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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Ipswich Town and Manchester City.
Here are some of your comments:
Ipswich fans:
Matt: I expected us to lose, of course, but there is losing and there is total humiliation - which this was. We are simply nowhere near good enough. No team should ever lose by six at home. Why didn't we just defend second half? Total embarrassment. Bet Philogene is already regretting signing…
James: City have the potential to do that to any team. It always felt like a damage limitation exercise from the moment they got the first goal. However, we need to keep positive and hope Town can pull through. It showed the gulf in class between the top and bottom.
Joseph: Can't say anything because I am speechless - though I am concerned for our future goal difference, which may be crucial in May. We just need to do better than Wolves for the rest of the season!
Man City fans:
John: City (the lion) have woken and the beast is starting is starting to roar! All you naysayers who stated we were finished be prepared to eat your words!
Kieran: City's win looks really good on the surface but there is still a lot to improve. By City's own standards they are still short but it looks like they are slowly unlocking it again.
Stephen: Let's not get too to carried away - remember who we were playing. Very good performance but still along way to go.
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Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich Town boss Kieran McKenna, speaking to BBC Match of the Day after today's defeat: "Painful game for us. Beaten by a world-class side and they were too good for us. Positives the early parts of the game, but after the first goal they hit top form and top confidence - we weren't able to find a response.
"They were outstanding and when that's the case the gulf between us was too much on the day. Once they got the first goal they played really well, our confidence did drop and they caused us a lot of promise individually.
"The players showed some good character in the last 25 minutes. In a difficult moment in the last 20 minutes they regrouped well. We had to take our medicine and work hard to stop Man City."
On the Ipswich fans: "The supporters were fantastic as well. They were outstanding, and we are so grateful for the reception at the end - they know how hard we are working.
"The payers are working hard and they know we have climbed a mountain really quickly. There is going to be some difficult days are we don't use that as an excuse.
"We are grateful for the way they stuck with us. On Monday we get the group in, and we need to analyse the things we need to do better and then it is on to Liverpool.
"Liverpool away is as good as what's out there."
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich Town centre-back Dara O'Shea has been speaking to Sky Sports after today's defeat: "We are devastated with the result we have had. Tough one to take. We didn't compete enough at times in the game, and they have scored goals. It is always tough when you concede early on to a team like this.
"We didn't execute our gameplan how we wanted to."
On Man City: "You can never write them off. It was always going to be tough, and we wanted to give a good account of ourselves - we probably didn't do that.
"We need to regroup, look back on our mistakes and go again. The main thing is to learn from it, and we cannot get too down on it. There is massive belief in this group and the club.
"Next week [away at Liverpool] is a big game for ourselves and the fans come out here at Portman Road and show us big backing - we have got to repay them."
Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesThere was plenty of focus on Liam Delap in the build up to this game as the Ipswich striker faced his former side.
Delap has got eight Premier League goals this season to keep the Tractor Boys in the fight for survival but he, like his team-mates, could simply not handle a Manchester City who looked back to their best.
City's passing and movement was as crisp as it ever was during their recent title-winning campaigns and they consistently opened up the Ipswich defence.
But this is a result that will not define Ipswich's season. While the impact on their goal difference is damaging a point will currently move them out of the bottom three.
Next up is another tough test against leaders Liverpool but after that Ipswich can put all their energy into getting the results needed to ensure survival.
Were you at the game or following from elsewhere?
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There are four Premier League fixtures on Sunday and BBC Sport will bring you all the action.
Everton v Tottenham
Man Utd v Brighton - Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live
Nottingham Forest v Southampton
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After a couple of encouraging games, Ipswich's home defeat by Brighton on Thursday was a disappointing result and performance.
Manchester City did not get the win they wanted either, slipping up late on at Brentford just when people were thinking they were back in a bit of form.
Still, Erling Haaland's new contract is great news for City and will give their fans a bit of a lift in what has been a difficult season. I would not be surprised if he celebrates it with a goal or two.
Ipswich can make it difficult for them - especially Liam Delap, who is facing his old club. I think Delap will score, but City will win.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich have the belief to do something that "nobody will think we can do" against Manchester City, says boss Kieran McKenna.
When the two side first met in August, the newly promoted Tractor Boys took a surprise early lead, before Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne turned it around for a 4-1 home win.
"One of biggest takeaways from [the defeat] was that we weren't able to handle negative momentum away from home," McKenna said.
"Their first goal came from our mistake really - they took the game away from us really quickly and we weren't able to deal with that. We have improved in that aspect of the game, particularly in tough games away from home.
"We have learned to manage negative momentum better than that day."
McKenna's side are facing a different City team to that match, with Guardiola's side sitting sixth in the table having seen their form plummet in November and December.
Despite the defending Premier League champions' inconsistency, McKenna does not feel his team need to change their approach.
"We need to go in with humility, respect the opponent, have belief in ourselves to go and do something nobody will think we can do. We want to make it a really competitive game and to get a result.
"We respect the opponent, everything they have done the past few seasons. They are still a top, top team. We will prepare for that as best as possible but need to find a way of competing and make it as difficult a game for them as possible.
"We have Liverpool and Manchester City in the next two games, we have to enjoy that challenge, we have to go into it with a positive mindset."
