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title: "Norwich 0-1 Preston: Rating the Canaries"
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published: "2016-10-22T16:17:47Z"
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# Norwich 0-1 Preston: Rating the Canaries

Norwich City dropped out of the automatic promotion places today after a 1-0 loss at home to Preston North End today.

The defeat comes as a surprise for Norwich fans – with the loss being the first one that Norwich have suffered at Carrow Road this season. This leaves Aston Villa with the only unbeaten home record in Championship this season.

Norwich never got going in the game, with Preston setting out their stall early on and doing a fantastic job of containing the home side.

Cameron Jerome missed a plethora of chances in front of goal, as Norwich rued their missed opportunities.

Preston have been praised for their work from set-pieces this season, and that was their source of success again today. Alex Baptiste headed home from seven-yards out after a free-kick delivery to hand Preston the three points.

It was a dreadful performance from Norwich, and here are our player ratings from the game…