Norwich City 0 Sunderland 1: Highlights as Abdoullah Ba goal gives Cats big win at Carrow Road
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Abdoullah Ba scored the only goal of the game in the 15th minute with a low effort which beat goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
Sunderland then defended excellently in the second half to end a run of three consecutive defeats.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Norwich 0 Sunderland 1 (Ba, 15)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, Batth, O’Nien, Neil, Michut (Ekwah, 66), Roberts, Ba (Gooch, 66), Clarke, Gelhardt (Lihadji, 78)
- Subs: Bass, Anderson, Gooch, Ekwah, Lihadji, Bennette, Taylor
- Norwich XI: Gunn, Aarons (Sorensen, 55), Hanley, Gibson, Giannoulis, McLean, Nunez (Tzolis, 73), Hernandez (Marquinhos, 55), Sara, Idah (Sargent, 45), Pukki
- Subs: Krul, Omobamidele, Marquinhos, Tzolis, Sorensen, Gibbs, Sargent
72’ Batth booked
“You’re not fit to referee” chat the away fans, and the home fans then joined in.
It came after Batth was booked for a tackle on Pukki when he cleared appeared to win the ball on the edge of Sunderland’s box.
Sara’s free-kick was deflected wide.
62’ Pukki effort saved
Norwich are just starting to increase the pressure as Giannoulis’ cross for Pukki from the left was held by Patterson.
Neil was then booked for a foul on Marquinhos.
52’ Neil can’t believe it
Neil is furious after Hernandez went down on the edge of the box without any contact from the Sunderland player.
A free-kick was given, despite the referee being right next to the incident.
Thankfully for Sunderland it didn’t lead to a goal.
50’ Hernandez booked
Another Norwich booking as Hernandez is shown a yellow card for a foul on Roberts.