No wonder the Portman Road fans went ballistic at the final whistle. Almost every minute of this absorbing, frantic match between the Championship’s top scorers and a free-flowing visiting opposition intent on catching them pulsed with the vibrancy of an encounter deserving of the top flight in which they both aspire to be.
By the end of it, two automatic promotion possibles had surely been whittled down to just one. Ipswich remain the standard‑bearers; Southampton are now not far off clutching at straws.
