Match Verdict: Ipswich Town 0 Manchester City 6 - reporter Russell Claydon relfects on a chastening afternoon in his walk out of Portman Road
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00:00Just leaving Portman Road after Ipswich Town have lost 6-0 in the Premier League to four
00:09in a row champions Manchester City and are chasing in there at Portman Road. The biggest
00:16equal in the record Premier League defeat to Liverpool was at Portman Road back in February
00:242001 I think it was. Posted a report, someone says should have parked the bus like Arsenal.
00:38This is a Manchester City side that we thought had shown to be fallible this season. Sam
00:47Morsi drives the ball into the box, Mateus Nunes heads the ball out when he didn't need
00:54to concede a corner and you thought here we go, we can get at them today. There was another
01:00moment that followed like that, following the corner but quickly the champions showed
01:08what they're made of, why they have done what they've done and sent our big message to the
01:15Premier League. Phil Foden with two goals in the first half and Kevin De Bruyne showing
01:25what he's made of as well. The Kevin De Bruyne that we all knew and have seen over the years
01:32was at Portman Road today. Kovacic got the other goal with a fine low dribbled effort,
01:41Foden setting that one up and it was far from done unfortunately. I said at half-time that
01:47town had looked alright and just been undone by some incisive play which was true but then
01:56the important thing I said at half-time was the goal difference. Don't let this one get away
02:01from us because we've seen how important the goal difference can be in the battle for survival
02:07with town having gone in and out of the relegation zone over the last week as a
02:12result of goal difference. Well, that doesn't look very good after today with another three
02:22goals following in the second half. You wonder where you go from here, where you've got to go
02:31to the Champions Liverpool but Darren Benton on Sky saying that results against Manchester City,
02:39Liverpool, they won't define your season, they won't do much to the outcome of what's going to
02:47happen. It's more the games against the likes of Southampton, Everton and Wolves. In terms of
02:57confidence, they can quickly turn a season on a downward spiral and this is what Ibswich Town
03:04have now got to stop happening when they go to Liverpool. We will need to see a performance like
03:11that Arsenal one where it's nice and tight, not a lot given away, looked to nick something on the break.
03:18It's easy to get very down after a game like this but we've seen enough this season
03:25to show that this side can compete against the best. It didn't happen today, you're going to get
03:30days like that and we have had some already this season but equally we've had some good ones with
03:37Chelsea, with Tottenham and it's about what Jens Cajuste said afterwards in the interview to us in
03:45the mix zone, showing some character now going up to Anfield and we're going to need plenty of that.
03:53Right, signing off.