Carabao Cup
Fourth Round
Fourth Round
30 October 2018
AFCB 2-1 Norwich City
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| AFCB win through to the Quarter-Finals of the Carabao Cup. |
Eddie Howe made a whole host of changes as expected but Steve Cook, Simon Francis and Charlie Daniels formed a three at the back, surviving from the Fulham game. It was great to see Marc Pugh get a start along with Defoe.
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It was a first half full of mistakes by both teams as they found it hard to play a controlled game. Jordan Ibe was frequently showing poor control and it was Norwich that looked the more promising. On 11 minutes Dennis Srbeny had a good effort go wide as Norwich tried to force the pace.
Daniels was pushing forward on the left and supplying ample crosses, but Stanislas couldn't get his shot away and when it fell to Ibe he powered his shot over.
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Norwich were not doing much better with Felix Passlack also missing the target on 18 minutes. Pugh almost found away through moments later but was muscled out of it. Free kicks were soon mounting up but more alarming was the poor kicking being shown by Artur Boruc.
McGovern in the Norwich goal was just as guilty as he gifted the ball to Marc Pugh. Pugh and Stanislas were getting closer but were seeing their shots blocked, while Onel Hernandez was Norwich's sharpest player coming forward.
While Ibe was not finding his shooting boots, it was left to Junior Stanislas to open the scoring with a sublime driven shot into the roof of the net, cutting in from the left side of the box on 39 minutes. The crowd, that had been quiet started to warm to the evening and the Bournemouth players now that they had the lead.
A moment later Junior was lucky to escape a card for a sliding foul on Alex Tettey. Norwich then had a great chance with Srbeny having just Boruc to beat, but Bournemouth's keeper smothered the shot and the rebound of Steve Cook bounced just the right side of the post for a corner.
Mario Vrancic then did well to get space in the box before shooting inches wide of Boruc's right post.
Norwich came close again when Hernandez fed Dennis Srbeny and the ball came off the post! Trybull also went close as Bournemouth kept riding their luck.
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| Junior Stanisals' goals separates the sides at half time. |
Second half
Rico and Stanislas then has some fun with a series of nutmeg's on Norwich's defenders before the referee pointed to a goal kick. But it was Norwich that were commanding the game now, so much so that Fraser replaced Ibe on 61 minutes.
McGovern was still kicking poorly, but he was busier than ever now with Fraser supplying crosses. Passlack and Srbeny were lively for Norwich and worked the ball to Vrancic who could only shoot straight at Boruc on 64 minutes. Vrancic did the same again in the next minute following a Norwich corner.
It looked like the Canaries didn't have the quality in the last third to score, despite their pressure. Hernandez came close with a strong shot that Boruc moved down well to his left and touched onto the post. Tom Trybull was less accurate shooting well over.
The pressure from Norwich finally told when Hernandez beat Boruc from close range on the right of the box on 70 minutes. We had a game ow at 1-1.
Defoe was subbed for Callum Wilson as Bournemouth tried to regain the lead. A corner saw Pugh have a shot blocked before Steve Cook was on hand to drive the next shot through the line of players and into the goal to make it 2-1 to Bournemouth on 72 minutes.
Fraser was all over the Norwich defence winning corners and flying down the byline with Marc Pugh in attendance.
Gosling brought down Vrancic in a good position for Norwich, but Boruc saved well to his left from the free kick which Vrancic took.
Pugh and Fraser were simply mesmerising at times with their interplay and soon had the Norwich defenders running round in circles. Stanislas was found with a corner ball on the edge of the box, but hit his drive too high.
Srbeny could only hit a weak shot at Boruc when he had the chance to make the Bournemouth keeper work. Buendia came on for Pinto as Norwich threw everything they could forward.
Trybull was subbed for Pukki on 82 minutes. Rhodes then replaced Passlack. Bournemouth were defending deep and a groin injury to Francis saw him replaces by Jack Simpson in the closing minutes. Boruc was having to stay alert with Hernandez beating Rico, but only finding the side netting.
An added seven minutes was more than was warranted, but Jordan Rhodes missed a great headed opportunity to level from close range. Boruc dropped a corner ball but survived the dangerous moment. Rhodes would have one more headed attempt that he saw go wide before Buendia shot over.
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| Norwich gave everything and played the better despite losing the game. |
Bournemouth were far from their best and were fortunate with the woodwork and Boruc often coming to their aid, but what won this game was Howe's substitutions of Fraser and Wilson. Fraser especially lit the game up on what had been a very mediocre Bournemouth outing. While Steve Cook did excelelntly to get the winning goal my man of the match has to go to Boruc for the saves he made. Only Junior Stanislas threatened to give Howe any reason for including him in a possible starting 11 next match, although Pugh also proved he still has much to give.
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| AFCB Subs: Travers, Simpson, Taylor, Ofoborh, Mousset, Wilson, Fraser |
Boruc 8, Francis 6, S Cook 7, Daniels 6, Rico 4, Gosling 4, Surman 4, Pugh 6 , Ibe 3, Stanislas 7, Defoe 4
Ref Watch: Lee Mason - 6/10 - not too many cards and hardly noticed he was there.
Cherry Chimes' MOM: Artur Boruc
Norwich City
McGovern Pinto (Buendía 68), Godfrey, Zimmermann, Lewis, Tettey, Trybull (Pukki 82), Passlack (Rhodes 87), Vrancic, Hernández, Srbeny
Norwich Subs
Krul, Leitner, Rhodes, Klose, Buendía, Pukki, Aarons
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