Megan Wearing: Ipswich should be proud despite Man City FA Cup loss

Goals by Jill Roord, Laura Coombs and Vivianne Miedema at the Joie Stadium put three-times winners City into the draw for the last 16.

And given the strength of the home side, Wearing said Town should not spend too much time trying to analyse where they got it wrong in defence.

“The first goal took a deflection, which was disappointing because at 0-0 you’re hoping you can keep it at that for a little while longer,” she continued.

“The second one was a cross, we maybe could have done a little bit better, but there were a lot (of chances) we stopped earlier with stout defending and resilience.

“You’ve got to respect the quality that is on the pitch – they score a lot of goals in the WSL so you can’t look too much into it.”

Wearing paid tribute to the volume generated by Ipswich’s travelling support.

The Scotland Under-19 international added: “Our fans are some of the best in the women’s game. Even at the end, the noise they made, the game was done but they weren’t silenced, you’d think we had more fans than City.

“They help us so much, they are well and truly the 12th man for us.”

Ipswich can now focus on the Women’s National League Southern Premier, having lost top spot at the weekend as a result of Hashtag United beating Plymouth Argyle 2-0.

Only the top team will win promotion to the second-tier Championship for next season.