'Unacceptable' - McKenna reacts to Charlton defeat

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McKenna: 'Town reaction nowhere near good enough'

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Kieran McKenna called his team's reaction to going behind against Charlton Athletic "unacceptable" as they conceded three goals inside 12 minutes.

The Ipswich manager told BBC Radio Suffolk after the 3-0 defeat: "There are two sides to the game.

"We need to score the goals when we have the opportunity to do so, and we've had loads of opportunities, then we've given up a poor goal and our reaction was nowhere near good enough after that.

"We didn't do the fundamentals anywhere near well enough, didn't find the right response in a difficult moment and conceded really, really poor goals in quick succession.

"That bit is unacceptable and we have to address it. It was the same in the Middlesbrough game - when things went against us we went far south really quick.

"We have to dig deeper individually and find more unity and togetherness to defend well when things go against us."