Boss Roy Keane felt Tuesday night’s win at QPR was an important one as the Blues move into a period of four away games on the trot.
Keane said: "It was an important night for us. Obviously we should have done better in terms of killing the game off but I have to be pleased, in the end we got the win.
"We were at it in the first half. We had two or three other chances and at 2-0 we were actually a bit disappointed.
"We knew QPR would come out in the second half and they caused us problems, but we haven't had that many victories. So it's not a night to be critical because we got the result.
"It was a very important three points, especially with the run of away games we have coming up.
"The full-backs did well, Jaime Peters and Jack. We felt they could get at QPR and there were a lot of positives to take from the 90 minutes.
"Murph got another goal, and could have had another one. Pablo worked well up front and, although we had some anxious moments at the end, I can't be critical of my players because it was a big win for us."
QPR manager Mick Harford blasted his side’s first half display: "For a professional club, that first half performance was not acceptable.
"It was totally inept, lacking everything. Lacking effort, lacking commitment. Ipswich should have been out of sight, they had chance after chance and carved us open.
"We played better in the second half but that doesn't really bother me at the moment. At half-time I told them the fans were right to boo.
"I asked them if everyone was up for the fight, a rallying call for more effort and commitment. The players now know they are in a relegation fight."