Legendary Ipswich Town player and manager George Burley has given his thoughts on the club's remarkable rise under Kieran McKenna and the chances of survival.
Kieran McKenna takes his Ipswich Town side to Anfield this weekend and was full of praise for Arne Slot's table-topping Reds in his press conference on Friday
Kieran McKenna chose to reflect on the positives after his struggling Ipswich Town side were well beaten by Liverpool. A Cody Gakpo brace and goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah earned the Reds a comfortable 4-1 Premier League win at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
McKenna confirmed there are no new injuries since their last match and said it is "not impossible" that Omari Hutchinson could feature. He added that Conor Chaplin is still a few weeks from returning, while Axel Tuanzebe is "not far away".
Cody Gakpo scored twice and set up another as Liverpool cruised to a 4-1 win over Ipswich Town at Anfield that maintained their six-point advantage at the Premier League summit. It was a dominant first-half showing from the hosts as goals from Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah and Gakpo had them three ahead at the interval.
All three of the promoted sides went straight back down last season, and this year’s trio of new arrivals currently occupy the drop zone. Southampton, like Sheffield United last season, look doomed; another ill-equipped squad going down with a wretched points total.
Kieran McKenna has spoken of his pride in a large group of players who have climbed the divisions for Ipswich Town, and the unit they have now forged again.
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Liverpool (kick-off 15:00 GMT). Here are the key lines from his news conference: McKenna spoke highly of new signing Julio Enciso: "He's a very talented young player.
After a home victory against Chelsea in their last Premier League game at Portman Road, Ipswich fans would have been confident of beating a Brighton side that had not won in eight league matches.And Kieran McKenna's side should have taken the lead,
The Tractor Boys have picked up as many points (four) and scored as many goals (four) in their last two Premier League games as they had in their previous seven beforehand
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