Why are Mexicans obsessed with this working-class English town?

Mexico News Daily / by Alan Chazaro / Aug 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM

What do the people of Sunderland, England — a working-class port city along the wind-whipped coast of the North Sea, approximately 8,744 kilometers away from Mexico City — have in common with Mexican soccer fans? Absolutely everything, it turns out.

That’s because Sunderland Association Football Club is suddenly at the center of a bizarre if not lovable trend among Mexico’s passionate fanbase and is, inexplicably, Mexico’s European team of choice this season. Currently, thousands of Mexican fans (many of whom have presumably never been to, or even heard of, the metropolitan borough in the United Kingdom before adopting the team) are flooding the team’s social media channels with declarations of loyalty, support and unwavering zeal — followed by a parade of Mexican flag emojis.

Mexican fans throw their support behind Sunderland AFC

The comments have provoked Sunderland AFC fan accounts into asking Mexican fans if they’re joking or serious. The responses have been equally comical, with countless Mexican fans responding that they’re eternally committed to Sunderland and aren’t going anywhere. One Mexico fan broke the cadence of Spanish with an attempt at English, responding with a grammatically incorrect but heartfelt “is forever mate .”

It all started as a farce on August 16 when Pasion Celeste, a Cruz Azul fan account on X (formerly Twitter) proposed that Mexican soccer aficionados collectively pick a random team in Europe to fully support: “What do you think if with this start to the European League, all of [Mexico’s] football Twitter grabs an underdog team to support and follow, only for the European club to say, ‘What the hell, why are all of these Mexicans supporting us?’”

So far, it has worked. After voting on relatively unknown teams to choose from, the online assortment of Mexican fans landed on Sunderland — a once historic club that for the past eight years has played in the English lower leagues but has just ascended to the top-flight English Premier League. The message was quickly amplified when a soccer fan account, Somos Analistas, made an official declaration in support of Sunderland, encouraging all of Mexico to back the far-flung, relatively obscure team. The post has since received over two million views, 24,000 re-posts and hundreds of comments pledging Mexican fealty.

Sunderland is staggering under Mexican kit requests

Upon happening, the official Sunderland AFC Instagram account began fielding a mix of requests, questions and steady engagement from Mexican fans. The online team store sold out of most of their jerseys, with Mexican fans asking where they could find more. The spike in Mexican fandom certainly raised curiosity among other fans, as many asked about the connection between Mexico and Sunderland. Mexican fans responded quite facetiously with Spanish comments that translate roughly into “it’s something you’re born with” and “I’ve been a Sunderland fan since the cradle.” Even a few nascent fan accounts like Sunderland Mexico have already sprung up to share Sunderland news in Spanish.

“A bit more awareness of the club around the world is great, and if our club and our history can resonate with more than just the local area, it can only be positive for us and football as a whole,” says lifelong Sunderland fan Sean Mountain. “As a club, we’re likable and already have a massive international fan base. Viva México, cabrones.”

It couldn’t have happened at a better time for Sunderland, who kicked off their triumphant return to the Premier League with a dominant, season-opening win against West Ham United. Prior to this campaign, the Black Cats (or Gatos Negros, as Mexican fans have been calling them) were relegated out of England’s major league circuit for nearly a decade. Sunderland itself isn’t a particularly destination-worthy city in the world of European football, either. What with London, Milan, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Munich, Madrid, Istanbul and various other European epicenters boasting rich traditions and proven excellence. Sunderland lacks the sheer star power of many other European units, too. But that hasn’t stopped Mexican ultras from purchasing jerseys and celebrating the team’s quality players like Swiss captain Granit Xhaka, Spanish striker Eliezer Mayenda, and Mozambican defender Reinildo Mandava.

Sunderland’s players return the love from Mexico

About a week after the Mexican fans stormed their way into Sunderland’s ranks, the team’s social media director conducted a video with a selection of players on the team in which the players (none of whom speak Spanish) welcomed Mexico and its fans by answering basic questions about Mexico’s history, culture and soccer legacy. The team’s official accounts posted the video with a playful “¡Vamos, Muchachos!”. Shortly after, Sunderland’s fans decided to return the favor to Mexico and randomly picked a team of their own — Nexaca, a first-division team based in Aguascalientes that was recently purchased by Mexican actress Eva Longoria — to support. Perhaps the pick wasn’t as random, since Necaxa coincidentally shares Sunderland’s colors of red and white, but still, it’s the sentiment that counts.

