Heads held high but a pointless trip to Elland Road for Wagner’s men
I feel partly responsible.
I write a small #NCFC piece for BBC Sport every Wednesday, and in yesterday’s I referred to City being amid a ‘mini-revival’, based on them losing just twice since the start of December and being unbeaten in 2024.
‘Revival’ felt a bit of a stretch even when I wrote it given how underwhelming much of the football had been during that spell, but there was no distancing myself from it once the good folk of the Beeb had used it in the headline.
Therefore defeat, and the end of the ‘mini-revival’ was inevitable. Sorry guys.
Back in the real world, there’s no escaping it was an opportunity missed to make a statement result. Leeds were, and still are, flying at Elland Road and so to have taken points off them would have served notice to those around us in the battle for fifth and sixth that Norwich mean business.
It didn’t happen of course and, while Daniel Farke – ever the gent – was effusive in his praise of City’s performance, the fact remains that despite them putting in a thoroughly decent shift, they only touched the ball seven times in the Leeds penalty box.
One of those was a gilt-edged chance that was spurned by Gabby Sara on the stroke of halftime but for all the goodness on display, including 20 minutes at the start of the second half when they dominated possession, seven touches in your opponent’s penalty box is not enough.
In many ways, to ...
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