Swansea City gave up once more as Norwich crushed them 5-1. The home club continued to hover on the edge of
the Championship play-off battle as Josh Sargent scored his first goals since October.
Just before halftime, the U.S. international, making his first start after a long injury layoff, put the Canaries ahead
and quickly doubled their lead after Liam Cullen had tied the score for the visitors.
A fourth straight loss against a struggling Swansea team was inflicted by additional goals from Lewis Dobbin, Ante
Crnac, and Emiliano Marcondes. Luke Williams, the manager, is under a lot of pressure because of this sequence
of results.
A cagey first half with little goalmouth action ended with a flurry of activity in the closing stages as the Canaries
took the lead and almost added a second.
The breakthrough arrived in the 44th minute as Marcondes picked out an unmarked Sargent the box, with the
American taking advantage of the space afforded to him to drill the ball into the bottom corner.
Norwich were quickly on the attack again and it took a good stop from Lawrence Vigouroux to thwart Dobbin after
the on-loan Aston Villa man had burst into the area.
The hosts had had the better of it before then, although Sargent’s shot across goal which was deflected just wide
was their only clear-cut opportunity.
After a quiet start to the second half the game burst into life again with two goals in the space of a minute.
The Swans got back on level terms on 62 minutes following a neat move down the right which ended with Josh
Key sending in a cross that was nodded home from close range by top scorer Cullen.
But Norwich went straight back up the other end to restore their lead with a second goal from Sargent, who again
worked himself some space in the area to pick up Kenny McLean’s pass and finish with aplomb.
The hosts gave themselves some breathing space on 76 minutes when they made it 3-1, with Dobbin opening his
account for the club.
The wideman caught Key in possession just inside the Swansea half and ran through unchallenged before beating
Vigouroux with a low shot to the keeper’s right.
Substitute Crnac made it 4-1 on 84 minutes after latching onto a long ball from the back and outmuscling new boy
Hannes Delcroix to find the net, before Marcondes completed the scoring with a tap in after Crnac’s lob had come
back off the crossbar.
Dobbin opened his club account as the home team made it 3-1 in the 76th minute, giving themselves some
breathing room.
The wide player beat Vigouroux with a low shot to the keeper’s right after catching Key in possession just inside
the Swansea half and running in unopposed.
After grabbing onto a long pass from the back and outmuscling new boy Hannes Delcroix to reach the net,
substitute Crnac made it 4-1 on minute 84. Marcondes then finished the scoring with a tap-in after Crnac’s lob had
rebounded off the crossbar.
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