Tommy Smith turned from villain to hero as Town saw off 10-man United at Portman Road.

After Jason Scotland had given Ipswich a first-half lead, an error from Smith allowed Leeds to poach an equaliser through Robert Snodgrass.

But, after former Ipswich defender Alex Bruce had been sent off for a second yellow card, Smith was afforded the freedom of the Leeds penalty area to head home the winner.

"It was a fair result and a good performance," said Keane.

"Leeds caused us problems as you'd expect. They're a big, strong team with a lot of energy, but we just about edged it.

"We gave away a shocking goal but the players responded well and we scored two good goals ourselves.

"We could have been a bit more clinical when we were breaking on two-v-ones or three-v-ones.

"Jason scored a great goal. It certainly wasn't easy and there was a lot of work still to do.

"But when we get these other chances we've got to take them, because we're not a team capable of scoring three or four goals.

"1-0 or 2-1 I'll take all day. I'm not interested in 4-3s or 5-2s. I'll leave that to the other teams."

Goal hero Smith was only on the pitch because Darren O'Dea was injured in the warm-up.

"Darren has been struggling with a knee problem since he went away with the last international squad," added Keane.

"We thought we'd take a chance but as soon as he went out for the warm-up he said he was struggling.

"That's why you have to have players who are mentally ready and it was no surprise that Tommy ended up scoring.

"When someone's not in the team and then you have to make last-minute changes, it's always ironic when they score.

"When we were in the dressing room before the game I said he'd score a goal.

"He's the best defender at the club in terms of attacking the ball and should probably should score more goals."

Leeds boss Simon Grayson was at least able to reflect on an improvement following the 6-4 defeat by Preston last time out.

"I thought we were quite comfortable, even though we were behind at half-time," he said.

"Our goalkeeper didn't have too many saves to make and we looked solid.

"There was a response from the team, after the other night.

"But we just needed a bit more belief at half-time that we could actually get back in the game.

"In this division any time you make a mistake you can get punished.

"We had possession of the ball and then gave it away for their first goal.

"The next thing we knew it was in the back of the net.

"But we got back in the game and looked more than capable of being able to get a result.

"Then a few things happened that didn't help our cause.

"The sending-off was fair. It possibly contributed to our downfall.

"I don't mind teams opening us up when we're down to 10 men but we defended a corner and then their lad had a free header that we could quite easily have dealt with."