Norwich cement their total hold over an Ipswich hampered by a lack of style

23 October 2017 09:53
James Maddison struck the only goal as Norwich City won 1-0 at Ipswich Town to stretch their unbeaten sequence against their East Anglian rivals to nine matchesMick McCarthy walked into the Ipswich press room an hour after full-time, cup of tea in hand, and offered to avoid wasting anyone’s time. “If someone asks me, ‘Am I disappointed with that result?’ then I’m out of here, right?” he threatened. “I’ve just done interviews and been asked the most senseless questions.”He was generous enough to hang around but in any case Norwich City had already provided the afternoon’s most pertinent answers. Their hold over the East Anglian derby in the last decade might have come from nowhere but it is total: this was their ninth game without defeat against the old enemy and had the added bonus of levelling the all-time win tally in this fixture at 40 apiece. Related: Ipswich Town 0-1 Norwich City: Championship – as it happened Related: Safe standing’s surprise byproduct? It might help a home team’s display | Sean Ingle Continue reading......read full article

Source: TheGuardian