Norwich and Newcastle met in an extraordinary tie in the Premier League this afternoon. Norwich took the lead in the first half, only for Newcastle to equalise through Alexander Mitrovic after 71 minutes. Norwich then retook the lead just two minutes later through Mbokani. Newcastle rallied, and equalised through Mitrovic four minutes from time. From here on, we will digest the game through the flabbergasted reactions of Jeff Stelling and Paul Merson on Sky's utterly brilliant Soccer Saturday.
Here is Merson dutifully reporting the equaliser to make it 2-2, a Mitrovic penalty:
Then, in added time, John Ruddy made a fine save to seemingly save Norwich a point against a now rampant Newcastle:
Then against all the odds, Norwich scored in the dying minutes of injury time, to send Stelling and Merson into raptures:
A potentially massive result at the foot of the Premier League, and an utterly disastrous one for Rafa Benitez. Fantastic television by Sky Sports, although Rafa won't agree. Sometimes, Jeff stelling has the best job on television.
