Norwich City bounced back from their defeat to Birmingham with a 3-2 win over Cardiff City at Carrow Road today.
It was the same scoreline as when the team’s last met at Carrow Road almost two years ago – with Cameron Jerome a scorer that day as well.
It was ex-Cardiff forward Jerome who opened the scoring. He initially scuffed his shot, but recovered well to fire home from an angle to give City the lead.
Russell Martin then doubled City’s lead when he headed home a fine Jacob Murphy corner.
Ex-Norwich man Anthony Pilkington then came back to haunt his old club by chesting the ball in on the line to make it 2-1.
Josh Murphy then made it 3-1 when he beautifully curled a shot into the far corner from the edge of the box.
Pilkington pulled a consolation goal back in the dying embers of the match, but Norwich held on for the win.
There were a number of good performers for Norwich across the pitch, despite the win being far from convincing.
It has been a hard task to single out one player as my man of the match, but I have gone for central defender Timm Klose.
Despite conceding two late goals (neither of which Klose was at fault for), Klose was superb throughout the match to keep City in the game.
He dealt with the aerial threat of Rickie Lambert very well and was a strong presence at the back alongside Ryan Bennett.
Klose did start the match with Russell Martin at CB, and looked shaky, but was far more comfortable alongside Ryan Bennett when he came on for the injured Robbie Brady.
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