Ipswich Town secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Manchester United in their latest Premier League encounter. Despite conceding an early goal, Ipswich fought back valiantly and deservedly earned a share of the spoils.
Ipswich Town must have been wondering how much harder it would get when they failed to win in their first 10 Premier League games but four points from their last two matches against Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United have calmed the nerves.
The Blues, playing in the Premier League for the first time in 22 years, served notice they could put up a fight at the top level when they claimed their first league win of the campaign with a 2-1 success at Spurs before the international break and on Sunday they followed up with a 1-1 draw at home to United. The visitors arrived with Ruben Amorim in charge for the first time but the new manager bounce failed to materialise in the late game at Portman Road as the hosts made it difficult for the Portuguese coach's new charges to build on an early lead. That came after 81 seconds from Marcus Rashford but Ipswich refused to lay down and took the game to United as they sought an equaliser that came before halftime from Omari Hutchinson. They were well worth a share of the points in a close contest. 'We could have won the game for sure. We finished the first half in big ascendancy and on the balance (of play) we probably deserved to be at least level but probably ahead,' said Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna. 'The second half was really competitive - we had a couple of big chances but we had to defend a lot as well. United had some good control and we had to be disciplined in our defending. We take the positives and we move on.' Ipswich are still the only Premier League club without a home win this season but on this evidence it is a matter of time before they put that straight with matches against Crystal Palace and Bournemouth to come next month at Portman Roa
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