Kieran McKenna believes Ipswich Town were more likely side to win Premier League contest with Fulham at Portman Road

Town boss Kieran McKenna felt the Blues looked the team most likely to win their 1-1 home draw with Fulham, the club’s first Premier League point in 22 years.

Liam Delap gave Town the lead with a terrific first goal for the club on the quarter hour, but Adama Traore levelled for the Cottagers in the 32nd minutes with the Blues the better side in the second half.

“I thought it was a good game, a good, solid performance from us showing growth and development in the team,” McKenna said.

“I thought we were really competitive in the game, probably had the better of it, although the margins were pretty tight, but I think we had the better of the second half, certainly, and looked the more likely team to win it.

“And that’s playing against a well-established Premier League team with great familiarity between the players, with the manager.

“With the jump that we’ve made, and we’re integrating six new players into the team, two or three making their Premier League debuts for us, so to produce a performance as well organised and as coordinated and of good spirit and with moments of quality as we did, I think is a positive sign of the steps that we’re taking.”

Reflecting further on the second half, he added: “I think we had more of the possession in the second half, more of the territory, more of the game was played in their half, we created momentum, we won set plays, we know our execution to create clear-cut chances needs to improve at this level.

“We got into some really good positions that should be resulting in probably the creation of a good chance but we didn’t even to manage to get a shot off in those situations.