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Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna, speaking to BBC Sport: "It's a really disappointing way to lose the game, but it can happen in a penalty shootout. One team is going to be on the wrong end.

"They left everything out on the pitch. We came into the game with challenges and got a lot more challenges on the pitch. The way the team competed and fought their way through the game was really good. We can take a lot of positives from the game.

"It's a cup competition so I don't draw all the comparisons to the league, but against a very good team we can be proud of the performance. We knew we had to manage aspects of the game as they are the fastest team in the league, so we knew we couldn't make it 100mph because it would suit them too much."

On whether he will need to lift the group: "I don't think mentally I will, to be honest. The players will come in with renewed confidence with the way they competed, renewed belief in the squad and the way we are working. They will have good feelings from the performance. The biggest challenge is how we recover physically for Saturday."

Did you know?

• George Hirst's past five goals for Ipswich have come away from home, with two of his three strikes this season coming in the FA Cup.

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Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna made 11 changes when his side beat Coventry in round four and I suspect he will do something similar here.

You might have heard about 'Sutton's Super Computer', which were the calculations I did for the Monday Night Club this week, where I worked out the results of all the remaining Premier League fixtures.

According to my secret formula, which is obviously extremely scientific, the Tractor Boys only have an outside chance of staying up. Along with Leicester, they were in my 'no-hopers' category.

Maybe Ipswich can surprise me and go on an FA Cup run, but you have to fancy Nottingham Forest here.

Defeat would just leave a grim fight against relegation for McKenna's side, so I feel for my daughter's teacher, Mr Fields, who regular readers will know follows the Tractor Boys, but not so much for my 5 Live colleague Ali Bruce-Ball, who is a phony Ipswich supporter - when I asked him, he could not remember the last time he went to watch them as a fan.

One thing I really can't stand are people like Bruce who attach themselves to a club which has a bit of success, claiming some tenuous link from the past.

My boyhood team, Forest, may make changes too because they are still in a good position for a Champions League spot, but I am backing Chris Wood to come off the bench and get us a winner.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1 after extra time

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This is the fourth FA Cup tie between Nottingham Forest and Ipswich. The Tractor Boys progressed via a replay in 1980-81, while Forest have won the past two meetings 3-0 (January 1989 and January 1997).

Ipswich have been eliminated from their past 13 FA Cup ties against Premier League opponents, since beating Blackburn Rovers in the third round in 1995-96.

The draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals has been made. Here are the four ties in the order they were drawn.

Games will be played over the final weekend of March.

• Fulham v Crystal Palace

• Preston v Aston Villa

• Bournemouth v Manchester City

• Brighton v Nottingham Forest/Ipswich

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The road to Wembley continues this weekend, as teams battle it out to book their spot in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

There is still lots of Premier League interest in the competition, with 11 top-flight teams all dreaming of a trip to Wembley. Aston Villa are already in the hat for the last eight after victory over Cardiff City on Friday.

The draw will take place on BBC One after Sunday's tie between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford, which kicks off at 16:30 GMT and features Danny Murphy, Micah Richards and Wayne Rooney in the studio with host Gary Lineker.

If you're wondering how to follow the remaining fifth-round ties, find all the information you need here.

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Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Monday's FA Cup fifth-round game at Nottingham Forest (19:30 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• McKenna confirmed Omari Hutchinson suffered a knee injury in Wednesday's defeat at Manchester United: "It's not very, very serious but he will definitely miss the next game and possibly more. Very disappointing."

• Kalvin Phillips is "progressing well" but McKenna is "not sure when he will be back", saying the midfielder is a "day-by-day case".

• On his team selection, McKenna added: "We try and keep two players for each position physically, technically and tactically ready. Part of that is utilising the squad in cup competitions. That is what we have done to this point and the players have done really well. We haven't made any decisions for Monday yet but there's a chance for some of those who have done well in the first two rounds get an opportunity again."

• One player who could return is goalkeeper Arijanet Muric: "It's a possibility. He's carrying a bit of an issue in his shoulder but he's managing. I'll have to get some sort of judgments on that and see where he is from a medical point of view but it's certainly a possibility he will play."

• On recovering from defeat against 10 men at Old Trafford: "We had conversations this morning. Players had yesterday off after a late return on Wednesday night. We've been through all of it and looked at the areas that were most important and the players are looking forward to Monday now."

