"When you're only getting six or seven attacks at the Etihad, to lose three of them to wrongly given offsides is tough to take." Gary O'Neil said Ipswich's Dara O'Shea, Issa Diop and Abdoul Ouattara were wrongly flagged but admitted poor decisions of their own hurt too.
The deep, compact setup Ipswich used at Man City is one Gary O'Neil has now used against City three times, including a home win with Wolves. "I'm sure it's something that I'll use again." Daizen Maeda, who scored, played higher than normal to run at City's high line.
Saša Lukić missed Ipswich's defeat at Man City with a slight groin problem, held out as a precaution. "It was important that we didn't take any unnecessary risks with him," Gary O'Neil said. He expects Lukić to be involved in the next Premier League game, against Forest.
Gary O'Neil expects Ipswich at full strength for the Premier League trip to Man City on 17 October, with a couple of knocks checked that morning. Changes are on the table: "it would be silly of me to go there and not to change a few things." Nothing is confirmed.
Christian Walton is Ipswich's number one goalkeeper again. A preseason foot fracture let Kjell Scherpen start the season; Walton was told he was back before the Everton game. Gary O'Neil says Scherpen and Alex Palmer are both pushing him: "He's been excellent for us."
Jaden Philogene, Jack Clarke or Daizen Maeda: "It'll be one of them 3, I'm sure," Gary O'Neil says of Ipswich's left wing at Man City on 17 October. Philogene started there against Fulham with Abdul Fatawu absent on the right, and is "getting back to real sharpness."
"If you name him on the bench, he covers 5 positions." Ipswich manager Gary O'Neil on Abdoul Ouattara, who can play right-back, midfield and left-back. O'Neil expects him to get a good test from Jérémy Doku in the Premier League trip to Man City on 17 October.
"There's probably more chance that they rotate a little bit, but not definite." Gary O'Neil on Man City, hosts of his Ipswich side on 17 October in a three-game week including PSG. On City's financial rules breach: "If we win the game... I'm sure we get 3 points. So let's win."