"Ipswich certainly did that and I would say they are the best team we have played this season - and that includes Portsmouth and Leicester, who play in a slightly different way."
He added: "We knew we would have days like this. Ipswich looked that little more assured and had a touch of Premiership class.
"I told the players we wanted no long faces in the dressing room because we played a side who I think can still join the promotion race."