Manchester Metropolis shocked by Norwich in Three-2 loss

Manchester Metropolis fell 5 factors behind Liverpool on the prime of the desk after a stunning Three-2 defeat at Norwich.

Kenny McLean gave Daniel Farke’s males a shock lead earlier than the hosts reached dreamland territory as Todd Cantwell added one other.

Sergio Aguero nodded in to cut back the deficit in first-half stoppage time earlier than Teemu Pukki made it Three-1 quickly after the break.

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Participant of the month Pukki pounced after some abject Manchester Metropolis defending and there was no approach again for Pep Guardiola’s males, regardless of Rodri’s strike three minutes from time giving them hope.

Jurgen Klopp’s facet received Three-1 over Newcastle earlier within the day, however Metropolis couldn’t reply and as a substitute slumped to a harmful defeat, their run of 9 away wins in a row over.

“I do not assume many individuals gave us an opportunity however we got here out combating,” McLean stated in a postmatch interview. “There have been loads of accidents however we could not use that as an excuse. We’ve a great squad, a great bench and the efficiency was glorious.

“We received off to a flyer and we knew they might have loads of the ball. We knew the counter-attack and set items can be very important for us and it labored out that approach.”

Manchester Metropolis suffered a stunning defeat at Norwich to fall additional behind Liverpool. Getty

The champions met stern resistance from the house facet within the opening exchanges, discovering it significantly troublesome to interrupt a dedicated Norwich down. And it received even higher for the hosts on 18 minutes when a nook from the correct was headed in fantastically by McLean, who rose highest and planted his effort previous the despairing Ederson.

Carrow Highway was raucous and simply earlier than the half-hour mark, it was 2-Zero. Pukki evaded the offside lure and rolled the ball throughout for Cantwell, who tapped previous an uncovered Ederson.

Aguero’s header gave Metropolis temporary hope but it surely was extinguished on 49 minutes following Nicolas Otamendi’s howler in defence. Otamendi was robbed of the ball in his personal space and it discovered its approach to Pukki, who poked previous Ederson to revive Norwich’s two-goal benefit.

Guardiola reacted by bringing on Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus, however the harm was carried out and Norwich — to not point out Liverpool — had been left to get pleasure from an unimaginable outcome.

“I am unable to reward sufficient the spirit and mentality of my gamers as a result of it was an unbelievably sophisticated week,” Norwich boss Daniel Farke stated.

“It’s a nice day for us, for the entire membership and for the supporters. Carrow Highway is totally buzzing and it is a win for our house owners as a result of they’re such kind-hearted folks and we can’t ask for higher house owners.”