Henrik Pedersen spoke of how three games in a week caught up with Wednesday when two late goals saw us go down to promotion-chasing Ipswich at S6 this afternoon.
We battled well, particularly defensively, against a team Pedersen called “the best in the Championship” but struggled to reproduce the improved attacking threat we showed against Watford and Derby in our last two matches.
The Wednesday boss, who praised how we competed against the Tractor Boys, said: “We knew today was the third game in a week and we know how much we have to invest to stay in each game.
“We saw after the final whistle in all these games that the players have left absolutely everything on the pitch. Until 78 minutes we were really very well in the game, and the boys gave everything as they always do.
“We competed against a top, top team from the Championship. I hate to lose but seeing the faces of disappointment in the dressing room shows how much they want more.
“We knew today we didn’t have the freshness for offensive transition. This freshness was big for us against Watford but it was missing today, we missed the energy to play those offensive transitions on a high level.”
On the Ipswich squad, Pedersen added: “I think we played against the best team in the Championship today and I believe it is a team who will get promotion.
“They have top individual players and you could also see the bench they brought with them.”
