Matchday 5 of the SkyBet Championship kicked off with a 5-O win for Ipswich over struggling Sheffield United to compound their woes, with Jaden Philogene-Bidace scoring a magnificent hat-trick, George Hirst finding the target as well as Jack Clarke.
Sheffield United fans would’ve been hopeful that the international break brought about some change in their fortunes and fifteen minutes in, there were clear signs of improvement, but after a freak deflection sent Philogene-Bidace in on goal for his first, The Blades heads completely dropped.
From that moment on Ipswich were fully in control of proceedings and just six miutes into the second-half, the English U21 international fired in his second from outside the box, and 10 minutes later George Hirst squeezed an effort in from a tight angle to make it 3-0.
On 68 minutes, Philogene-Bidace claimed the match ball, slamming into the roof of the net with his left-boot and as Portman Road began to bounce with optimism, Jack Clarke, who replaced the hat-trick-hero, ran straight through ,The Blades backline befort slotting thorough Michael Coopers legs to cap off a wonderful performance.
It’s now been 6 hours and 45 minutes since Sheffield United found the back of the net and whether or not Ruben Selles is in charge to break this duct next Saturday against Charlton remains to be seen. Ipswich will hope that they can build on this result as they take a trip to Ewood Park to face a struggling Blackburn side.
Written by: Tyreid Savage.
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