Norwich showed this weekend that they're
too good for the drop as we reach the
business end of the season.
Man U had a
difficult trip to the South East looking to avoid the
potential banana skin of defeat to a
hardworking Norwich, who
threatened to gatecrash Man U's party.
On paper Man u looked favorites, but
there are no easy games, and Paul Lamberts
done a fantastic job down there. Norwich are
a hard team to break down, and
it was all to play for, as both teams looked to
do their talking on the pitch.
Norwich
set out their stall, and looked to
keep it tight at the back for the first 20 minutes. They
ran their socks off,
covering every blade of grass. Norwich
like to get the ball down and play,and chose not to
park the bus. It was
end to end stuff but
what the game needed was a goal, and Scholes delivered the
killer ball thanks to some
schoolboy errors, and
The keeper won’t have been happy with conceding from there.
However
its a game of two halves, and Norwich
didn't let their heads drop.
The best form of defence is attack, and
Journeyman Grant Holt's
rallying cry lifted Norwich. He may lack that
half a yard of pace, but
you couldn't question his commitment, and he
got in man u's faces constantly.
Norwich were
in the ascendancy, and the crowd in
good voice, as the
inspired substitution Wilbraham had a screamer denied by a save
right out of the top draw. There were some
handbags, Scholes
doing just enough to put him off, and
if that foul was outside the area, 9 times out of 10 it’s a free kick and
i've seen them given, but the ref wasn't impressed.
Grant Holt finally put Norwich
right back in it as he literally
pinged it on a sixpence, showing that
for a big guy he's good with his feet. I'm
not sure how much the keeper knew about that one, but the
next goal was going to be really important.
Ryan Giggs finally revealed what a
great engine he's got to win it
at the death, Man U showing the
mark of true champions by
grinding out a result in a game Norwich probably
deserved to get something from.
'The result was
hard on a spirited Norwich side who didn't quite get the
rub of the green, but
they've made a lot of new friends in the premier league today, and
its in their hands now.
You can't win anything in February but you can lose it, and no doubt
they're over the moon with
what the gaffers trying to do there.
It's a marathon not a sprint, and
they'll dust themselves off and go again next week,
taking it one game at a time, after all
you can only play the team infront of you.
Football's a funny old game, but the players have been
a credit to themselves, and
they're a great advertisment for the premier league.
At the end of the day the real winner tonight was football.
right. i think thats all the cliches, well, the 65 i could think of anyway!
