How the Irish fared: Murphy and Tabb make McCarthy happy

Goals from Daryl Murphy and Jay Tabb gave Mick McCarthy an early Christmas present on Saturday as a 2-0 win over fellow promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough lifted Ipswich to second in the Championship.

How the Irish fared: Murphy and Tabb make McCarthy happy
Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 00:00
Darren Norris

Murphy, the Championship’s leading marksman, grabbed his 14th of the season after 25 minutes before the diminutive Tabb headed home a second on the stroke of half-time.

“If I had been asked what I wanted for Christmas, then three points today would have been the answer,” McCarthy said.

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