Late goals against Bristol City guide Norwich City to second place in the league table: Npower Championship update
Late goals help Norwich City beat Bristol City 3-1 in an Npower Championship encounter at the Carrow Road on Monday evening. The result takes the Canaries to second place on the league table and seven points behind leaders Queens Park http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314.
Paul Lambert made one change to his starting line-up that beat Leicester City recently. Simeon Jackson replaced Aaron Wilbraham to partner Grant Holt upfront.
On the other hand, Keith Millen also made one change to his Bristol side that beat Portsmouth 2-1 recently. Defender Steven Caulker replaced Damion Stewart.
The game took off to a rollicking start, as the hosts were awarded a penalty in the second minute of the game. Skipper Liam Fontaine brought down Wes Hoolahan inside the box with a horrible tackle and the referee had no hesitation pointing to the spot. Grant
Holt smashed his shot into the top right corner to make it 1-0 for Norwich.
The hosts had all the impetus in the opening exchanges and they came extremely close of doubling their lead in the sixth minute. David Fox drilled a low shot through everyone in the crowded penalty area, but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-James-c10511 made a splendid save down to his right
to save.
The hosts dominated the game with ease and had the lion’s share of possession in the opening half hour. The Robins had a first sight on goal in the 34th minute, when Albert Adomah drilled his shot from outside the penalty area but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Ruddy-c18892 stood
tall to catch the ball.
The hosts had a wonderful chance to score five minutes after the resumption of second half. Jackson made a lovely run into the box and prodded the ball beyond James but his weak shot was cleared off the line by Fontaine.
A minute later, the visitors had a fantastic opportunity to equalize; Adomah fired a bullet shot from 25 yards and Ruddy dived to claw it out for a corner.
After a flurry of attacks from both teams in the second half, the visitors managed to equalize just after the hour mark. Jamal Campbell-Ryce played a lovely through ball to Adomah, who flicked his shot past Ruddy to make it 1-1 for the Robins.
Both teams continued their search for a winner, and both came close with several efforts.
Norwich City took the lead three minutes before the full time whistle. Hoolahan played in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Henri-Lansbury-c16044, who danced through the middle and slammed the ball into the net to make it 2-1.
Just before the full time whistle, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Canaries-c38723 doubled their lead to complete a comprehensive win. Andrew Surman bustled his way into the box and finished it beautifully between the legs of James to register his first goal for the club and make it 3-1.
Norwich City will take on Hull City on 19th March, while Bristol City will face Burnley the same day.
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