Ipswich 5-2 Sunderland: Five-star Tractor Boys stroll to victory

Sunderland's misery deepened against their former manager Mick McCarthy with a thumping 5-2 defeat at Ipswich.

Bersant Celina starred on his Championship debut for Town, scoring their third goal in an emphatic display which left Simon Grayson's Black Cats anchored in the bottom three. Martyn Waghorn, Jordan Spence, Celina, David McGoldrick and substitute Grant Ward scored Ipswich's goals, with Billy Jones and Aiden McGeady replying for the visitors.

Ipswich pressed in the opening five minutes and a cross from the right by Joe Garner in the sixth minute was headed past the recalled Jason Steele by Waghorn. The visitors drew level in the 10th minute following a corner which was taken by McGeady and headed home at the near post by Jones.

Waghorn won a corner in the 17th minute and the ball eventually fell to Tom Adeyemi, whose 30-yard shot sailed over the bar. Town retook the lead in the 27th minute when a corner by Waghorn was headed home by Spence. Great play by McGoldrick and Adeyemi in the 34th minute resulted in a snap-shot by Waghorn which went narrowly wide of the left-hand upright.

Bartosz Bialkowski made a smart save from Callum McManaman low down at his left-hand post and four minutes before half-time, McManaman's corner led only to a Town break which saw Celina's angled shot turned away by Steele.

In the 47th minute, McGeady found himself free in the Ipswich area but Bialkowski made a reaction save and when the ball was cleared upfield, Garner shot narrowly wide from just outside the penalty area.

Celina put Town further in front in the 55th minute when Garner and Waghorn combined to free up the Kosovo winger, who slotted home from inside the penalty area.

James Vaughan brought a smart save out of Bialkowski a minute later but a break by Waghorn down the left on the hour led to him crossing for McGoldrick to scramble the ball home for the fourth goal.

McGeady gave Sunderland hope five minutes later when he found himself free inside the penalty area and curled a shot past Bialkowski. The goal spurred Sunderland into pressing forward and McGeady's 76th-minute free-kick was deflected over the bar. Ipswich made it five in the 89th minute when sublime play by McGoldrick just outside the penalty area freed up Ward to score.

The managers

Simon Grayson: "Our players have to be organised and then we can play, but we have not done that and we are making familiar errors. Every time the ball went into the box they looked like they were going to score.
"It's hugely disappointing and the performance has been a huge kick in the backside. We tried to make chances to make things happen but the decisions we are making are not working. We have got to make sure we do what is required and we have got to do it all collectively."

Mick McCarthy: "It was great but nothing to do with me - I don't know quite what happened to be quite honest. It was lovely and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We don't score five, do we? I said to the players beforehand when I saw it, I just thought Garner, Bersant, McGoldrick and Waghorn would be better than their front four and they all played very well.

"I thought (Cole Skuse) was terrific, and Tom Adeyemi. I was really pleased, it was a good performance. We could have had more; they blocked it on the line and the keeper has made saves. I thought it was an outstanding attacking performance. I try to set teams up to win all the while and to play well ... it was nice and it worked tonight for us."