Ipswich Town would have been hoping for an additional memorable evening in opposition to one of many Premier League‘s elite when Manchester Metropolis travelled right down to Suffolk, solely to be met by Pep Guardiola’s males at their most ruthless.
Certainly, after the away aspect opened the scoring courtesy of Phil Foden simply shy of the half-an-hour mark, there was solely going to be one emphatic winner, because the Metropolis of previous got here to the forefront in a 6-0 demolition job.
The guests simply would not have believed their luck when developing in opposition to Kieran McKenna‘s males, with the Ipswich defence everywhere from the minute Foden fired dwelling.
Ipswich’s shambolic defending
Annoyingly – earlier than Metropolis ultimately ran riot – Ipswich did have a few half possibilities right here and there to shock Guardiola’s males, with Omari Hutchinson seeing one effort fly over Ederson’s purpose courtesy of an Erling Haaland deflection simply 5 or so minutes earlier than Foden’s opener.
However, there can be no wanting again after the quantity 47 gave his aspect the lead, as a complete sea of Ipswich shirts could not take care of the trickery of both Jeremy Doku or Kevin De Bruyne earlier than the England worldwide beat Christian Walton.
The hosts merely could not deal with a Metropolis assault at their vibrant greatest, because the likes of Ben Godfrey simply watched on as Mateo Kovacic hammered dwelling a quickfire second, while the brand new Tractor Boys recruit did not get tight sufficient to Doku or De Bruyne once more when Foden collected his straightforward brace.
The targets would not cease there as Godfrey’s poor day on the workplace continued into the second half when Doku and Haaland exchanged extra strikes, with the ex-Everton man then substituted simply after the hour mark by McKenna on what was a sobering first-ever style of Premier League motion lining up for his contemporary aspect.
Godfrey clearly wasn’t the one underperformer on the again for the relegation-threatened outfit, as Dara O’Shea additionally had a notable off-day within the coronary heart of defence regardless of normally standing out as a courageous performer.
Performance in Numbers
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O’Shea’s efficiency in numbers vs Man Metropolis
Certainly, in case you take a look at the numbers from Ipswich’s heroic 2-0 win over Chelsea from the shut of December, the Irishman was a brick wall for the underdogs with three tackles registered on top of five duels being won.
He was something however that in opposition to the reigning top-flight champions, nevertheless, with just one duel contested all evening throughout what was considerably of a feeble displaying from the ex-Burnley centre-back.
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O’Shea’s efficiency in numbers |
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Minutes performed |
90 |
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Touches |
66 |
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Correct passes |
50/57 |
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Possession misplaced |
9x |
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Clearances |
2 |
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Blocked photographs |
0 |
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Interceptions |
0 |
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Whole tackles |
1 |
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Whole duels gained |
1/1 |
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Stats by Sofascore |
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In fact, it was a really flat displaying from the 25-year-old who seemed scared stiff by the unbelievable high quality on present from the opposition, with no interceptions or blocks tried when the guests attacked at will.
Furthermore, he would additionally hand over the ball 9 instances when passing out from the again, because the below-par quantity 26 had an evening to overlook all spherical.
East Anglian Every day Occasions journalist Alex Jones would give O’Shea a low 5/10 rating after the sport subsequently, with Ipswich hopeful that it is a one-off thud again to actuality in opposition to a stuttering Metropolis aspect which have lastly snapped again into life.
In any case, earlier than back-to-back defeats within the league, Ipswich had been unbeaten in three with O’Shea eager to get again to his greatest when the Tractor Boys face the gruelling activity of attempting to topple Liverpool at Anfield up subsequent.
Even when one other defeat is put subsequent to their title, McKenna will not need his troops to really feel too down, with lots extra crunch video games away from enjoying the top-flight’s cream of the crop deciding their total destiny.
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