Enzo Maresca says that after Ipswich prevented the Foxes from going ten points clear at the top, Leicester needs to be cautious of the Championship’s chasing group.

After a 1-1 draw, Jeremy Sarmiento’s late equalizer put the visitors back in second place and hampered the Foxes’ title run.

The hosts took the lead through an unlucky own goal by Leif Davis in the first half, but they were unable to extend it.

Vaclav Hladky denied Tom Cannon twice, and Mads Hermansen made a great save to deny Ipswich an earlier equalizer.

“I’ve felt the breath of Ipswich and Southampton since we started and I’ve felt Leeds’ breath as well; the Championship is very long,” stated Leicester manager Maresca, who served a ban in the stands.

“Even if we would have been 10 points ahead of Southampton and Ipswich if we had won tonight, it’s still a very long way to go.

“Now we are [going] in the right direction because of the performance but there are still many games.

“It’s always a shame when you drop points at the end. It happened there [in Ipswich] and happened tonight. It’s football, even if you go 2-0 up, until the end there is always danger. Overall, with the way we performed, I’m very happy.

“It was frustrating being in the stand because you don’t have the direct contact with the players. I feel frustrated about the result, not about the way we performed.”

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna said: “The second half was much more like ourselves and we can take a lot of confidence from it. On the balance of the second half we probably deserved to get something from the game.

“We are coming back at lot, not losing many games, which is a reflection of the culture and togetherness in the group.

“I really liked the second half, there was a real conviction in the dressing room at half-time.

“I thought in the first half we didn’t manage to find that belief in ourselves but there was a real intent to go out in the second half and show that. There’s so long to go we have to focus on ourselves.”