Defeat at QPR made it four in the league in a row for Norwich with manager Alex Neil under increasing pressure as the club falls off Championship pace
As Alex Neil acknowledged, it was the kind of thing that only happens when your luck is out. A little more than 30 seconds after kick‑off at Loftus Road on Saturday, Jack Robinson’s long throw flicked off the head of the Norwich City defender Sébastian Bassong and struck Martin Olsson in the midriff, before almost being smothered by John Ruddy – only for the unfortunate Olsson inadvertently to dislodge the ball as he fell over.
“Next thing I know, Olss is cradling it on the line and gets a kick up the backside,” Ruddy said. “We could have had a foul ourselves, but the referee made the decision.”
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