Saturday 24th October 2015, Barclays Premier League,
Carrow Road, Kick-Off 3:00pm |
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Norwich City |
0 - 1 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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0 - 0 |
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Rondón (46) |
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Managers |
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Alex Neil |
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Tony Pulis |
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Starting XI |
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John Ruddy |
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Boaz Myhill |
(c) Russell Martin |
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Craig Dawson |
Ryan Bennett |
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Gareth McAuley |
Sébastien Bassong |
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Jonny Evans |
Robbie Brady |
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Chris Brunt |
Alex Tettey |
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Stéphane Sessègnon |
Nathan Redmond |
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Darren Fletcher (c) |
(Jerome 78)
Wes Hoolahan |
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Claudio Yacob |
Jonny Howson |
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James McClean |
Matt Jarvis |
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Salomón Rondón (Lambert 74) |
Dieumerci Mbokani |
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Saido Berahino (Gardner 88) |
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Substitutes |
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Steven Whittaker |
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Jonas Olsson |
Lewis Grabban |
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James Chester |
Cameron Jerome |
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Craig Gardner |
(gk) Declan Rudd |
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Victor Anichebe |
Graham Dorrans |
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Rickie Lambert |
Martin Olsson |
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Callum McManaman |
Gary O'Neil |
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Anders Lindegaard (gk) |
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Bookings |
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Howson (foul 22) |
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Brunt (foul 72) |
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McClean (foul 78) |
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Attendance:
26,983 |
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Referee:
Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) |
Assistant 01:
Derek Eaton
(Gloucestershire) |
Assistant 02:
Marc Perry (West Midlands) |
Fourth Official:
Graham Scott
(Oxfordshire) |
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Official Matchday
Programme |
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● Saido Berahino makes his 50th Premier League start for Albion. |
MATCH REPORT
Salomon Rondon's early
second-half goal was enough for
West Brom to leave Norwich
with all three points. Norwich were looking to bounce back from a galling defeat
at Newcastle last Sunday but could not make their early dominance pay as West
Brom secured a narrow 1-0 victory. Canaries boss Alex Neil dropped both of his
full-backs following the 6-2 hammering on Tyneside but Norwich could not breach
a solid backline from the visitors. With games against Manchester City, Chelsea,
Arsenal and Manchester United to come in their next six Premier League fixtures,
Norwich needed a result here but were toothless when it mattered - with
West Brom's record signing Rondon heading home less than a
minute into the second half.
Wes Hoolahan had the first
chance for a quick-starting
Norwich,
firing over after good work from Matt Jarvis and Nathan Redmond had teed up the
Republic of Ireland international. The visitors were slower out of the blocks
but Chris Brunt's drive still forced a smart save out of John Ruddy before Jonny
Howson was next to miss the target for Norwich. Neil's side were really pushing
the issue as Alex Tettey saw a rasping shot bravely blocked by Jonny Evans with
Redmond finally drawing a save out of Boaz Myhill with a low drive. Howson was
shown a yellow card for tripping Saido Berahino and was lucky not to pick up a
second booking moments later for a foul on Darren Fletcher - with referee Kevin
Friend giving him the benefit of the doubt. A well-worked free-kick routine from
the Baggies almost saw Rondon put them in front but he could not connect as he
slid in to meet Craig Dawson's cross. Jarvis was enjoying his battle with Dawson
and again managed to cross from the left with
Redmond only able to send a shot over the bar on the slide.
West Brom's attacks may have
been few and far between but Brunt again tested Ruddy from distance with the
England goalkeeper shovelling the ball behind for a corner.
Both sides came close before the
break, firstly Dawson
somehow missed a header from inside the six-yard box before Dieumerci Mbokani's
close-range chance was smothered by Myhill. Rondon also headed over the top as
the game opened up in the final five minutes of the first half - but the sides
went in level at the interval. But West Brom needed no second invitation after
the restart as Berahino was freed down the right, playing in James McLean whose
cross was nodded home by Rondon. Pulis' side were now in control of the game as,
for a third time, Ruddy was on hand to prevent Brunt scoring from outside the
box. Norwich had no response as Russell Martin flashed high and wide from
the edge of the box and they could not create a clear chance as they slipped to
a fifth league defeat of the campaign.
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