Derby defeat turns up the heat on Roy

THE pressure is piling on Ipswich boss Roy Keane after his side slumped to their fourth successive defeat, hammered 4-1 by rivals Norwich yesterday.

Grant Holt’s hat-trick destroyed Ipswich in the rout at Carrow Road. The striker scored twice in the first half, sandwiching an equaliser from the Tractor Boys’ Irish defender Damien Delaney, who was sent off in the 37th minute for a professional foul on Holt.

Keane’s men rarely threatened an equaliser in the second half and, after Holt completed his treble in the 76th minute, substitute Wes Hoolahan added a fourth two minutes later.

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