The Ipswich boss also confirmed that new signing Jaden Philogene will be in the squad, but they will have to "wait and see" how many minutes he can play.
Image source, Getty ImagesKieran McKenna says Ipswich remain open in the January transfer market for any players that "can add quality to the starting eleven or can help from the bench" as they continue to fight for Premier League survival.
Ipswich completed the signing of long-time target Jaden Philogene from Aston Villa on Tuesday, their 15th signing of the season, but there could be more reinforcements on their way.
"We'll try to, if we can find quality that can improve us," said McKenna. "I think our depth is pretty good now.
"If we can get everybody back fit, our depth is fine.
"But if we can add quality that can help the starting eleven, or quality that can help from the bench, then we'll certainly aim to try and do so - but only if the right players are available that can really push us on."
Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your thoughts after Thursday's Premier League game between Ipswich and Brighton.
Here are some of your comments:
Ipswich fans
Matt: Yet again when we have a chance to pull away from the bottom three we put in a rubbish performance like this. Many of the League One/Championship players are simply nowhere near good enough at this level. Hope Jaden Philogene can do well. This was a rare chance to get three points and leapfrog Everton but we blew it. I am starting to feel that we can't do it when we need to.
Paul: Outclassed and never looked like scoring tonight. With Manchester City and Liverpool up next, then it's likely we are heading deep into relegation territory. The gulf in class is startling.
Robert: Not at the races - too many sloppy passes and kept losing the ball. We need to improve fast and start our run up the table before we start running out of games.
Tim: Poor in possession and lightweight up front. Why Cameron Burgess is not playing defeats me. Perhaps the truth is we are just not up to it. Plus, why put on strikers with only 10 mins left?
Brighton fans
Steve: Great win as we finally dispatched a team in the bottom half of the table. A much better second half and FabianHurzeler seems to be getting to grips with those at his disposal now. Onwards and upwards from here.
Tim: The sort of thoroughly dominant performance from Brighton that we've got used to seeing but usually we glean one measly point from. A well-deserved three points, while at the same time bossing the game, snuffing out what little Ipswich offered, and actually making them look pretty ordinary which, barring a couple of players, they are.
Anthony: We have lost only four league games so far this season, a record beaten only by Liverpool and Arsenal. With all our injuries, this is a tremendous comment on the strength of our team and the way in which it is set up.
Maurice: Relief. Hopefully we have turned a corner but there are many twists and turns ahead. I trust Kaoru Mitoma is returning to goalscoring form
Michael Emons
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich Town have only won one home match in the Premier League this season
After a home victory against Chelsea in their last Premier League game at Portman Road, Ipswich fans would have been confident of beating a Brighton side that had not won in eight league matches.
And Kieran McKenna's side should have taken the lead, only for Bart Verbruggen to make three fine saves to keep out efforts from Nathan Broadhead, Liam Delap and Omari Hutchinson.
Those stops, and Wes Burns' failure to hit the target from 12 yards out when well placed early in the second half, proved costly.
Poor defending allowed an unmarked Kaoru Mitoma to put Brighton ahead, but Ipswich never looked like getting back in the game, before substitute Georginio Rutter was allowed time and space to shoot from deep inside the penalty area to make it 2-0.
In the end, this game was another tame loss, similar to those against Everton and Crystal Palace earlier in the season, in a home match they would have targeted as must-win.
Worryingly for Ipswich fans, McKenna said his side "didn't find the belief and conviction that the game was still there for us" after conceding the first goal and he challenged his team to show more fight in their next matches.
It will not be an easy task with reigning champions Manchester City at Portman Road on Sunday before a trip to Anfield to face league leaders Liverpool the following Saturday.
Ipswich have shocked Tottenham and Chelsea this season and will need more surprise results if they are to haul themselves back out of the relegation zone.
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich Town manager Kieran McKenna, speaking to Match of the Day: "It was a really even game until the first goal.
"In the first 60 minutes we were the more threatening side, we had the better opportunities and got into the better areas but it was a poor first goal and then the game went away from us.
"We lost belief in ourselves on the pitch, they brought on better subs and pushed on and they were the better side in the last 30 minutes.
"We didn't defend well enough to stop the goal and we have to find a better response, but we didn't manage to do that today."
Image source, Getty ImagesIpswich have lost four of their last five league games at Portman Road (W1).
Only Southampton (8) and Wolves (7) have lost more home Premier League games this season than the Tractor Boys (6).
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There are two Premier League fixtures on Thursday and we will bring you every moment.
Ipswich v Brighton (19:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
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Image source, Getty ImagesBBC Radio Suffolk's Ipswich Town commentator Brenner Woolley spoke to BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast before the trip to Portman Road on Thursday:
"Ipswich have looked more cohesive since they were at Amex Stadium [in September]. The new players have had more training sessions, know exactly what McKenna wants and have seen more of what the Premier League has to offer having played every side once. They have been more competitive in the vast majority of their games.
"They have a bit of momentum off the back of the win against Chelsea, the draw with Fulham and then the win in the cup against Bristol Rovers."
On the performances of striker Liam Delap: "Delap's performance against Chelsea was good as I've seen from a centre-forward for Ipswich in a long time and was almost unplayable.
"He's strong, physical, loves the battle and will run all day. He's absolutely crucial to Ipswich Town."
