McKenna happy to grab point on difficult night

Kieran McKenna led Ipswich to promotion out of the Championship two seasons ago

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna admits that he was relieved to pick up a point on a difficult night for his side at Birmingham City.

The Tractor Boys looked set to begin with a defeat until George Hirst's controversial penalty in the 95th minute rescued them.

They were second best for large parts of the game, but McKenna is happy they are up and running.

"It's important to get something on the opening day and this is going to be a difficult place to come this season for anyone, especially on the opening night," he told BBC Radio Suffolk.

"There is a lot of work to do with the group, but all of those factors considered, hopefully it's a good point come the end of the season and there are some things for us to build on and other things clearly to improve."