There’s a surreal magic that can transpire on the canvas of a soccer pitch. At times logic-defying, the sport has a way of breeding the irrational, the inexplicable, the fantastic. Though it may not always seem obvious for the casual observer, soccer allows for a border-traversing artistry, a fluid interconnection among those as distant as Mexicans and Brits.

Perhaps nothing sums it all up better than Sunderland AFC themselves, who formally welcomed their Mexican fans on the internet with a blend of Spanish and Mackem vernacular: “¡Hola, Mexico! We’re proud to have your passion with us this season — Ha’way the Lads!"

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Alan Chazaro is the author of “This Is Not a Frank Ocean Cover Album,” “Piñata Theory” and “Notes From the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge” (Ghost City Press, 2021). He is a graduate of June Jordan’s Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley and a former Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fellow at the University of San Francisco. His writing can be found in GQ, NPR, The Guardian, L.A. Times and more. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he is currently based in Veracruz.

Best advice, avoid watching the matches in the US; go watch the Mexico and Canadian matches.

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Could you change the name of the community to 'deleted football' so idiots like me don't keep postingnhere as this community comes up on top every time

This is just a quick thought.

Over the past few years we saw a new kind of 10 as the dominant force, the athletic pressing physical player. Your Mason Mounts and Connor Gallaghers etc. Players who would regain possession, more valuable out of possession than the traditional 10 who would create chances and be a vital cog in possession.

Players like Isco became rare.

But now we've got anpther new wave of players. Athletic runners as the recent pressers were but more aggressive in the traditional way, making runs into the box during attacks instead of sitting outside the box waiting to pounce back on the change of possession. Think Jude at Madrid, McTominay at Napoli.

In bw these we also had players like Damsgaard which had the potential to define a generation but didn't.

I'm not saying one or the other is now meta, just that we've currently got more molds than before which can be plugged in different playatyles.

The instance this community moved to is shutting down, and for some reason the voting options didn't include moving the community to lemmy.world. So now it's moving yet again to some other instance.

Given this turn off events, why not just resurrect it here?

The greatest national team in football history will now be led by the most successful coach in the world. Carlo Ancelotti, a synonym for historic victories, was announced this Monday (12) by the president of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues, as the new coach of the Brazilian National Team. He will lead Brazil to the 2026 World Cup and will already coach the team in the upcoming friendlies and matches of the Qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay, next month.

Carlo Ancelotti leaves Real Madrid as the most decorated manager of the club's history with 15 trophies (3 Champions Leagues, 2 La Liga, 2 Copa Del Rey, 3 Club World Cup, 3 European Super Cup and 2 Spanish Super Cup) in 6 years

The winds have changed direction pretty quickly.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/36423536

The second division in particular might be the tightest league in world football consistently. And the most entertaining plus wide league.

Here in the top division there's a lot of cool projects and storylines going on too.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/21139833

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Goals

Real Madrid: Kylian Mbappé (5'), Rodrygo (60')

Barcelona: Lamine Yamal (22'), Robert Lewandowski (36' Pen), Raphinha (39', 48'), Alejandro Balde (45'+10')

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Competition: Spanish Supercopa

Kickoff: 19:00+UTC

Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah - Jeddah Saudi Arabia

Head referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

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Real Madrid form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

Barcelona form [old → recent]: ✅️❌️❌️✅️✅️

Head to head [recent → old]: (RMA-BAR): 0-4, 1-2, 3-2, 4-1, 2-1

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Lineups

Real Madrid 4-2-3-1:

Thibaut Courtois(1) - Antonio Rüdiger(22)🟨 - ~~Aurélien Tchouaméni(14)🟨~~ ⇆ Luka Modric(10) - ~~Ferland Mendy(23)~~ ⇆ Fran García(20) - ~~Lucas Vázquez(17)~~ ⇆ Raúl Asencio(35)🟨 - Jude Bellingham(5) - ~~Eduardo Camavinga(6)🟨~~ ⇆ Dani Ceballos(19) - Federico Valverde(8) - Kylian Mbappé(9)⚽️ - ~~Vinícius Júnior (7)🟨~~ ⇆ Brahim Díaz(21) - Rodrygo (11)⚽️