• McKenna could lead an Ipswich team into the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in more than 30 years: "We're looking forward to the game. A couple of earlier rounds have been a nice break from the league action. It's a nice change of focus and narrative and a nice progression for the group. It's a real challenge but a really good cup tie in a historic ground against a good Premier League side. A welcome distraction to be honest."

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We asked for your views on Manchester United's Premier League match against Ipswich.

Here are some of your comments:

Man Utd fans

Peter: Not the start you'd hope for but after a little while Manchester United took control and played the best football for a long while. The sending off changed the game and it was all about heart and the will to fight which they showed in abundance.

Paul: After I've made various comments about team performances and lack of effort, it's nice to get a win with a fighting performance when down to 10 men. But can I please make a request to Ruben Amorim to please, please drop Andre Onana he's just not of a standard for the Premier League.

Mike: Slightly better than previous games but against Ipswich, it should have been much better. Can't understand why Rasmus Hojlund wasn't taken off instead of Alejandro Garnacho.

Ipswich fans

Lindsey: We're just not quick enough or good enough in the last phase. I don't understand why Ipswich weren't trying to ping more balls into the box. Such good play on the counter then we just stop.

Oli: The stage was set and what a great opportunity that 2nd half could have been for Ipswich. However, their inability to defend a set-piece and being too slow to create anything in attack meant it was another missed opportunity (of which there are very few remaining).

Rich: Played some good football but we were more dangerous in the first half. With the extra man, there wasn't enough creativity to make chances. There seemed to be a lack of ideas in the second half. Good attempt to change things bringing on George Hirst to play alongside Delap but it was perhaps a bit too late.

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Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna, speaking to TNT Sports: "We're really annoyed with how it ended up. We didn't defend the set plays well enough in the first half and then the one at the start of the second half is really poor. We knew the threat was on setpieces and the third goal is unacceptable from our point of view and from then on we were chasing.

"We need to stand up and be counted better. We have defended set pieces well all season, but we were unable to deal with them tonight. We were not strong enough from a maturity point of view and they handled it better than us when they were down to 10 men.

"We had some good spells in the first half, we started the game really well and we can have a high level, we've had spells like that in nearly all the games.

"Tonight it is on us, we have to own it. It's not a night where we're feeling many positives, we let one get away from us. We need to learn from tonight, we played against a group of players that showed their maturity and quality."

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Five matches make up Wednesday's Premier League action

• Brentford v Everton

• Man Utd v Ipswich

• Nottingham Forest v Arsenal

• Tottenham v Man City

• Liverpool v Newcastle (20:15)

All kick-off times 19:30 GMT unless stated

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Manchester United drew at Ipswich in November, in Ruben Amorim's first game in charge.

Three months on, Ipswich will head to Old Trafford thinking they have a decent chance of beating them. No-one fears United at the moment.

You just do not know which United side is going to turn up and, in the first half against Everton on Saturday, they were absolutely woeful.

United do deserve some credit for the way they fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Goodison Park - but I am not convinced by them at all.

Ipswich ended up losing 4-1 to Tottenham at the weekend but they created a ridiculous amount of chances in that game, and they will get opportunities here too because Liam Delap is such a handful.

A win for the Tractor Boys would be huge, especially now the gap to fourth-bottom Wolves has grown to five points, but despite United's many problems I just have a feeling Amorim will get a win, somehow.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

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Ipswich were the last side to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the league in a game the hosts led at half-time - in May 1984. United are unbeaten in 388 such games since then.

Meanwhile, United are unbeaten in their past seven home league games against Town, and have won the past three by an aggregate score of 15-0.

Richard Woodward
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How badly must an established Premier League club be run to get relegated these days?

I had to look back nearly 10 years to find the last instance - sorry, Newcastle fans. Coincidentally, that 2015-16 season was also when Leicester shocked the world by winning the title. Isn't it depressing that both those situations are just as unlikely to reoccur today?

Back in April 2021, the mooted European Super League plans triggered the collective anger of football fans. The disregard for open competition by removing the consequence of failure understandably offended most of us.

Thankfully, the Super League never came to be. But we do have a Premier League with its relegation places yet again comprising the three promoted clubs. It hardly screams 'fair competition', does it?

