{"id":22598,"date":"2024-03-02T12:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/norwich-1-0-sland\/02\/03\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T17:29:23","slug":"norwich-1-0-sland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/norwich-1-0-sland\/02\/03\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich 1 – 0 S’land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Josh Sargent scored for the seventh successive home game as Norwich maintained their Championship play-off challenge with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Sunderland.<\/p>\n

The USA international struck in the 81st minute as the Canaries finally found a way past a stubborn visiting defence to make it five victories on the trot at Carrow Road.<\/p>\n

While Norwich can look forward to an exciting end the campaign, it looks like being a different story for the visitors, with a fourth consecutive defeat leaving them nine points adrift of the top six.<\/p>\n

After a cagey start Norwich went close to taking the lead on 15 minutes when Sargent’s first-time drive was deflected just wide by Jenson Seelt.<\/p>\n

It then took a superb finger-tip save from Anthony Patterson to thwart Borja Sainz after the Spaniard had latched on to a loose ball when a corner was only half cleared.<\/p>\n

These were rare moments of alarm for Sunderland, however, with both sides tending to cancel each other out in a tight opening period.<\/p>\n

Pierre Ekwah had two long-range efforts for the visitors, one comfortably saved and the other sailing well wide, and those proved to be their only shots of the half.<\/p>\n

Norwich started the second period on the front foot, with Jack Stacey’s right-wing cross almost catching Patterson out and coming back off the crossbar.<\/p>\n

The keeper then pushed away a Gabriel Sara shot which was heading for the bottom corner before making a good stop to keep out a fizzing low effort from Sainz.<\/p>\n

Substitute Abdoullah Ba cut into the box and struck the woodwork from a tight angle in a rare Sunderland raid but it was the hosts who deservedly broke the deadlock with nine minutes left.<\/p>\n

The visitors failed to deal with Ben Gibson’s cross from the right and Sargent won the battle for the ball before lashing it home from close range.<\/p>\n

The managers<\/h3>\n

Norwich’s David Wagner:<\/em><\/p>\n

To follow…<\/p>\n

Sunderland’s Mike Dodds:<\/em><\/p>\n

To follow…<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Josh Sargent scored for the seventh successive home game as Norwich maintained their Championship play-off challenge with a hard-fought 1-0 win over