Norwich Lose Focus

Norwich lost points from a situation they should have been in complete control for the second time in a week, when they suffered a 3-2 home defeat to Swansea. Norwich completely dominated the first 30 minutes of the first half, so to leave with nothing was hugely disappointing. The lesson from the game is Norwich must take advantage when they are on top. The argument can be made that in a way the team did so by taking the lead, but we should of been two or three goals to the good not one. The other big issue is to keep the pressure on to maintain the advantage and finally to defend properly. In my mind all three of Swansea's goals were preventable by defending well.

Norwich started the game so well and Bell in particular was impressive on the left hand side. It's noticeable the quality that bell can provide from crosses and set pieces. That quality hasn't been present at Carrow Road, since David Bentley's loan spell. On the opposite flank Matty Pattison was showing great energy and Lupoli and Lita were both using their pace to good effect. After a number of close calls it was no surprise that Arturo Lupoli scored his 4^th goal of the season after good work from Mark Fotheringham. Norwich continued to create openings and Pattison created space for himself before going for goal, but the South African was denied by the post.

Then for some inexplicable reason Norwich stopped trying to find the second goal and gave Swansea some more of the ball. They started to sit back and drop off and duly got punished. First Swansea had a disallowed goal, but Norwich ignored the warning and the equaliser arrived. Despite all the dominance by the Canaries city went in level at half time.

Something very strange happened at the start of the second half as Swansea scored two quick goals and the game was won. Norwich pulled one goal back, but rarely threatened an equaliser. In the end the game finished in a 3-2 defeat.

I can only put the collapse at the start of the second due to a lack of concentration, but City must put teams to the sword otherwise they will remain at the bottom end of the table. This club is not is crisis we just need to take our chances.