Bench: Lorenzo Aguado - Endrick - Andriy Lunin - Fran González - David Alaba - Arda Güler - ~~Dani Ceballos~~ - ~~Brahim Díaz~~ - ~~Fran García~~ - ~~Raúl Asencio~~ - ~~Luka Modric~~

Barcelona 4-3-3:

Wojciech Szczesny(25)🟥 - ~~Iñigo Martínez(5)🟨~~ ⇆ Ronald Araújo(4)🟨 - Pau Cubarsí(2) - Alejandro Balde(3)⚽️ - Jules Koundé(23) - Marc Casadó(17) - Pedri (8) - ~~Gavi (6)~~ ⇆ Iñaki Peña(13) - Robert Lewandowski(9)⚽️🟨 - ~~Raphinha (11)⚽️⚽️🟨~~ ⇆ Ferran Torres(7) - ~~Lamine Yamal(19)⚽️~~ ⇆ Dani Olmo(20)

Bench: Hector Fort - Gerard Martín - Pau Víctor - Eric García - Fermín López - Frenkie de Jong - Ander Astralaga - ~~Iñaki Peña~~ - ~~Ferran Torres~~ - ~~Dani Olmo~~ - ~~Ronald Araújo~~

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Match Stats

Possession: 49%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴51%

Shots On Goal: 6 - 8

Shots Attempted: 19 - 14

Fouls: 14 - 13

Yellow Cards: 5 - 4

Red Cards: 0 - 1

Corners: 9 - 5

Saves: 3 - 5

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Match Events

5' - ⚽️ Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) Goal at 5'

22' - ⚽️ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) Goal at 22'

28' - 🔄 Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) Substitution at 28'

35' - 🟨 Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) Yellow Card at 35'

36' - 🥅⚽️ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) Penalty - Scored at 36'

39' - ⚽️ Raphinha (Barcelona) Goal at 39'

45'+8' - 🟨 Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona) Yellow Card at 53'

45'+10' - ⚽️ Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) Goal at 55'

45' - 🔄 Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid) Substitution at 45'

48' - ⚽️ Raphinha (Barcelona) Goal at 48'

52' - 🔄 Raúl Asencio (Real Madrid) Substitution at 52'

53' - 🟨 Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) Yellow Card at 53'

55' - 🟨 Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) Yellow Card at 55'

56' - 🟥 Wojciech Szczesny (Barcelona) Red Card at 56'

59' - 🔄 Iñaki Peña (Barcelona) Substitution at 59'

59' - 🔄 Dani Olmo (Barcelona) Substitution at 59'

60' - ⚽️ Rodrygo (Real Madrid) Goal at 60'

62' - 🟨 Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) Yellow Card at 62'

64' - 🔄 Luka Modric (Real Madrid) Substitution at 64'

75' - 🔄 Fran García (Real Madrid) Substitution at 75'

76' - 🔄 Brahim Díaz (Real Madrid) Substitution at 76'

77' - 🟨 Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) Yellow Card at 77'

77' - 🟨 Raúl Asencio (Real Madrid) Yellow Card at 77'

79' - 🔄 Ferran Torres (Barcelona) Substitution at 79'

87' - 🟨 Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) Yellow Card at 87'

89' - 🟨 Raphinha (Barcelona) Yellow Card at 89'

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Goals

Manchester City: Jérémy Doku (8', 69' Pen), Divin Mubama (20'), Nico O'Reilly (43'), Jack Grealish (49' Pen), James McAtee (62', 72', 81')

Salford City:

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Competition: English FA Cup

Kickoff: 17:45+UTC

Venue: Etihad Stadium - Manchester England

Head referee: Josh Smith

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Manchester City form [old → recent]: ❌️❌️➖️✅️✅️

Salford City form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

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Lineups

Manchester City 3-4-2-1:

