No one is going to do us any favours - Taylor

Ipswich Town midfielder Jack Taylor says they need to brush themselves down as they target a vital three points at Stoke City on Tuesday (20:00 GMT).

The Tractor Boys missed the chance to move into the Championship's automatic promotion places on Saturday after being held 1-1 by Leicester City, who lie 22nd in the table.

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna said on Monday that the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have since admitted they should have had two penalties at the weekend.

"Its obviously not great when it doesn't go your way," Taylor told BBC Radio Suffolk.

"It just reflects the fact that no one's going to do us any favours in the job that we've set out. So its down to us to brush ourselves down and attack [at Stoke]."

Despite the sense of injustice over Saturday's decisions by the officials, Taylor is not convinced that the Championship needs the introduction of VAR.

"I'm a bit in the middle. I think sometimes the referees need help, like the other day. But then you don't want to slow the play down," he added.

"Everyone loves the Championship because its so quick and so intense, and you see bigger tackles which, as a supporter, is what you want to see."

Victory for Ipswich on Tuesday would take them to within two points of second-placed Middlesbrough who host Charlton on Wednesday.

Taylor warns that it will not be easy to secure the double at mid-table Stoke despite victory over them at Portman Road in December.

"They played well when they came to us. They built up first phase really well, and it was a lot of us pressing, but they didn't really hurt us that much," Taylor said.

"They made us run which I think we matched up really well. But obviously, away from home is going to be a different sort of game, and hopefully we can put a performance on, and definitely get a result."