Norwich City secured a big win in the Championship yesterday, with an injury time goal from Ireland striker Adam Idah helping the club to a 2-1 victory away at Bristol City.
Having come into this season with hopes of pushing for promotion, it has been a difficult campaign at times for the club. They started reasonably well, although a poor run throughout September and October saw them drop well down the division.
That led to some speculation around the future of manager David Wagner, who only arrived at the club back in January.
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Adam Idah winner let to crazy reaction from Norwich City manager
Yesterday's victory over Bristol City moved Norwich City up to 13th place in the league, with the Canaries doing things the hard way at Ashton Gate. They were trailing at halftime thanks to a goal from Ireland midfielder Jason Knight, only to be helped back into the match by an own goal just before the hour mark.
Substitute Adam Idah would then score a dramatic winner in stoppage time, leading to a wild reaction from his manager.
J̶o̶s̶é M̶o̶u̶r̶i̶n̶h̶o̶, David Wagner 😅
A last-minute winner from Norwich sparked WILD celebrations from their manager 🤪 pic.twitter.com/yELgGMPnMe— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) December 3, 2023
He certainly enjoyed that one.
David Wagner admitted to a BBC journalist after the game that his 'head was gone' in the moments after the goal.
“I think my head was gone.” David Wagner - calmness restored now - on his goal celebrations. Coming soon on @BBCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/xj3942ZXDE
— Chris Goreham (@CGoreham) December 3, 2023
Speaking in his post-match press conference, Wagner said that his reaction was because of what the result meant to the team and not the impact it had on the prospect of him keeping his job.
Nothing was going through my head because if something had gone through my head I wouldn’t have done it.
We are all together, we are tight, and if we make a winner like this you can see what it means. At half-time I said to the boys, ‘Okay we are 1-0 down but we had our opportunities.
If we keep a clean sheet second half I believe we will have every chance to win’, because we know we are capable of scoring goals...
It wasn’t only about me. This win was for all of us and whoever supports Norwich City football club. It is not about me. I’ve said this. We have to make sure we pay credit to the players as well.
We came from a period where we had zero points from four games. A very tough period. Now the boys have delivered nine points from 12, and two away wins.
While they may reside just inside the bottom half of the league, Norwich City are certainly not out of the promotion race. They sit just four points outside the top six and will fancy their chances of moving up the division over the coming weeks and months.
David Wagner will be hoping that yesterday's result can be the catalyst to a much stronger second half of the campaign.
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