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Ipswich ride their luck in defeat of Leeds

Ipswich boss Paul Jewell admitted his Ipswich side were fortunate to come from behind and beat Leeds 2-1 at Portman Road. "Let us be honest, Leeds are a good team and outplayed us first half," said Jewell.

"After losing seven the players are edgy and we were on the back foot, which was understandable.

"We got a couple of decisions that went our way and a deflected goal.

"Thank Christ for that, sometimes you have to just take the victory. We needed a victory and however we got it - we will take it."

Leeds boss Simon Grayson said: "First half we were outstanding against a team that has been put together with a lot of money and internationals and they created nothing.

"They never created a chance against us. We could have been two or three up and the game would have been put to bed.

"Ross McCormack's header hit David Stockdale and he knows nothing about it. It wasn't a worldly save, I could have accepted that, but we could have had the game won.

"When the home crowd boo their team off you know you have done a good job."

Three minutes after the break Leeds defender White was shown a straight red card for dragging down Jay Emmanuel-Thomas a yard outside the box.

"The whole game changed on the sending-off decision," Grayson said. "It's a free-kick on Aidy White for a start. As he and Thomas are running through Thomas has nudged him in the back and that has made them both go down.

"We were in no danger of losing that game until that decision."

Leeds claimed for a penalty when Max Gradel went down under a Carlos Edwards challenge but D'Urso waved away their appeals.

Grayson said: "Max Gradel could have had a penalty. Outside the box a free-kick would have been given and it should have been given inside."

Jewell admits his match-winner Scotland is still up for sale but was pleased for his scorer.

He said: "All managers like to think they are experts and I looked at his record against Leeds and saw he has a decent record so I stuck him on the bench.

"Jason deserves a pat on the back."

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