Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna left to reflect on disastrous first half in defeat at Preston North End but felt they ‘deserved something’
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna admitted that virtually everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong in the first half of his side’s 3-2 defeat to Preston North End at Deepdale.
The Blues found themselves 3-0 down at the break, the Lilywhites having been two in front in only the eighth minute via an opener from former Town striker Will Keane on five and a George Edmundson own goal. Keane added his second and the home side’s third six minutes before half-time.
McKenna’s men then staged a second-half fightback with deadline day re-signing Kieffer Moore, who is on loan from AFC Bournemouth, making his second Blues debut from the bench at half-time and scoring twice to give Town hope of another famous comeback. They continued to push in the closing minutes but eventually ran out of time.
The defeat sees them drop to fourth in the Sky Bet Championship table and two points off the automatic promotion places, with Southampton’s 2-0 victory at Rotherham United seeing them take over in second.
