Norwich City pulled off one of the results of the season as they were able to beat Manchester City 3-2 at Carrow Road on Saturday.
A key component of their success was their ability to beat the Manchester City press and bypass opposition players with passes between the lines.
Twitter: Beating the press by sticking to our philosophy… ?? #ncfc https://t.co/16bSPQI7r1 (@NorwichCityFC)
These Norwich fans reacted to a few clips of this in action…
Class…
Twitter: @NorwichCityFC @LoramSebastian “Man City were just poor”- how people can say that’s the only reason we won I’ll nev… https://t.co/2Bac9QusLi (@DanielOsborne96)
Oh yes!
Twitter: @NorwichCityFC Oh yes ??? (@nevtownsend)
Fantastic!
Twitter: @NorwichCityFC Fantastic performance ??? (@simfizz)
Wow!
Twitter: @NorwichCityFC Wow! (@Kunlemessi)
Well…
Twitter: @NorwichCityFC The whole world loves your football club (@FeelinChilly)
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Norwich used several clips in their video, but could have had even more with the number of times Norwich were able to beat Manchester City’s press and retain the ball despite strong pressure from the Premier League champions.
The likes of Kenny McLean, Marco Stiepermann and Emi Buendia, in particular, were vital to Norwich in the positions they picked up to create space and allow for the movement of other players to receive and make passes.
If Norwich can play like this against the “lesser” teams in the league, they should find even more joy on the counter-attack.
