Ipswich Town 1-0 Barnsley

Former Ipswich striker Kieffer Moore headed a chance against the crossbar early on for Barnsley

Barnsley's Championship relegation fears deepened as they were beaten at Ipswich who parted company with manager Mick McCarthy at full-time.

Tykes' Kieffer Moore hit the bar and Lloyd Isgrove had a goal disallowed before Jonas Knudsen scored for Town.

The Denmark defender glanced in Mustapha Carayol's corner at the near post early in the second half.

Moore was denied late on when he had a shot cleared off the line as Barnsley searched for a late equaliser.

McCarthy had planned to leave Portman Road at the end of the season, but the club announced the 59-year-old's departure at the end of the game.

Barnsley remain third from bottom and two points adrift of safety with five games to play after fellow strugglers Bolton, Birmingham and Reading all lost.

Jose Morais' side do still have a game in hand on all the teams around them.

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Ipswich move up a couple of places to 12th after a first win in eight games.

The Tykes will rue a number of missed chances before Knudsen's opener for Ipswich in a first half they arguably dominated.

Adam Hammill almost sneaked a cross into the far post before Bartosz Bialkowski palmed it away and Brad Potts hit the side-netting from close range after a neat move.

But Ipswich also missed opportunities to make the victory more comfortable with Bersant Celina being denied by a smart Adam Davies save late on.

Barnsley boss Jose Morais told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We really expected to win so naturally we feel really disappointed with the result.

"We created good opportunities for us to lead the game in the first half, we didn't do it in the second half.

"We conceded a goal which I believe with a bit more concentration we weren't supposed to concede.

"Football is like this and we need to move on and look to the next game."