Norwich City picked up their first win of the season on Saturday as they beat Newcastle 3-1 at Carrow Road.
Teemu Pukki scored a sensational hat-trick to secure the three points for the home side, with Jonjo Shelvey scoring a consolation goal for Steve Bruce’s side late on.
Whilst most of the plaudits, understandably, have gone to Teemu Pukki, another Norwich player has also been feeling the love on Twitter.
Here are some Norwich fans reacting to Mo Leitner’s display…
Jack has come up with his own song!
Twitter: He’ll pass it 20 yards & 30 yards,
Everywhere we go,
40 yards & 50 yards,
Leitner’s pinging balls,
Leitner pinging… https://t.co/lfbqTt8PLD (@JField97)
Martin thinks he was the best player on the pitch!
Twitter: Moritz leitner what a player. Best player on the pitch! The ? is on ? roll on chelski #ncfc (@milkymartin81)
Ian wants to make sure Leitner gets his praise…
Twitter: Teemu Pukki getting all the plaudits (quite rightly), but amongst all the top performances today, how good was Mori… https://t.co/69ZFeeBxGV (@Ian_M1)
Dan was impressed!
Twitter: After today’s performance, Moritz Leitner is finally showing why he was once Germany’s future superstar #NCFC (@jermy118)
Emma has thanked Farke for playing him!
Twitter: Final one? :
Thank you Mr Farke for playing Mo Leitner – literally his first touch set the tone for his game. Very… https://t.co/1FcOgMvc0r (@emmaj9612)
Scott thinks he was the standout!
Twitter: What a performance today. Stand out for me was leitner in the middle, wanted the ball at every opportunity #ncfc (@forder1709)
David says Leitner and Trybull controlled the midfield!
Twitter: What a performance, Pukki is a natural finisher and Leitner controlled the midfield with Trybull #ncfc (@David_ncfc11)
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You only have to look at his statistics from the game to see how well Leitner performed against Newcastle.
Twitter: moritz leitner vs newcastle:
93 passes
90.3% pass accuracy
100% dribble success
100% tackle success
11x possession wonmaestro #ncfc (@N_NCFC)
He won possession 11 times in midfield, whilst maintaining a 100% dribble and tackle success rate. Leitner and Trybull dominated the middle of the park and kept Norwich on the front foot for the majority of the game, winning the ball back in good positions and setting up attacks.
The German impressed off the bench against Liverpool and merited his start – taking his chance with both hands. He will now be hoping for a prolonged run of games in the starting line-up – after missing most of the second-half of last season due to injury.
