Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna described their thrilling 2-2 draw with Southampton as an "outstanding game of football".

The Tractor Boys took the lead in the second half and then went behind after goals from Ryan Manning and Cyle Larin before substitute Jack Clarke struck the ball home late on.

With the points shared it means Ipswich remain in the driving seat for the second automatic promotion spot with one more game left to play in the regular Championship season.

"It's been hard work but I didn't see a toll tonight, it was an outstanding game of football and I'm so proud of the performance," McKenna told BBC Radio Suffolk.

"Credit to Southampton for their input to the game and I think when you produce a performance like against one of the form teams in the country that you can say we're in a brilliant way.

"We'd have loved to of finished it off tonight and we were millimetres away but we look forward to Saturday with a lot of confidence.

"I really loved the reaction from the team at 2-1 to get back and push for a winner after the equaliser."

Ipswich finish their season at home to QPR on Saturday and know that a win would be enough to seal their return to the Premier League.