Ipswich Reaction: McCarthy delighted with Ipswich performance

Last updated : 23 September 2014 By Paul Farrington

Luke Hyam and former Latic Conor Sammon scored the goals for Ipswich before a consolation from Martyn Waghorn gave the Latics hope in the dying minutes.

The narrow scoreline was not a reflection of the first 80 minutes play as Ipswich physically restricted the Latics and dominated the game with their tenacity.

"I thought it was an excellent performance," McCarthy said.

"I was surprised because I thought Wigan would go 3-5-2 instead of 4-3-3 which they did, but I knew our front three would cause them problems - and that's just what happened.

"After the first five minutes we got organised a lot better and once we did that we were the dominant force in the game.

"I know a lot of talk will be about the last 10 minutes and the shot that hit the post and another that missed, but we could have been more than one goal up by that stage.

"It's nice when a plan comes together, and it did tonight.

"I can come up with all sorts of ideas but unless the players buy into it I've got no chance.

"Thankfully tonight they did. It was a really solid performance."

The result leaves the Latics at the wrong end of the table with eight points from eight games.