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Commentary
10¹A strike from SAINT-MAXIMIN held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
13¹Uncertainty in the Barnsley defence enabled HØJBJERG to thump an effort wide.
15¹GOAL!! A long ball from KNAUFF had the Norwich City defence back-pedalling and MATETA made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (1-0 Barnsley)
19¹GRUEV was put clear by DIOGO GONÇALVES and he nutmegged the 'keeper but struck his shot just beyond the near post.
22¹GOAL!! On the left wing KOKE collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the goalmouth for DE JONG to flick it into the back of the net. (1-1)
24¹GOAL!! Some patient work by McGINN on the left, left SAINT-MAXIMIN yards clear, and he raced past the Barnsley 'keeper and drove the ball over the line. (2-1 Norwich City)
25¹GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from SÉRI hit the crossbar and in the ensuing meleé the ball was headed into the net by MATETA. (2-2)
28¹CHAPLIN waltzed away from MARUSIC and stroked a weak shot over.
29¹A corner found KITCHING who touched an effort wide.
33¹The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot.
34¹SAINT-MAXIMIN beat four Barnsley players and blasted a golden opportunity inches over.
39¹HØJBJERG nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
41¹SAINT-MAXIMIN snapped at an easy chance.
44¹CHAPLIN made space on the left and dragged the ball to MOSQUERA who touched the ball wide.
1²A tame strike from MATETA bounced agonisingly wide.
16²GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled HØJBJERG to dribble through the Barnsley defence and score. (3-2 Norwich City)
19²GOAL!! A shot from CHAPLIN which the 'keeper was able to palm clear was deemed over the line by the linesman and BOOTH gave the goal. (3-3)
20²The motionless Barnsley 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DIOGO GONÇALVES fell just wide.
23²CHAPLIN rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
26²McGINN touched the ball through a crowd of players but COLLINS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
32²A cross from GRUEV left MATETA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
36²GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from DIEGO CARLOS gave McGINN space on the right and MARUSIC stroked in his pin-point pass. (4-3 Norwich City)
37²A penalty box scramble resulted in HØJBJERG knocking the ball wide.

 
Norwich City
 
League position: -
Home league form: WLWW
Overall league form: LWWLWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Vitezslav JAROS6½16 Brad COLLINS
Matthias GINTER8 26 DIOGO António GONÇALVES
Adam MARUSIC8 37 Marcus BAGGESEN
(c)KOKE7½46 Jean SÉRI(c)
Willi ORBAN7½56½Yerson MOSQUERA
DIEGO CARLOS Santos7½66½Liam KITCHING
John McGINN6½76½Ansgar KNAUFF
Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN7 86½Conor CHAPLIN
(p)Luuk DE JONG7½96½Jean-Philippe MATETA(p)
(f)Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG7 105½Ilia GRUEV(f)
GERARD Moreno6½115½Justin DEVENNY
Manager
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC  12  Ousmane DIAKITÉ
Harry LEE  13  Tim KRUL
Jamie DONLEY  14  Yago SANTIAGO
Charlie ALLEN  15  Michal HELIK
Thilo KEHRER  16  Obbi OULARÉ
 
Barnsley
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: LLLLXLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Norwich City 4 Barnsley 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 26,967, Stadium: Carrow Road, Referee: Russell Booth 6)

de Jong 22¹, Saint-Maximin 24¹, Højbjerg 16², Marusic 36²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mateta 15¹, Mateta 25¹, Chaplin 19²
  
  
  
13
1015
56
73
67
1310
30
60%40%
Man of the match: Matthias Ginter