Stoke’s Mark Robins said to BBC Radio Stoke:
“How did I see the game? It was a nothing first half, but they had better chances than us.
“On Good Friday it was a really good win. Then coming into this one as we come to the end of the season, I’m looking for more.
“And really, I’m left disappointed because we’ve certainly not done enough with the ball, but we have looked passive, which isn’t us – it shouldn’t be us and can’t be us. And we left ourselves open to that defeat, and that is a concern.
“After a game where we’ve had to work hard, even against a Sheffield Wednesday side that has been struggling, we win the game and we have to bounce onto the next one, and we don’t or can’t do that.
“It is really difficult to win any game of football in any division, and the Championship is brutal, but you certainly have to match the opposition in terms of fight, and we haven’t got that.
“We just haven’t got that at this stage and the players who have got that just looked like they weren’t at the level of Derby’s players.”
Ipswich 2-1 Birmingham
Birmingham manager Chris Davies told BBC Radio WM:
“I thought the least we deserved was a point from today’s game. We scored a legitimate goal and I’ve never been as frustrated with a refereeing decision in my entire career in football, because of how hard we worked at a place like this to get into that position.
“For a linesman 60 yards away to guess, when actually we now see the ball isn’t out of play, is very frustrating because the least we deserved was a point from this game.
“You can see from the reaction of the players that it was in play and it’s one person guessing in this whole stadium.
“I asked the linesman straight after the game ‘why did you do that?’ and he said ‘I can assure you the ball was out of play, I wouldn’t have given it otherwise’. But it wasn’t, we’ve seen that and that is as hard to take as anything because of what we gave in the game and what we deserved.”
Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna said to BBC Radio Suffolk:
“I think first half, we deserved to be ahead for sure. I thought we were outstanding and we were good value to get a couple of goals.
“The half-time whistle came at the wrong time because we looked like we were going to score on every attack.
“The second half was really difficult and you have to give Birmingham credit for that. They’re in a position where they had a swing at it. They’ve got some good players on the bench and brought on good forwards to throw everything at us.
“We didn’t impose ourselves from an attacking point of view as well as we would have liked in the second half and we couldn’t quite get a foothold on it. So then we had to try and be resilient and manage the game well, and we mostly did that.”
On Birmingham’s controversial disallowed goal: “I don’t know whether the ball was in or out. I’ve not seen it back. In the Championship, you’re flipping a coin on those because you don’t know – the referees don’t have the angles, the linesmen don’t have the angles. But I’m not going to give that one a second thought.”
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Millwall 1-2 Norwich
Millwall’s Alex Neil, per Sky Sports:
“The problem we had was energy in the middle of the pitch. We looked a bit jaded, we didn’t look our normal selves.
“We didn’t move the ball well enough. I don’t know whether it’s nerves or a lack of quality, but I thought Norwich were better.
“We managed to get the first goal and I think my biggest disappointment is we are usually good from that position.
“It’s a disappointing day. I don’t think over the piece we did enough to win the game and we didn’t defend two moments well enough.”
Norwich’s Philippe Clement:
“I just said to the players in the dressing room that for me it’s been our best performance.
“I have huge respect for what Millwall and what the manager here are doing this season and what a tough place this is to come.
“If you don’t have enough movement against this team you get smacked.
“To be that dominant and to be the better team shows good signs. I challenged them again this morning and they responded.”
Portsmouth 2-2 Oxford
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Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Leicester
Sheffield Wednesday’s Henrik Pederson told BBC Radio Sheffield:
“He [Pierce Charles] is a fantastic goalkeeper. Normally we speak about Pierce being top with his feet, today how also showed how mentally strong he is and how strong he is defensively. Top performance from him.
“I think there’s nobody that has doubt for his potential. He has a big, big future, that’s why we are really, really proud and really happy that he’s a part of Sheffield Wednesday. We will do everything we can to keep him for the future.”
Leicester City boss Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Leicester:
“We knew it was a game we had to win. Other results mean we are in no different a position in some ways but it’s not about that, it’s about taking your opportunities.
“We have had three games now where overall we have created lots and lots of chances, lots and lots of efforts at goal, had lots and lots of the ball.
“I don’t think we have necessarily had games where structurally, tactically, we have had problems. It’s just been we need the quality in those final moments. We keep inviting teams to have a lead then basically sit in on that lead. It means you have got to show that extra quality to open it up.
“It’s quite ridiculous [to concede early]. That’s what we warned against. That means we have got to score two goals, the problem is we haven’t done that many times this season.”
Watford 1-1 Charlton
Watford head coach Ed Still said to BBC Three Counties Radio:
“We made the alterations we needed with and without the ball in the second half and completely dominated.
“We had chances from distance, in the box, on transitions and open play. That’s the real positive. We’re gutted we haven’t taken [more] of them.
“We conceded off a second ball from a throw-in. We weren’t quite impactful enough on defensive set-pieces. Despite that, we should have won.”
Charlton head coach Nathan Jones told BBC Radio London:
“It’s a good point. Watford have outstanding individuals who can change and win a game – players who have cost millions, talented individuals from all over Europe.
“When we got the goal, they made a plethora of positive subs. We found that difficult to contain but we didn’t give them any clear-cut chances and, when they shot from distance, Will Mannion had a wonderful game.
“We need to get a win very, very soon, so it just settles everyone down and we can start planning. We’ll probably have to lose every game to be embroiled in anything, but the message is to finish the season strongly.”
Swansea City 2-2 Middlesbrough
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