Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna says his side are 'a match for an awful lot of teams' following this afternoon's impressive 4-1 win against Championship strugglers Rotherham United.

Cameron Humphreys, Conor Chaplin, Freddie Ladapo and Wes Burns all netted as the Blues cruised into the FA Cup fourth round for the first time in 13 years.

"It was a very good performance from start to finish," enthused the Blues boss.

"We dominated and controlled the game in all aspects. 

"There was one moment that made the game difficult (Rotherham equalising from a penalty soon after the restart), but I thought, apart from that, it was just a really good team and individual performance.

"It's great to get the win and go into the next round."

He continued: "We'd been so dominant in the first half and we deserved the goal and the breakthrough.

"We'd shown the right level of aggression and positivity but also the patience and control that you need. 

"In the dressing room at half-time everyone was focussed on pushing on and getting the next goal then *clicks fingers*, we have a momentary lapse, (Conor) Washington is really sharp and they equalise from a penalty.

"The complexion and the energy of the game could potentially really change from there, so credit to our players. 

"I thought our leadership in that moment was really good from the senior players. From (19-year-old) Cam Humphreys too.

"I will enjoy watching those five minutes after the equaliser back because he got on the ball several times in difficult spots, he made a couple of crunching tackles, he was running box-to-box and he was clapping and encouraging team-mates. That showed the character you need in those moments.

"We would rather have had the clean sheet, but sometimes something like that can be a benefit in the long-term because it's another little notch for the players to know that when things go wrong, as they invariably do in a football match, they have that resilience to respond."

With Chaplin and Burns both converting penalties, awarded for fouls on Ladapo and Kane Vincent-Young respectively, McKenna smiled when it was put to him that his team had finally got some decisions from a referee.

"They were both nailed on penalties," he said.

"I don't know, is it a concidence that it's not in the league and it's against a team that is above us and not below us in the pyramid?

"I think there has been so, so many incidences like this at Portman Road that we haven't had. Hopefully it's a sign of a correction in the second half of the season."

Pre-match McKenna said he didn't think this game could be taken as marker of how well-equipped his team would be for Championship football. With Rotherham only making one chnage to their last league line-up, does he still feel the same?

"I'm not going to bang that drum now because if the game hadn't gone our way I'd have been saying 'it's a different competition'," said McKenna.

"I know the development and improvement in us as a team from when we played Rotherham at home in the league (last season). 

"I think the performances have been at a really consistent high level. I thought today was another really high level performance.

"We know if we do that then we're a match for an awful lot of football teams."

With Town now taking on League One leaders Plymouth at Portman Road next Saturday, McKenna said: "Today's a boost for the squad. When you have players working hard behind the scenes and waiting for opportunities, it's great when they come into a game like this and perform and get a result. It strengthens the confidence and the spirit in the whole group.

"It sets us up well, not just for next weekend, but for the second half of the season as a whole."