BRACE-ACE KENNY’S THE HERO
Norwich 3 Bristol City 2
OSTEVE BRUCE claimed his first home win as Wednesday boss thanks to an Adam Reach brace. Steven Fletcher’s overhead kick gave the Owls a three-goal half-time lead as the combination of on-loan Newcastle pair Rolando Aarons and Achraf Lazaar gave the Owls pace and zest.
Oli McBurnie pulled one back but it was too little, too late.
Bruce said: “I am delighted for the two loanees who were terrific and they gave us a bit of pace and energy down the left.” KENNY McLEAN silenced his doubters by striking twice to end City’s seven-match winning run.
The Scotland midfielder (right) helped Norwich stay top in another Carrow Road thriller. The 27-year-old’s winner, after an injury-hit season, capped an impressive Norwich fightback from 2-1 down at half-time.
There had been a pre-match debate about whether the former Aberdeen
Pogba has been a revelation since Solskjaer took over as Manchester United boss from Jose Mourinho, ditching the outlandish hair and dancing posts and instead letting his football do the talking.
As he prepared for today’s big clash with Liverpool at Old Trafford, Solskjaer insisted he didn’t force the 25-year-old
World Cup winner to rein in his extrovert ways.
But he’s revealed he wouldn’t have let Pogba go to the Brit Awards last week – unlike Kop boss
Jurgen Klopp, who allowed Daniel Sturridge and Alex OxladeChamberlain to attend the glitzy London bash ahead of today’s key encounter.
“Paul has always been a largerthan-life character. He has a fantastic family but you don’t do yourself any favours at times with stuff like that,” explained Solskjaer.
“You don’t want to give anyone an excuse really so, of course, you don’t go to the Brit Awards this week.
“We know leading up to our last game against Liverpool there were stories about players not being focused.
“It is not about that. We know they are focused, we know they are doing their best and that is just Paul being Paul. But he does help himself by toning it down a bit. Maybe he does SAID BENRAHMA destroyed Hull with a stunning hat-trick – and was hailed as “magic” by his manager Thomas Frank.
The Algerian winger, 23, left the Tigers’ defence in a daze as Neal Maupay added his 22nd goal of the season – and all after Kamohelo Mokotjo had equalised Fraizer Campbell’s opener for Hull. Brentford boss Frank said: “He is a joy to watch and I get excited every time he has the ball.
“He has the magic that you want in this league.” midfielder, 27, should be starting. But he produced a curling finish to make it 1-1 then smashed in the winner to stake his claim. Norwich boss Daniel Farke said: “Sometimes you have to be patient. He was out for such a long time.
“He was greedy to play. But we were winning games. You have to trust the coach and wait.” CHE ADAMS scored twice to underline that even if the
Blues lose points at a disciplinary panel the real hurt would be to lose their prized young striker.
The 22-year-old struck twice for Garry Monk’s side, who face an EFL hearing this week on a charge of spending money they did not have and could have points deducted. Adams, who has scored 21 goals this season, was a target during January’s transfer window and Monk said: “We are delighted with him at the moment.” ROCK-BOTTOM Ipswich looked set for a rare away win against the odds – until old-boy Joe Garner scored a last-gasp leveller.
Garner’s 90th-minute strike deprived 10-man Ipswich – who had Jonas Knudsen sent off for a foul after 25 minutes – of a morale-boosting victory after seven games without an away win.
But even though his side remain nine points adrift boss Paul Lambert said defiantly: “It’s still ‘game on’ – this is not ‘Mission Impossible’ for us at all.”