Town boss Mick McCarthy says he sees the back-to-back home games against Reading on Saturday and Birmingham on Tuesday as an opportunity to push back towards the top two but won’t be taking either opposition side lightly.
Town snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the closing moments for the second week running as Reading left Portman Road with a 3-2 win. Daryl Murphy opened the scoring 11 minutes after the break, Kaspars Gorkss equalised for the Royals before Josh Carson’s deflected shot put the Blues back in front. Town looked to have won it but Alex Pearce and Noel Hunt netted at the death to see the Blues to their third successive 3-2 defeat.