Ederson(31) - ~~Nathan Aké(6)~~ ⇆ Manuel Akanji(25) - Nico O'Reilly(75)⚽️ - Jahmai Simpson-Pusey(66) - Ilkay Gündogan(19) - James McAtee(87)⚽️⚽️⚽️ - Jack Grealish(10)⚽️ - Matheus Nunes(27) - Divin Mubama(67)⚽️ - ~~Jérémy Doku(11)⚽️⚽️~~ ⇆ Mateo Kovacic(8) - ~~Savinho(26)~~ ⇆ Phil Foden(47)

Bench: Josko Gvardiol - Erling Haaland - Rico Lewis - Bernardo Silva - Kevin De Bruyne - Stefan Ortega - ~~Phil Foden~~ - ~~Mateo Kovacic~~ - ~~Manuel Akanji~~

Salford City 3-1-4-2:

Matt Young(13) - Curtis Tilt(16)🟨 - Luke Garbutt(29) - Liam Shephard(32)🟨 - ~~Ossama Ashley(4)~~ ⇆ Ryan Watson(7) - Tyrese Fornah(6) - ~~Matthew Lund(8)~~ ⇆ Conor McAleny(18) - Kevin Berkoe(3) - ~~Haji Mnoga(19)~~ ⇆ Jon Taylor(11) - ~~Hakeeb Adelakun(31)~~ ⇆ Will Wright(44) - ~~Kylian Kouassi(27)~~ ⇆ Cole Stockton(9)

Bench: Kyrell Malcolm - Jamie Jones - Marshall Heys - James Chester - ~~Will Wright~~ - ~~Jon Taylor~~ - ~~Conor McAleny~~ - ~~Cole Stockton~~ - ~~Ryan Watson~~

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Match Stats

Possession: 68%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴32%

Shots On Goal: 10 - 2

Shots Attempted: 20 - 10

Fouls: 7 - 11

Yellow Cards: 0 - 2

Red Cards: 0 - 0

Corners: 6 - 2

Saves: 2 - 1

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Match Events

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

3' - Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.

3' - Foul by Matty Lund (Salford City).

3' - Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

4' - Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Savinho.

6' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matty Lund.

8' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 1, Salford City 0. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.

9' - Attempt missed. Matty Lund (Salford City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Luke Garbutt with a cross.

10' - Attempt missed. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.

11' - Divin Mubama (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11' - Foul by Curtis Tilt (Salford City).

13' - Attempt missed. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.

15' - Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).

15' - Haji Mnoga (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

16' - Attempt blocked. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.

16' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Luke Garbutt.

17' - Attempt blocked. Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (Manchester City) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Aké with a headed pass.

20' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 2, Salford City 0. Divin Mubama (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matheus Nunes.

21' - 🟨 Liam Shephard (Salford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

25' - Delay in match because of an injury Matt Young (Salford City).

27' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

29' - Foul by Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City).

29' - Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

31' - Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.

33' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Curtis Tilt.

35' - Attempt saved. Kylian Kouassi (Salford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tyrese Fornah.

36' - Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).

36' - Haji Mnoga (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

38' - Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.

39' - Attempt missed. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by James McAtee.

41' - Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).

41' - Matty Lund (Salford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

41' - Attempt missed. Kylian Kouassi (Salford City) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Hakeeb Adelakun with a cross following a set piece situation.

42' - Attempt missed. Kevin Berkoe (Salford City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matty Lund.

42' - Offside, Salford City. Kevin Berkoe is caught offside.

43' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 3, Salford City 0. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

45' - Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).

45' - Tyrese Fornah (Salford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

45'+1' - Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

45'+2' - Foul by Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City).

45'+2' - Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'+2' - Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.

45'+3' - First Half ends, Manchester City 3, Salford City 0.

45' - Second Half begins Manchester City 3, Salford City 0.

45' - 🔄 Substitution, Manchester City. Manuel Akanji replaces Nathan Aké.

46' - Foul by Ossama Ashley (Salford City).

46' - Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

47' - Foul by Jérémy Doku (Manchester City).

47' - Liam Shephard (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

48' - Penalty Manchester City. Jack Grealish draws a foul in the penalty area.

48' - Penalty conceded by Ossama Ashley (Salford City) after a foul in the penalty area.

49' - 🥅⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 4, Salford City 0. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

50' - Corner, Salford City. Conceded by Jahmai Simpson-Pusey.

