Enzo Maresca risked a backlash from Chelsea fans by suggesting the ‘environment’ they created at Stamford Bridge helped Ipswich take the 2-0 lead from which his Champions League chasers could never fully recover.
The visitors, playing to delay their relegation from the Premier League, scored their second goal immediately from a Chelsea goal kick which Maresca’s goalkeeper Robert Sanchez launched long.
The home fans had voiced their frustrations with their side persisting with playing short passes from the back prior to that as Sanchez abandoned the primary plan amid a pressurised atmosphere.