Ipswich Town manager Paul Lambert said captain Luke Chambers’ ‘terrible mistake’ meant it was two points dropped against Sunderland at Portman Road this afternoon.
The Blues dominated the opening half in front of a vocal crowd numbering more than 24,000 and led through Luke Garbutt's cool finish (15), but the Black Cats came back into the match after the restart and levelled things up when Chambers was robbed of possession on the byline allowing Marc McNulty to tee up Lynden Gooch (64).
"Dear oh dear," rued Lambert, when asked for his assessment. "First half was absolutely brilliant. It was chance, chance, chance. The play was excellent. The atmosphere was brilliant. Everything was great. We got the goal, which we thoroughly deserved. There wasn't one problem in the game. Not one.
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