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Paul Grunill
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Ipswich Town heaped further pressure on Norwich boss Liam Manning as Jaden Philogene's spectacular strike helped them to a first East Anglian derby win for 16 years.

The victory at Portman Road extended Town's unbeaten run to five matches and lifted them up eight places to ninth in the Championship, just two points outside the play-off spots.

Corners led to the first two goals, scored in the space of three minutes, as Cedric Kipre thumped Ipswich in front, only for Oscar Schwartau to bring the Canaries level with a shot which was deflected past Alex Palmer.

Philogene, though, produced a strike to light up any game as he fired into the roof of the net from 30 yards, and Jack Clarke's tap-in ensured Norwich's current run of games without a win would stretch to five, leaving them down in 19th place.

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna reverted to the starting XI for their previous home game against Portsmouth, making six changes and opting to leave £10m former Norwich player Marcelino Nunez on the bench, while the Canaries brought Mirko Topic into midfield in place of Emiliano Marcondes.

Jim Magilton, the last Town manager to taste victory against their rivals back in 2009, was in the crowd at Portman Road and saw signs of a few early nerves as defenders Dara O'Shea and Jose Cordoba needlessly gave the ball away trying to pass forward into midfield, but neither error led to a scoring opportunity.

With Norwich pressing high, Ipswich struggled to impose themselves in the opening 20 minutes but a long ball then broke to Philogene who fired into the net, only for the goal to be disallowed because George Hirst had wrestled Harry Darling to the floor in the build-up.

Schwartau warmed Ipswich keeper Palmer's palms at the near post but the home side went in front when O'Shea headed down a corner and Kipre thrashed an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net on the half-volley.

The lead lasted just three minutes as Ipswich's attempt to clear a corner only reached Schwartau just outside the box and he had time to fire home his first Norwich goal since last December, with the help of a deflection.

Suddenly the tempo was frantic and Jens Cajuste found Hirst in the inside-right channel, but his angled shot was just off target, while Josh Sargent's left-footed effort lacked the power to trouble Palmer at the other end.

Philogene, though, had the final word of the half, spinning away from Pelle Mattsson and carrying the ball forward a few paces before burying his strike from distance into the net via the fingertips of Vladan Kovacevic - his fifth goal in four games.

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Hirst had a chance to extend the lead early in the second half, but failed to make decent contact from Szmodics' pass, while Topic was wasteful at the other end as he found only the side netting when he should have done better.

Having not lost any of the 14 previous derbies between the sides, Norwich had to commit more men forward, allowing Ipswich to exploit the extra space left at the back

Leif Davis' excellent ball found an unmarked Hirst, who failed to find a team-mate as he squared across the box, but moments later a cross fell to Philogene, who went close to a second as his volley flew just too high.

Both sides made three changes after 74 minutes, with Nunez greeted by boos from the Norwich supporters as he was sent on, becoming only the ninth player to appear for both clubs in 110 derby meetings.

The Chilean made an immediate impact after Darling lost control of the ball in midfield, chipping forward to Ivan Azon, whose shot rebounded off the post to give Clarke an easy finish.

The goal left Norwich deflated, which was underlined by Ante Crnac's poor late finish as they sought a consolation, and provided a further headache for Manning, who was appointed as head coach by his hometown club in the summer, but has only won three out of 11 matches in league and cup and lost all five at home.

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Marcelino Nunez celebrates Ipswich's victory over his former club

'A huge amount of work to do' - reaction

Ipswich head coach Kieran McKenna told BBC Radio Suffolk:

"We looked back with the group this week at special moments in the derby and part of that was 'this is your chance to step up and have your moment'.

"To to see somebody [Philogene] grab the game by the scruff of the neck and do something incredible was almost something of a throwback.

"It wasn't the thing that decided the game by itself. We were the better team and had the better chances right through the game, but it was a big moment by a young player with a super talent. It was great to see.

"It's game by game, it's a really tough division - we had a very difficult summer, with a huge turnover (of players) but now that's three home games in a row we've won and a hard-fought draw with Bristol (City) on Tuesday.

"I knew the motivation was really strong, I believe in the talent of the group, I think we're getting better in terms of our football and if you do enough of the right things over the course of 90 minutes then you have a chance to win.

"We're delighted to have done it today, delighted to have ticked that one off. For the players and supporters to go through that big-game experience together and get the win is really important."

Kieran McKenna delighted to tick off derby win for fans

Norwich boss Liam Manning told BBC Radio Norfolk:

"I'm gutted, disappointed. Basic errors cost us again, which has been a little bit of a pattern so far this season. If you look at it outside the goals, I didn't think there was a huge amount in the game.

"In the first half we caused them a few problems with how we pressed, showed a few moments with the ball, albeit we probably lacked a ruthlessness, an edge, in and around their penalty box.

"We responded to going one behind quite well. The second one, the timing of it makes it tough, but also the manner of it, we were just sitting in the middle of the pitch and he scores from that distance.

"Second half, we showed some bravery and desire to go and change it and play, you start to build a bit of momentum, give it away, you're 3-1 down and after that we were nowhere near it.

"We've got a huge amount of work to do. I'm under no illusion. I'd have loved to hit the ground running, played some beautiful football and won games, and really built a rapport with the fans, but we haven't done it

"We've acquired a load of talent but we're now in the process of trying to build a team. It does take time, but whilst you're doing that you do have to win games and that's what we're not doing."

'Gutted, disappointed' - Liam Manning

Player of the match

J. Philogene
9.06
11 J. Philogene
9.06
4 C. Kipré
8.44
47 J. Clarke
8.03
3 L. Davis
8.01
5 A. Matusiwa
7.93
23 S. Szmodics
7.85
32 M. Núñez
7.83
12 J. Cajuste
7.65
31 Iván Azón
7.56
8 S. Egeli
7.54
19 D. Furlong
7.45
1 A. Palmer
7.39
26 D. O'Shea
7.24
9 G. Hirst
7.21
29 C. Akpom
7.21
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