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title: "Our man of the match: Rotherham (H)"
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author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2016-10-15T16:46:43Z"
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# Our man of the match: Rotherham (H)

Norwich City moved to the top of the Championship table today with a 3-1 win over Rotherham at Carrow Road.

The home side dominated throughout, taking the lead in the 17th minute. Wes Hoolahan latched onto a superb Alex Pritchard through ball before slotting past the ‘keeper.

Cameron Jerome then doubled Norwich’s lead when he bundled home a Hoolahan cross in the 65th minute – his sixth Championship goal of the campaign.

![Stephen Pond/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnorwich.com/readnorwich/2016/10/614816866.jpg)

Dexter Blackstock put Norwich on edge as he halved the deficit in the 74th minute.

However, Norwich sealed all three points in the 89th minute when substitute Steven Naismith had the easy task of slotting home after good play from Josh Murphy.

There were a number of superb performances from City today, with Wes Hoolahan, Alex Pritchard, Cameron Jerome, Timm Klose and Martin Olsson impressing.

But, I am going with the massively underrated Graham Dorrans as my man of the match.

Dorrans has had a lot of unneeded criticism in the past from Norwich fans, yet he has been one of Norwich’s best players this season.

Since coming into the side, Dorrans has been one of the standout performers for Alex Neil’s side and was superb again today.

He ran the show in the middle of the park, with precise, accurate, passes all match.