And while it is easy to just blame money, most football clubs in the top two tiers are now well backed. Yes, it is still an unlevel playing field and yes, PSR enforcement could have done more, but big clubs with big resources have dominated the pyramid forever.

What I theorise as a more underestimated cause of the competitive imbalance is the approach to refereeing.

While much has been done to rightly protect star players from vicious fouls, the consequence is matches stripped of any blood and thunder. Fixtures are officiated to prevent the promoted upstarts from bringing their illustrious opposite numbers down a peg or two. That wasn't my experience watching my club's last spell in the top league.

So welcome to the era of the 'Premier League foul', the era of feigning head injuries to halt opposition counter-attacks, the era of simulation being completely ignored. But only for those lucky tenured elite.

If you have recently thrived in the Championship, where the physical battle is the minimum weekly requirement to get points, forget everything you know.

At least until the following May.

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Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Premier League game against Manchester United at Old Trafford (19:30 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• McKenna said Kalvin Phillips and Jens Cajuste will have scans this afternoon after the midfield pair were both substituted with injuries against Tottenham on Saturday. He did not rule either out of Wednesday's game but will not have a timescale until after the assessment.

• He added Conor Chaplin is "making progress" and trained with the group today, while Julio Enciso is "working with physios" but there is "no real change" in terms of a return date.

• Ben Godfrey's half time substitution against Spurs was due to his early yellow card and the defender "trained well today and came in with a good attitude".

• On reacting to the 4-1 home defeat by Spurs: "It's been fine. I didn't feel it. We're not going to be dancing and signing after losing home games but we came out on the wrong side of a harsh scoreline. It was disappointing the way the game ended up but we've taken a lot of positives from it."

• On the visit to Old Trafford: "Now we have a big game to focus on on Wednesday. There's a great energy around the training ground today, everyone is really excited. It's the standout one on the calendar for sure."

• More on returning to the club where he worked as part of the coaching staff between 2016 and 2021: "The opportunity to go and compete there in a league game is fantastic for the football club, for the group of players, and for the staff. It's a stadium that many of us will have grown up watching football at and be inspired by. You want the players to feel nothing but excitement and good feelings towards the game."

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Ipswich and Tottenham..

Here are some of your comments:

Ipswich fans

Paul: Too many changes every game and Kieran McKenna needs to find a settled first XI. Defence is weak though and we are not scoring enough so that is a recipe for relegation. A step too far this season after two amazing seasons but proud of the club and we will bounce back next year.

Tony: Ipswich have to play with a back three, if only to accommodate Leif Davis at left-back. There is an argument to use a traditional left-back in both away and home matches but needs must. We have a good right-back in Axel Tuanzebe once he is back in the fold. Once Sammie Szmodics is back, it will strengthen the left but Omari Hutchinson is far more effective on the right.

Oscar: £130m spent to attempt to stay in the Premier League is an obscene amount of money and proves you need more than money to create a winning team. This is a disjointed squad with McKenna not knowing how to manage them all. Ben Godfrey would run through trees at Norwich and Everton and their fans loved him. Here he looks clueless - that has to come from the coaching team.

Alex: For all his good work, Liam Delap needs to pass. Should have been two up in the first five minutes and then twice we allowed Son Heung-min too much time. Criminal. Have to question the team selection.

Spurs fans

Richard: Nervy start, and never comfortable until the third goal, but winning becomes a habit. High energy from Destiny Udogie, great finishing from Brennan Johnson and Son was close to his impactful best. Three more first-teamers to come back. Let's think positively.

Andy: Wow - a run of three wins in a row! But I don't care about the league table anymore. What's important is that we have most of our players back with plenty to choose from as we go into the serious phase of the Europa League knockouts. It's good to see us being sharper and putting chances away, which we will need to if we are to get that trophy. I now feel it is well within reach.

John: A win is a win. But Ipswich had 17 shots and five on target. It's a lottery how Spurs play. Both teams have loads of shots and it just depends who gets lucky. Sorry Ange - nothing has changed.

Paul: From the abyss, we have seen Djed Spence and Archie Gray step up and be counted. We have a long way to go to compete with the elite, but what a foundation. So, it's 'One small step for Ange - one giant leap for Tottenham'.

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