Kieran McKenna thought his Ipswich Town side were good value for their win over Sheffield Wednesday, but gave credit to the hosts.

The Tractor Boys left it late at Hillsborough, but goals from Ivan Azon Monzon and Jack Clarke gave the visitors a 2-0 victory that took them up to third place in the Championship table.

It was certainly no walk in the park for Ipswich, who were left frustrated by some strong defensive work from Wednesday for large periods of the game, and McKenna admits that Henrik Pedersen’s backline went about their business well during the encounter. In the end, though, the quality of the promotion-chasers proved too much.

Kieran McKenna’s Sheffield Wednesday reaction

Speaking after the game, the opposition manager said, “It’s been a really busy spell with seven games in 21 days, so it was really important to get the result that we wanted. The goals took longer than we would have liked, but that’s been the case for a lot of our games here to be honest. You have to give them credit for that - they defended well and we didn’t take our chances early in the first half. And then it can become a bit of a tense game.

“But we didn’t give anything away, didn’t give them any chances, and we stuck at it. There were some real bits of quality in the second half to open them up. Ivan was unlucky with the first chance but did great with the goal, and it was nice to get the second as well.”

Wednesday remain stuck on -6 points at the bottom of the table, with eight games left in their pursuit of clawing their way back to zero before the 2025/26 campaign comes to an end.