Ipswich boss McKenna: Delap enjoying himself; Not thinking about England

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna was delighted with Liam Delap’s performance in victory over Chelsea last night.

Delap Scored from the spot to help Ipswich to a famous 2-0 win on Monday.

“It was an outstanding team performance, there were so many outstanding individual performances, but Liam was fantastic tonight, there’s no doubt about that,” said McKenna.

“I’ve told people around the club, he’s improving. He’s a different animal now than he was in July and when you see the rate of improvement from a 21-year-old, that shows the increased maturity that he has Is, the desire he has to improve, that’s a really positive sign at 21. He did a great job tonight and all season really.”

On Delap’s chances in England, McKenna also said: “I don’t think he’s thinking about that.

“Liam is a funny boy and he’s good at staying in the moment. He enjoys his football, he enjoys the group of boys he’s in the dressing room with.

“He comes to training, he wants to have fun and now he wants to get better and he’s trying to improve every day, and he’s trying to take on the challenge of playing in the Premier League.

“I also spoke to him today about the challenge of leading the team because when you’re the number nine in the team with the dynamic of where we come from, it’s a lot of responsibility from a leadership point of view.

“And he’s just enjoying the challenges. I think he’s taking each day as it comes and he’s not focusing on more than that. I think that’s just the right thing to do.”