Ipswich town Boss comments on win over Sunderland and unveils his most pleased moment.

Ipswich town fc Boss comment

Kieran McKenna confessed his Ipswich Town side weren’t at their best in their 2-1 win over Sunderland but congratulated his players for finding a way to win despite the absence of some key players.

George Hirst a key striker has been ruled out for a period of time through injury, Sam Morsy and Massimo Luongo, McKenna’s first choice were absent through suspension and injury respectively .The Ipswich boss acknowledged Sunderland’s performance but said he believed his side had done enough to win the game.

“I thought we carried a threat throughout the game and had the better of the chances. It was great to get the winning goal from a set play. Overall, it was a good night, a good performance. Of course there are areas to improve, but that’s natural and understandable.”

Ipswich had lost five Championship games coming into the contest, McKenna said it was a big win for his side as they relaunch their push for promotion.

“There’s going to be a spell where you don’t win games,” McKenna said.

“That’s normal for any team, certainly a newly-promoted team. But it does feel like a big win because we’ve gone from having a really settled 11 for over 12 months to making a lot of changes. In the QPR game here we had maybe seven players stepping in who hadn’t played very much and some of them playing out of position.

“A really hard-fought, strong and committed performance was needed to get the win and that’s what we gave.

“It wasn’t our smoothest performance in terms of some of our build-up and connections through the pitch, but that’s normal and to be expected. Throughout the season you’re not always going to be at your best, but obviously with the players we have missing things aren’t always going to be as smooth as they are with players who have great familiarity.

“When you’re not at your absolute highest level you have to show all the other ingredients – the commitment, the intensity, the running, the work rate for the team. We certainly showed all that, both from those who started and from those who came on.

“I thought it was a really good game, a tough game, against a good side with lots of talented players of a really high technical level,” McKenna said.