Early magic from Isak and Gakpo sees Liverpool claim their first win under Iraola

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] had not led all season until tonight, but they started with a clear desire to set that right, and they were in front at Portman Road in the sixth minute.[/p][p][b]Having seen a possible transfer collapse late on in the window, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gakpo-cody/pWyuBud0/"]Cody Gakpo[/a] looked as sharp as ever, and his neat through ball to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Isak[/a] was finished emphatically by the Swede at the near post. [/b][/p][p][b]By the ninth minute, the pair had combined again to double the advantage, Isak teasing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/greaves-jacob/zJBUaWwh/"]Jacob Greaves[/a] and then guiding the ball beyond [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scherpen-kjell/lbRoOiLm/"]Kjell Scherpen[/a] after running onto a delightful outside-of-the-boot pass.[/b][/p][embed guid="4be7dfd0-dc9d-4bfd-ab85-34dc9ce895cb" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2095954583264587975" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/szoboszlai-dominik/dERKtqoo/"]Dominik Szoboszlai[/a] then tested Scherpen with a stinging strike from the edge of the box, the first of three such efforts which the goalkeeper had to deal with before the break.[/p][p]The hosts belatedly responded with some sort of attacking threat, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davis-leif/rRuHW6a0/"]Leif Davis[/a] should really have added to last week’s goal at Old Trafford with a header at the back post, which he sent wide.[/p][p]But the Tractor Boys looked constantly vulnerable at the back, and Isak thought he had a first-half hat-trick following an inch-perfect [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wirtz-florian/0Q5gjImi/"]Florian Wirtz[/a] pick-out, only to be denied by a narrow offside call.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="6178efa6-530b-49ab-b831-5a078106c26e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="4c769308-e9da-487b-a3ec-786e6305f628" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]The visitors almost made a lightning start to the second half as well, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mac-allister-alexis/fDPhMB8M/"]Alexis Mac Allister[/a] had a golden chance to convert from a Szoboszlai corner, heading his effort tamely at Scherpen.[/p][p]Andoni Iraola was forced to endure a needless scare when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacquet-jeremy/h0WK6DL4/"]Jeremy Jacquet[/a] picked up a cheap yellow card and then appeared to go in clumsily on Emersonn just moments later, but referee Darren England didn’t even award a free kick. [/p][p]There was to be no hat-trick for Isak, who was withdrawn just after the hour mark, but that set the stage for the arrival of new signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Bradley Barcola[/a], who got supporters off their seats in the away end with a slaloming run shortly after his introduction.[/p][p]VAR then looked set to award a penalty after Szoboszlai was felled in the box, but the Hungarian was offside in the build-up, leaving the Suffolk side just about still in the contest.[/p][p]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ipswich/thqhB2MB/"]Ipswich[/a] could do very little with their reprieve and never really looked like changing the result, although a deflected [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clarke-jack/fTyETuhb/"]Jack Clarke[/a] strike briefly had [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alisson/UZrQ3bwP/"]Alisson Becker[/a] worried.[/p][p]Victory means Liverpool avoid going seven games without a win for only the second time in their history, while extending a sequence of 21 games unbeaten against newly-promoted teams (W16, D5).[/p][p]After a dream start against Sunderland, Ipswich have now been dealt a harsh dose of PL reality, losing their last two games by a 7-2 margin.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-dijk-virgil/U59RNqOr/"]Virgil van Dijk[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a])[/b][/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ipswich-thqhB2MB/liverpool-lId4TMwf/summary/stats/?mid=CIuslOyP"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/h2][infobox id="02b45e73-9abc-454d-882a-650a1a621f7d" /]