Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna says his side can have no complaints with a point from their 1-1 draw at Cambridge United

Kieran McKenna admits Ipswich Town cannot have too many complaints from taking a point in a 1-1 draw away at Cambridge United this afternoon.

The Tractor Boys trailed 1-0 at half-time at the Abbey Stadium, and were indebted to a penalty save by goalkeeper Christian Walton to avoid being further behind at the break.

The Ipswich boss made three changes at the interval and saw one of his substitutes Kyle Edwards set up Freddie Ladapo for the equaliser nine minutes into the second half.

But despite his side having almost 75 per cent of possession, McKenna's men could not find a winner and are now six points adrift of the top two sides Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle, in the automatic promotion race in Sky Bet League One.

"(After the equaliser) We definitely had the momentum and the game where we wanted it for a while," he said.

"We created enough chances to go and do it, but we didn't produce the final pass or the final finish that we needed to.

"Cambridge, to be fair to them, produced a couple of really good defensive moments and a really good save when George Hirst puts it across the goal.

"It felt like at that stage we'd go on to get the winner, certainly for the 20-25 minutes of the second half, then the end of the game became a little bit more wild with moments at both ends.

"Overall, we had the better chances in the game and the better moments, but we can't have too many complaints about the point because the first half performance wasn't at the level to say we deserved to win the game."

After falling behind to a Harvey Knibbs strike on 24 minutes, Ipswich presented their hosts with an inviting chance to double their lead on the half hour when George Edmundson brought down Conor McGrandles in the box.

Walton came to Town's rescue, diving to his right to keep out Joe Ironside's spot kick, and at the break McKenna turned to his bench and brought on Janoi Donacien, Edwards and Marcus Harness in place of Harry Clarke, Leif Davis and Lee Evans.

"Lee Evans has got a little injury so we have to see how Lee is, but the other two weren't (injuries)," the Ipswich manager said.

"They were tactical changes. Everyone in the dressing room could hold their hands up and say after the first half anyone could have came off.

"No one was happy with the first half performance. I'm not happy with the performance and ultimately I'm accountable for the performances.

"It wasn't about any individuals. It was just about how we wanted to attack the second half from a tactical and a mental point of view.

"The first half was way below the standards that are acceptable for us. I didn't like anything about our performance in the first half.

"We started with the ball under control, but we did not have enough intensity and not enough urgency, all the things we wanted to have, we didn't.

"We concede a goal, and you can say it's a good goal, but also it's a lack of concentration from us in the build up to the goal.

"We showed what levels we're capable of last weekend against Burnley, in terms of concentration and we kept a clean sheet for 90 minutes, and it's not acceptable to concede in a moment like that from their first shot of the game.

"We needed to improve in the second half and we came out with more intent.

"We're not happy with the performance and we're not happy with the outcome and we need to put it right next week."

Ipswich turn their attention back to the Emirates FA Cup with a fourth-round replay at Championship leaders on Burnley on Tuesday (7.45pm), before Wednesday, who went to the summit of League One after beating previous table toppers Plymouth 1-0 today, visit Portman Road next Saturday (3pm).