51' - Attempt missed. Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Curtis Tilt.

54' - Offside, Manchester City. Divin Mubama is caught offside.

55' - 🔄 Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Savinho.

56' - Foul by Divin Mubama (Manchester City).

56' - Liam Shephard (Salford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

56' - Foul by Liam Shephard (Salford City).

56' - Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

58' - 🔄 Substitution, Salford City. Jon Taylor replaces Haji Mnoga.

58' - 🔄 Substitution, Salford City. Ryan Watson replaces Ossama Ashley.

60' - Divin Mubama (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

60' - Foul by Curtis Tilt (Salford City).

60' - 🟨 Curtis Tilt (Salford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

61' - Foul by Ryan Watson (Salford City).

61' - James McAtee (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

62' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 5, Salford City 0. James McAtee (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

63' - Attempt missed. Hakeeb Adelakun (Salford City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Watson.

64' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Curtis Tilt.

66' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Liam Shephard.

67' - Attempt missed. James McAtee (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.

68' - Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Phil Foden.

68' - Penalty conceded by Curtis Tilt (Salford City) with a hand ball in the penalty area.

69' - 🥅⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 6, Salford City 0. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

70' - 🔄 Substitution, Salford City. Conor McAleny replaces Matty Lund.

70' - 🔄 Substitution, Salford City. Cole Stockton replaces Kylian Kouassi.

71' - Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

72' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 7, Salford City 0. James McAtee (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden.

73' - Offside, Salford City. Cole Stockton is caught offside.

74' - 🔄 Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Jérémy Doku.

74' - Foul by Luke Garbutt (Salford City).

74' - Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

75' - Conor McAleny (Salford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

75' - Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).

76' - Attempt missed. Curtis Tilt (Salford City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luke Garbutt with a cross following a set piece situation.

77' - Attempt missed. Cole Stockton (Salford City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Conor McAleny.

78' - Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.

81' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 8, Salford City 0. James McAtee (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.

85' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Curtis Tilt.

87' - Attempt saved. Jon Taylor (Salford City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hakeeb Adelakun with a through ball.

87' - Corner, Salford City. Conceded by Ederson.

87' - 🔄 Substitution, Salford City. Will Wright replaces Hakeeb Adelakun.

88' - Attempt missed. Conor McAleny (Salford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.

90' - Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.

90'+1' - Attempt saved. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Grealish.

90'+1' - Second Half ends, Manchester City 8, Salford City 0.

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Goals

Norwich City:

Brighton & Hove Albion: Georginio Rutter (37', 45'+2'), Julio Enciso (59'), Solly March (74')

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Competition: English FA Cup

Kickoff: 15:00+UTC

Venue: Carrow Road - Norwich England

Attendance: 24.738

Head referee: Simon Hooper

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Norwich City form [old → recent]: ❌️✅️➖️✅️✅️

Brighton & Hove Albion form [old → recent]: ❌️➖️➖️➖️➖️

Head to head [recent → old]: (NOR-BHA): 0-0, 0-0, 0-1, 0-2, 2-0

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Lineups

Norwich City 4-3-3:

George Long(12) - ~~Callum Doyle(6)~~ ⇆ Brad Hills(40) - José Córdoba(33) - ~~Benjamin Chrisene(14)~~ ⇆ Shane Duffy(4) - Jack Stacey(3) - Kenny McLean(23) - ~~Marcelino Núñez(26)~~ ⇆ Onel Hernández(25) - ~~Forson Amankwah(18)~~ ⇆ Kellen Fisher(35) - ~~Ante Crnac(17)~~ ⇆ Josh Sargent(9) - Lewis Dobbin(22) - Oscar Schwartau(29)

Bench: Angus Gunn - Lucien Mahovo - Kaide Gordon - Elliot Myles - ~~Shane Duffy~~ - ~~Kellen Fisher~~ - ~~Onel Hernández~~ - ~~Brad Hills~~ - ~~Josh Sargent~~

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1:

