Norwich vs. Wolves (0-1)

Written by World Wide Wolfie on January 30th, 2006

Now, that’s more like it.  A battling performance and a result which was all the sweeter for perhaps being undeserved – on the basis of a first half battering at least, which gave Matt Murray ample opportunity to remind us that he is the best goalkeeper in this division by a country mile.  We could have conceded four or five in the first half were it not for some first class saves.

But Wolves came out battling in the second half, and Kightly scored a good goal after Henry’s shot bounced off the post.  Breen’s sending off a few minutes later made the final 30 minutes extremely uncomfortable.  What looked at the time like a dive on replay looked like a well-timed professional foul which potentially again kept the goal out the back of the Wolves net – although Murray looked as though he might have been able to handle the threat alone.

From then on it was pretty much solid defending although on one of the few occasions when the ball made it down the Norwich end, Keogh was denied what looked to be a clear penalty shout.  If it was tense up to that point, the combination of McNamara being sent off for a second yellow on 90 minutes and the announcement of no less than 5 minutes injury time put the tension through the roof.  The referee, who to be fair, up to that point had had a absolutely terrible game, compounded his multiple sins by playing in excess of that.  Still, Norwich could find no way through, and Wolves scored perhaps their best – and luckiest – (and that’s to take nothing away from a really determined performance) -  three points of the season with 9 men against 12.  I went home a very happy Wolfie.  If you want to take a look at my video of the end of the game, check it out here happy, as I say.

 

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