CANARIES 1 Baggies 0 – Key moments, ratings & stats
CANARIES 1 Baggies 0 – Key moments, ratings & stats
Josh Sargent’s stoppage-time strike earned Norwich City a smash and grab 1-0 victory over West Brom at Carrow Road.
Sargent’s superb finish means the Canaries move to 10th in the Championship table, although there are still five points separating them from the play-off places.
Norwich started poorly in the 5-2-3 system Thorup had deployed after its successful showing at Bristol before the international break, but after a few nervy minutes they settled down.
It was the visiting side who had the first real chance, however, Karlan Grant cutting it and seeing Angus Gunn spill his deflected shot just wide of the far post. The resulting corner ended up with Torbjorn Heggem’s stooping header, forcing Gunn into a superb beat clear.
City responded with a double-chance of their own, Sargent somehow firing straight at Joe Wildsmith when Borja Sainz sent him through on goal before Ante Crnac shot wide from the rebound.
Jayson Molumby should have opened the scoring in the 27th minute when John Swift found him in space on the edge of the box from a free-kick, but he comfortably cleared the crossbar with his effort. Grant then had another chance, stinging Gunn’s palms from inside the box.
The same man continued to be a danger the other side of half-time, picking the ball up in space on the edge of the box. The home fans breathed a sigh of relief as his swipe drifted just over, but at the other end there wasn’t much for them to get excited about.
It took nearly 20 minutes for the next half-chance to be created, and even then it feel to Swift. He poked over, summing up the lack of quality that continued thereafter.
Until, that was, the American had his say. He smelt blood when substitute Marcelino Nunez sent him through, galloping forward to chop inside and send his public into raptures.
Substitutes:
12. Long (GK)
10. Jurasek
11. Marcondes (on for Slimane, 55)
15. McConville (on for Stacey, 90+4)
16. Wright (on for Sorensen, 75)
18. Forson
25. Hernandez
26. Nunez (on for Crnac, 55)
29. Schwartau (on for Sainz, 90+4)
Head Coach: Johannes Hoff Thorup
Goals: Sargent (90+2)
Substitutes:
20. Griffiths (GK)
11. Diangana (on for Fellows, 78)
12. Dike
17. Diakate
19. Lankshear (on for Armstrong)
21. Price
22. Johnston (on for Grant, 78)
24. Frabotta
26. Bany (on for Molumby, 86)
Head Coach: Tony Mowbray
KEY MOMENTS
11 – Grant fires low at Gunn, who spills just wide after a deflection.
11 – Heggem stoops to flick Grant’s cross goalward, forcing Gunn into a good save.
16 – Sainz slips through for Sargent and he should score, but fires straight at Wildsmith. The rebound comes to Crnac, whose effort spins wide.
27 – Swift cuts back for Molumby, who is in space on the edge of the box but comfortably clears the bar.
33 – A Norwich corner is headed as far as Fisher, who slices well over.
33 – Mowatt lays off for Grant, who stings Gunn’s palms again.
40 – Sainz’s snapshot from distance curls wide.
Half-time: Norwich City 0-0 West Brom
50 – Norwich move the ball well and McLean finds Sainz in-behind. He’s under pressure from Holgate though, and can only drive at Wildsmith.
51 – Grant is free on the edge of the box again, swiping viciously just over.
70 – Swift pokes over from the edge of the box.
85 – Nunez curls wide with a free-kick.
90+2 – GOAL NORWICH (Sargent): Nunez slips Sargent through but he still has work to do. But he gallops into the box, chops inside and slides home to win the game.
90+6 – McConville heads off the line to deny an equaliser.
Full-time: Norwich City 1-0 West Brom
PLAYER RATINGS
Gunn 7, Stacey 5, Sorensen 5, Duffy 6, Cordoba 6, Fisher 7, Slimane 4, McLean 7, Crnac 5, Sainz 6, Sargent 7. Subs: Marcondes 5, Nunez 7, Wright 6, Schwartau 5, McConville 6.
MATCH STATISTICS
Possession: 41pc-59pc
Shots: 8-12
On target: 3-4
Corners: 3-6
Fouls: 14-10
Added time: 1 min/5 mins
Attendance: 26,707 (1,875 West Brom)
Referee: David Webb
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