Kieran McKenna’s men pulled clear through goals from Szmodics and Liam Delap
had waited 22-and-a-half years for this, and how their vibrant support celebrated after nine seemingly interminable minutes of added time. It said plenty that their first Rodrigo Bentancur’s header was all that Tottenham, disjointed throughout and never quite managing a late siege, could manage and the outcome was yet another feather in the cap for Kieran McKenna. The Ipswich manager began as an academy coach at Spurs and his side’s performance was a credit to him here.
Tottenham had looked dozy in spells, a fact perhaps attributable to the air miles accrued in spending much of the week visiting Istanbul. It got worse before they could lay another glove on the visitors, who had set up with a low block but committed men forward judiciously and at speed.
It was entertaining fare, Ipswich setting up in a low block with the returning Axel Tuanzebe deployed to match Son Heung-min for pace. By half-time he had succeeded in subduing the South Korean, whose most significant involvement had been a third-minute cross from which Brennan Johnson might have done better than jab wide. He also saw a shot stopped by the Ipswich keeper Aro Muric, who was even sharper to turn Dominic Solanke’s effort wide with the score goalless.
The source was a surprise, Bentancur arriving on to Pedro Porro’s outswinging corner at speed and powering his first club goal since January past Muric. Now Ipswich would be hanging on for dear life, Muric touching over a Werner pile drive and then getting lucky after fumbling another Porro set piece. A switch appeared to have flicked for the home side.
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