To a backdrop of brilliantly bile-fueled invective that rarely ceased from every quarter of Portman Road, the returning East Anglian derby provided a brutal, pulsating encounter that epitomised English football at its finest: all heart and no shortage of class when it mattered.
Loud, nasty, spiteful and enthralling – and that was just the action in the stands – it was perhaps fitting that it ended in a draw, for no one really deserved to leave empty handed. After a near five-year break, El Tractico honours remain even.
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