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
15’ GOOOOAAAALLLL BA!!!
Just as Norwich were starting to build some pressure.
Roberts cut in from the right before passing to Gelhardt who then set up Ba.
The latter beat Gunn with a low finish into the bottom corner.
0-1
10’ Aarons goes close
This time Aarons goes close for Norwich after he was picked out on the right.
Patterson saved the full-back’s effort at his near post.
7’ Clarke effort saved
It’s been an open game so far.
This time Clarke forces a save from Gunn after Hume’s lofted pass to the left flank.
It was comfortable for the Norwich keeper.
4’ Gelhardt shot saved
Sunderland have just registered the first effort on target after O’Nien did well to win the ball back before passing it to Ba.
The latter then set up Gelhardt who forced a save from Gunn with a low effort from a tight angle.
Mowbray on Amad and Pritchard injuries
“Amad and Alex Pritchard will be a huge miss for us today, but neither injury is serious and we hope they will both be back in the squad next week.”
What to make of those sides
So it’s three changes to the Sunderland team which started against Stoke last weekend.
Luke O’Nien, Abdoullah Ba and Edouard Michut return to the starting XI, with Aji Alese, Alex Pritchard and Amad dropping out of the squad due to injuries.
January signing Joe Anderson is back on the bench along with Ellis Taylor.
Norwich have made one change to their side following their 3-2 win over Millwall last weekend, with Marcelino Nunez replacing Jacob Sorensen who drops to the bench.
Top scorer Josh Sargent is back on the bench after missing the side’s last three games with an injury.