Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna labelled his side's 2-0 win at Middlesbrough this afternoon as a 'complete performance'.

Conor Chaplin's sweetly struck shot from the edge of the box broke the deadlock in the latter stages of the first half, with substitute Omari Hutchinson racing clear to coolly finish off a killer in the 67th minute.

"I thought it was a really complete performance, especially for an away game," said McKenna, whose side remain second in the Championship table.

"I thought we controlled most elements of the game really. I liked our out of possession game, both high and low. I liked our in possession game. The set plays were good. Probably the only thing we could have improved was that we could have been a little bit cleaner with our execution in the final third and created, especially in the first half, a higher calibre of chance with some of the positions we got into.

"But there was so much good work in all phases of the game. I thought our game management, away to a really good team, was really good as well."

He continued: "Conor's goal was a great strike. When you’ve got him on the pitch sometimes a half-chance is a chance. It takes a little bit of a nick maybe, but I thought we were value for a goal at that point with our general play.  

"The second goal was important - it always is. Having said that, defensively we always felt in control. But at 1-0 anything can happen - it can at 2-0 in this league - so that was a big goal.

"I'm delighted for Omari. Even though it was simple, it was still a really good team goal. It was the exact connection that we wanted to get. (George) Hirsty's dropping down in the second half was really, really good, he was a good point for us to play into and pulled players out of the back line. We knew that Omari, with his pace, could come on and run into those spaces.

"The execution on the finish for a young player going through in that situation was really, really good. If you remember his chance in pre-season against Red Bull Leipzig where he goes through, 1-0, in the exact same position, and he takes too many touches and doesn't get the shot off. So to finish inside the near post in that manner took a level of bravery."

The only negative from the afternoon was captain Sam Morsy picking up a yellow card for kicking the ball away in stoppage-time. He's now one booking away from a two-game ban going into a run of crucial games against Watford (a), Norwich (h), Leeds (a) and Leicester (h).

"That was the only frustration from the game to be honest," said McKenna. "I thought it was a nonsense yellow. I didn't think it was a foul. I thought there were quite a few instances like that in the last 15 minutes."

Asked if he had a decision to make as to whether to rest Morsy at Vicarage Road on Tuesday night, in order to protect him for next weekend's East Anglian derby, the Blues boss replied: "I've not thought about it much, to be honest. It happened 10 minutes ago. My main thought going into Tuesday night is that it's a really tough game and we've got to try and perform as well as we possibly can. That aspect will probably fall into that category."