Jason Steele(23) - ~~Adam Webster(4)~~ ⇆ Ruairi Mcconville(44) - Jan Paul van Hecke(29) - Pervis Estupiñán(30) - ~~Joël Veltman(34)~~ ⇆ Jakub Moder(15) - ~~Julio Enciso(10)⚽️~~ ⇆ Danny Welbeck(18) - Yasin Ayari(26) - Carlos Baleba(20) - ~~Georginio Rutter(14)⚽️⚽️~~ ⇆ Brajan Gruda(8) - Kaoru Mitoma(22) - ~~Yankuba Minteh(17)~~ ⇆ Solly March(7)⚽️

Bench: Bart Verbruggen - Matt O'Riley - Simon Adingra - Ed Turns - ~~Solly March~~ - ~~Brajan Gruda~~ - ~~Ruairi Mcconville~~ - ~~Jakub Moder~~ - ~~Danny Welbeck~~

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Match Stats

Possession: 48%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴52%

Shots On Goal: 1 - 8

Shots Attempted: 6 - 21

Fouls: 3 - 13

Yellow Cards: 0 - 0

Red Cards: 0 - 0

Corners: 3 - 4

Saves: 4 - 1

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Match Events

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

1' - Attempt saved. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Georginio Rutter.

5' - Ante Crnac (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

5' - Foul by Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion).

10' - Foul by Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion).

10' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.

11' - Attempt blocked. José Córdoba (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez with a cross.

12' - Attempt saved. Lewis Dobbin (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.

12' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Carlos Baleba.

13' - Attempt missed. Amankwah Forson (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.

15' - Attempt saved. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julio Enciso.

15' - Amankwah Forson (Norwich City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Lewis Dobbin.

19' - Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19' - Foul by Amankwah Forson (Norwich City).

19' - Attempt blocked. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yankuba Minteh.

19' - Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by José Córdoba.

22' - Attempt blocked. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.

23' - Ante Crnac (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

23' - Foul by Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion).

25' - Foul by Callum Doyle (Norwich City).

25' - Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

26' - Amankwah Forson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

26' - Foul by Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion).

27' - Foul by Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion).

27' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

29' - Offside, Norwich City. Ante Crnac is caught offside.

31' - Attempt blocked. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joël Veltman.

32' - Attempt missed. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

32' - Delay in match because of an injury Amankwah Forson (Norwich City).

33' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

36' - Attempt saved. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Georginio Rutter.

36' - Attempt blocked. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

36' - Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Callum Doyle.

37' - Goal! Norwich City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joël Veltman following a corner.

40' - Attempt missed. Lewis Dobbin (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jack Stacey with a cross.

42' - Attempt blocked. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Georginio Rutter.

43' - Attempt missed. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Adam Webster.

44' - Attempt missed. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.

45' - Amankwah Forson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45' - Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).

45'+1' - Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

45'+2' - ⚽️ Goal! Norwich City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Yankuba Minteh.

45'+3' - Delay in match because of an injury Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion).

45'+3' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

45'+3' - First Half ends, Norwich City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.

45' - Second Half begins Norwich City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.

45' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Brad Hills replaces Callum Doyle.

45' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Kellen Fisher replaces Amankwah Forson.

46' - Foul by Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion).

46' - Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

48' - Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ben Chrisene.

48' - Attempt saved. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

49' - Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by George Long.

50' - Attempt missed. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Stacey.

52' - Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).

52' - Lewis Dobbin (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

55' - Delay in match because of an injury Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion).

56' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

58' - Foul by Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion).

58' - Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

58' - Delay in match (Brighton and Hove Albion).

59' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

59' - ⚽️ Goal! Norwich City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 3. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.

61' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Marcelino Núñez because of an injury.

61' - Offside, Norwich City. Onel Hernández is caught offside.

62' - Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).

62' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

63' - 🔄 Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Julio Enciso.

63' - 🔄 Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Georginio Rutter.

69' - Delay in match because of an injury Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion).

70' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

71' - 🔄 Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Yankuba Minteh because of an injury.

71' - 🔄 Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ruairi McConville replaces Adam Webster.

72' - Attempt blocked. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

72' - Foul by Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion).

72' - Oscar Schwartau (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

74' - ⚽️ Goal! Norwich City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 4. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Brajan Gruda with a through ball.

75' - Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pervis Estupiñán is caught offside.

76' - Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

76' - Foul by José Córdoba (Norwich City).

