/65, I felt like it was there for us. I just don’t know whether we had enough belief, enough productively in the final third to really threaten and make things happen”

Albion’s goalkeeper Josh Griffiths had to acrobatically dive full length to palm away a goal-bound shot from Jaden Philogene after the Ipswich winger was put through on goal by an astute George Hirst pass.