Ipswich bounced again to successful methods following their first league defeat in 12 video games with a thumping 3-1 victory over struggling Millwall.
The Tractor Boys have been two targets to the nice after simply 12 minutes via Conor Chaplin and Massimo Luongo and Nathan Broadhead received the third six minutes earlier than the break.
Kevin Nisbet registered a comfort aim for the guests 12 minutes from time.
The outcome stored City’s lead over third-placed Leeds to seven factors and moved Kieran McKenna’s aspect to inside a degree of leaders Leicester.
Millwall in the meantime have been left within the decrease echelons of the Championship desk, sitting nineteenth after struggling back-to-back defeats.
The opening aim got here after a positive transfer down the suitable wing.
Sam Morsy discovered Wes Burns and the Welshman received previous Millwall full-back Ryan Longman and crossed for George Hirst on the far put up, who headed the ball down for Chaplin to rifle residence after simply 5 minutes.
Seven minutes later Ipswich made it 2-0 when slick interaction from Chaplin, Hirst and Burns resulted within the ball being laid off to Luongo who fired via a crowded penalty space.
One other break down the suitable by Burns nearly resulted in a 3rd aim. The extensive man crossed for Hirst, whose first-time shot was acrobatically tipped over the bar by Millwall goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski.
Ipswich keeper Vaclav Hladky needed to get down neatly to collect a shot from Longman because the guests tried to get again into the sport however, on the different finish, Burns struck the left-hand put up with a fierce shot from simply contained in the penalty space.
Morsy fired over the bar from an acute angle and moments later City went additional in entrance.
It got here after Cameron Burgess surged ahead and fed the ball out to Leif Davis, whose pinpoint cross was powerfully headed again throughout Bialkowski.
There was some pushing and shoving on the touchline when Millwall substitute George Honeyman fouled Broadhead and Hirst’s formidable try at aim from 25 yards out had Bialkowski leaping excessive to see the ball sail over the bar.
Bialkowski got here to the rescue of the Lions once more when he tipped over a shot from Chaplin and Luongo fired narrowly extensive as City tried to discover a fourth aim.
Millwall grabbed a comfort within the 78th minute when Nisbet expertly guided the ball residence following a cross by Longman.
The managers
Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna:
“I think there was lots of good things about the performance, of course we got off to a good start with the early goal and our intensity looked really good from the first whistle, scored three really good goals, typical goals for us possibly, and created other good chances.
“Our counter strain was good particularly within the first half, it is an space the place we all know we now have to enhance on this division as a result of the extent is larger. There have been good issues within the efficiency, undoubtedly issues to enhance on as properly however total a superb evening’s work.”
Millwall’s Joe Edwards:
“We have been overwhelmed by an excellent aspect. I can settle for while you lose to a aspect which can be within the kind that they are in in the intervening time that they are often as medical as they’re and proceed to be across the aim. I can settle for shedding however the method of it’s the subject. We did not get going from the off, the fundamentals of the sport, we have been second to every part. They have tempo of their workforce, we have been properly conscious of that, every part that they’ve finished to us tonight shouldn’t be one thing we now have not seen.
“We came with a plan, well prepared to do it but we simply didn’t execute it. We weren’t good with any of the real basics of the game, as well as showing high levels of quality which we really lacked. The game was over at half time really. In terms of the attitude and the body language that began to really disappoint me after their first goal in the first half there was a slight improvement in the second half. We need to focus on what that first half was and how we can’t afford that happening again for us.”