Two red cards, a missed penalty, some dodgy refereeing decisions and a late equaliser. All in a days work for City. But the question still remains, will it be enough to stop Peter Taylor getting the sack?

The afternoon looked like it would be same old story for City as they went 1-0 down after only 12 minutes when Ipswich striker Marcus Stewart punished City's slack defence to hit home a blinding shot past new boy Ian Walker.

City's first real concrete chance came after 27 minutes when City were awarded a free-kick just eight yards out from goal after Ipswich 'keeper Sereni made the mistake of scooping up John McGreal's back-pass.

Callum Davidson was the man to step up and take the free kick but his low shot went straight into the wall and was cleared to safety.

As half time came about the crowd were noticeably getting behind the team even though they were 1-0 down and the Taylor out chants that have been heard in recent weeks were also absent.

The man that seemed to be singled out for abuse today was referee Barry Knight who was definitely guilty of some very strange decisions as he prevented the game from flowing.

The second half started with Taylor swapping young Jordan Stewart for Frank Sinclair. The decision proved to be a good one with him making his mark immediately as City tried to put some pressure on the visitors.

An early shot by Davidson was sent over the bar by Ipswich 'keeper Sereni after just 47 minutes. It proved to be his last major contribution to the game as just ten minutes later he was sent off after it appeared that he headbutted Savage in the penalty area. This then forced Ipswich to remove Finidi George who was replaced by substitute 'keeper Keith Branagan.

Unfortunately the resulting penalty was sent way over the bar by the usually cool Izzet to leave City still trailing.

City also fell foul of a redcard when Marshall was sent off for tussling with Reuser after he fouled Marshall.

City finally got their equaliser in the 90th minute when a goalmouth scramble ended with Dean Sturridge sliding the ball home.

This then set up a frantic finish as both teams struggled to find the elusive wining goal. Unfortunately for City though they could not find the back of the net and the game ended 1-1.

All in all it was not a great match and will definitely be remembered more for the red cards and missed penalty than anything else. The main question though is will it be enough to save Taylor? I doubt it. City were very poor today and just went on to prove that up front City have a lot of work to do. Akinbiyi is running alot but is not getting anywhere fast.

At the time of writing there has been no announcement but former City striker Tony Cottee was asked by SkySports if he thought that a draw was good enough to keep Taylor's job. He said no.

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