Ipswich Town: Fans and players celebrate first Premier League home win in 22 years
Delap, who McKenna described as “a different beast”, opened the scoring for Ipswich with a 12th-minute penalty.
Incredibly, it was Town’s first penalty in the Premier League for 23 years – as was Marcus Stewart’s goal against Chelsea in November 2001.
Meanwhile, Delap, 21, has scored seven league goals this season – the only English players to do so are Cole Palmer, James Maddison and Ollie Watkins. Scored more goals than him.
It’s no surprise, then, that Chelsea are one of the top clubs keeping an eye on the former Manchester City striker.
“His rate of improvement is really high for a young player,” McKenna said.
“His style is enjoyable for anyone to play. There aren’t many like him and he’s playing against incredible Premier League defenders every week.”
Delap also scored Ipswich’s second goal for Hutchinson and the former Chelsea winger, like all the home fans inside Portman Road, was in awe when the ball hit the back of the net. reverse.
His celebration was fitting – a backflip.
Hutchinson, also 21, told Sky Sports: “Everyone has been asking me to do it so I thought I would do it to get that first home win.”
“It’s great to be able to write history.”
Despite the win, Ipswich remain in the bottom three, although they have reduced the gap on 17th-placed Wolves and safety to just one point.
The Tractor Boys’ next home league game will be against Brighton on January 16.
Given the form of Delap and Hutchinson, and the pressure of a first home win, that night could be theirs too.
