WITH KIGHTLY... NOW FOR DERBY

it’s the second time this year Norwich have been beaten by a side battling relegation.

He latched on to Cauley Woodrow’s through pass and lifted it over the head of Russell Martin, before clipping a looping effort beyond John Ruddy into the net from 25 yards.

“No one else in our side could have scored that goal,” said Clough.

“To see the opportunity to chip the goalkeeper was as good as the finish itself.

“We struggled to get him the ball most of the game, but it was the one piece of quality we were crying out for.”

Kightly’s flash of brilliance brought an end to any sense of injustice Clough was feeling about Cameron Jerome’s freak equaliser shortly after the interval. Clough felt there should have been a free-kick awarded for a foul on Ben Turner before Jerome claimed a bizarre 11th goal of the season.

The striker’s lay-off in the area was miscued horribly by Steven Whittaker and would have gone out Possession Shots On Target Shots Off Target Blocked Shots Corners Fouls Conceded Offsides Yellow Cards Red Cards 36% 64% 3 2 2 6 2 2 3 6 10 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 for a throw in, until it smashed into Jerome’s face and flew into the net.

That cancelled out Burton’s opener – and Alex Neil fully expected his side to go on and claim a vital victory, but was again left cursing the lack of guts for a scrap.

“When teams get in our face we struggle. I don’t know if it’s an arrogance thing, but we don’t deal with it,” said the Canaries boss.

Norwich are now seven points adrift of the top six and have played a game more – ahead of a crucial derby with Ipswich next Sunday.

“We cannot afford any more stupid mistakes in stupid areas. We needed to win and we are all frustrated. We have got it all to do now and any more stupid mistakes will make it extremely difficult.”

It was a howler of a mistake from Timm Klose, who was caught napping by Lasse Vigen Christensen as he tried to run the ball out, which started the rot.

The Dane is on loan from Fulham and his fellow Craven Cottage loanee Woodrow had the simple task of tapping in his second goal in as many games.