77' - Attempt blocked. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

78' - 🔄 Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jakub Moder replaces Joël Veltman.

79' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Sargent replaces Ante Crnac.

79' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Shane Duffy replaces Ben Chrisene.

82' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Ruairi McConville.

84' - Foul by Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion).

84' - José Córdoba (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

87' - Attempt blocked. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brajan Gruda.

87' - Attempt missed. Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.

88' - Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Solly March with a cross.

90'+1' - Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

90'+1' - Foul by Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion).

90'+1' - Lewis Dobbin (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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Goals

Norwich City: Forson Amankwah (90'+1', 90'+5')

Coventry City: Milan van Ewijk (24')

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Competition: English League Championship

Kickoff: 15:00+UTC

Venue: Carrow Road - Norwich England

Attendance: 26.682

Head referee: James Bell

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Norwich City form [old → recent]: ❌️❌️✅️➖️✅️

Coventry City form [old → recent]: ✅️❌️✅️➖️➖️

Head to head [recent → old]: (NOR-COV): 1-0, 2-1, 1-1, 4-2, 3-0

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Lineups

Norwich City 4-3-3:

Angus Gunn(1) - Callum Doyle(6) - Shane Duffy(4) - ~~Benjamin Chrisene(14)~~ ⇆ Kaide Gordon(21) - ~~Kellen Fisher(35)~~ ⇆ Forson Amankwah(18)⚽️⚽️ - Kenny McLean(23) - Emiliano Marcondes(11)🟨 - Marcelino Núñez(26) - ~~Ante Crnac(17)~~ ⇆ Onel Hernández(25) - Borja Sainz(7) - ~~Oscar Schwartau(29)~~ ⇆ Lewis Dobbin(22)

Bench: Jack Stacey - Elliot Myles - George Long - José Córdoba - Brad Hills - ~~Onel Hernández~~ - ~~Forson Amankwah~~ - ~~Kaide Gordon~~ - ~~Lewis Dobbin~~

Coventry City 5-3-2:

Oliver Dovin(1) - Bobby Thomas(4) - Liam Kitching(15) - Joel Latibeaudiere(22) - Jake Bidwell(21) - Milan van Ewijk(27)⚽️ - Jamie Allen(8) - Jack Rudoni(5) - ~~Ben Sheaf(14)🟨~~ ⇆ Josh Eccles(28)🟨 - ~~Norman Bassette(37)~~ ⇆ Ellis Simms(9) - Brandon Thomas-Asante(23)

Bench: Bradley Collins - Raphael Borges Rodrigues - Fabio Tavares - Jay Da Silva - Luis Binks - Victor Torp - Tatsuhiro Sakamoto - ~~Ellis Simms~~ - ~~Josh Eccles~~

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Match Stats

Possession: 68%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴32%

Shots On Goal: 9 - 2

Shots Attempted: 24 - 6

Fouls: 9 - 16

Yellow Cards: 0 - 2

Red Cards: 0 - 0

Corners: 9 - 1

Saves: 1 - 6

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Match Events

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

3' - Foul by Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City).

3' - Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

4' - Attempt missed. Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.

4' - Ben Sheaf (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

4' - Foul by Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City).

5' - Offside, Coventry City. Liam Kitching is caught offside.

6' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Joel Latibeaudiere.

7' - Offside, Norwich City. Ben Chrisene is caught offside.

9' - Offside, Norwich City. Borja Sainz is caught offside.

11' - Offside, Coventry City. Norman Bassette is caught offside.

12' - Attempt missed. Kenny McLean (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

13' - Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

13' - Foul by Jamie Allen (Coventry City).

14' - Attempt saved. Borja Sainz (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez with a through ball.

14' - Foul by Jake Bidwell (Coventry City).

14' - Oscar Schwartau (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

15' - Foul by Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City).

15' - Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19' - Foul by Norman Bassette (Coventry City).

19' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19' - Ben Chrisene (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19' - Foul by Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City).

21' - Attempt blocked. Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Borja Sainz.

21' - Attempt blocked. Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ante Crnac.

21' - Attempt saved. Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

21' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Oliver Dovin.

22' - Offside, Norwich City. Emiliano Marcondes is caught offside.

23' - Foul by Norman Bassette (Coventry City).

23' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

24' - Ben Chrisene (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

24' - Foul by Norman Bassette (Coventry City).

24' - ⚽️ Goal! Norwich City 0, Coventry City 1. Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a fast break.

28' - Attempt missed. Norman Bassette (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jamie Allen with a headed pass.

28' - Attempt saved. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emiliano Marcondes.

29' - Foul by Jamie Allen (Coventry City).

29' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

31' - Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Oscar Schwartau.

32' - Attempt saved. Ben Sheaf (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Allen.

33' - Foul by Ben Sheaf (Coventry City).

33' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

34' - 🟨 Ben Sheaf (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

34' - Hand ball by Bobby Thomas (Coventry City).

37' - Foul by Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City).

37' - Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

38' - Ben Sheaf (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

38' - Foul by Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City).

40' - Offside, Coventry City. Norman Bassette is caught offside.

42' - Offside, Norwich City. Borja Sainz is caught offside.

43' - Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

43' - Foul by Ante Crnac (Norwich City).

45' - Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

45'+1' - Foul by Borja Sainz (Norwich City).

45'+1' - Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

45'+3' - First Half ends, Norwich City 0, Coventry City 1.

45' - Second Half begins Norwich City 0, Coventry City 1.

49' - Attempt missed. Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Borja Sainz.

51' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Liam Kitching.

52' - Attempt saved. Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Borja Sainz with a cross.

56' - Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

56' - Foul by Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City).

57' - Attempt missed. Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.

58' - Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City).

58' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

59' - Attempt saved. Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

59' - Attempt blocked. Borja Sainz (Norwich City) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.

59' - Attempt missed. Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.

60' - Delay in match because of an injury Ben Sheaf (Coventry City).

60' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

60' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Ante Crnac.

60' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Lewis Dobbin replaces Oscar Schwartau.

60' - 🔄 Substitution, Coventry City. Josh Eccles replaces Ben Sheaf because of an injury.

62' - Attempt missed. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Borja Sainz.

63' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jake Bidwell.

63' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez with a cross following a corner.

63' - Attempt missed. Borja Sainz (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.

66' - Attempt blocked. Borja Sainz (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenny McLean.

66' - Offside, Norwich City. Borja Sainz is caught offside.

68' - Foul by Josh Eccles (Coventry City).

68' - Lewis Dobbin (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

68' - 🟨 Josh Eccles (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

71' - Foul by Norman Bassette (Coventry City).

71' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

71' - Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

71' - Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City).

71' - 🔄 Substitution, Coventry City. Ellis Simms replaces Norman Bassette.

74' - Callum Doyle (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

74' - Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City).

74' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Bobby Thomas.

75' - Attempt missed. Shane Duffy (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcelino Núñez with a cross following a corner.

77' - Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City).

77' - Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

78' - Offside, Norwich City. Borja Sainz is caught offside.

80' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Joel Latibeaudiere.

81' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Jack Rudoni.

81' - Attempt blocked. Lewis Dobbin (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Kenny McLean with a cross.

81' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Josh Eccles.

82' - Attempt blocked. Lewis Dobbin (Norwich City) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Kenny McLean with a cross.

82' - Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Josh Eccles.

82' - Foul by Shane Duffy (Norwich City).

82' - Liam Kitching (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

83' - Attempt missed. Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.

84' - Foul by Josh Eccles (Coventry City).

84' - Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

84' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Amankwah Forson replaces Kellen Fisher.

85' - 🔄 Substitution, Norwich City. Kaide Gordon replaces Ben Chrisene.

85' - Attempt missed. Onel Hernández (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Shane Duffy.

90' - Attempt blocked. Amankwah Forson (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

90' - Attempt missed. Shane Duffy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.

90' - Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.

90'+1' - ⚽️ Goal! Norwich City 1, Coventry City 1. Amankwah Forson (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Borja Sainz.

90'+4' - Attempt saved. Marcelino Núñez (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Dobbin.

90'+5' - ⚽️ Goal! Norwich City 2, Coventry City 1. Amankwah Forson (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Onel Hernández.

90'+6' - 🟨 Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

90'+6' - Second Half ends, Norwich City 2, Coventry City 1.

Match ends, Norwich City 2, Coventry City 1.

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