Excellent result and good all round performance. Norwich had 67% possession but it never felt like they were in control. Our defence was very solid, although the linesman's flag saved us twice. Both looked pretty close calls to me. Perhaps lady luck is at last evening things up after another disallowed goal in our last match here.

Possibly most impressive was our forward press which functioned well, with Madsen (yes him) playing a full part. Kolli will get the praise, but I thought the keeper could have done better for both goals. But his work rate, mobility and fitness - still running hard at the end - were impressive.

But in spite of Kolli's goals I'd give MotM to Jimmy Dunne. He's always a danger in the opposition area, but usually with his head. Today he smashed the loose ball home in a manner we've been reluctant to do. And his defensive work mostly against the goal machine Sainz was good. Great to see him getting back to his best form especially after his loss this week.

Of course those of us who've supported Rs for decades will know that just when it looks like we've turned a corner we crash and burn. Oxford will be easy, won't it??
BTW I thought the ref was dreadful

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Fine margins in our favour. That first offside at 2-0 was close and 30 odd minutes to go. 2-1 then and momentum and wind make it extremely difficult to hang on.
Instead, we go up the other end and it's 3-0. The handball that didn't go out way at Watford, was partly mitigated by Ashby getting away with a similar one yesterday.
Good performance all around. Kolli has obviously been working really hard on his game. Very good performance and still chasing defenders all over the place in the final seconds of added on time.

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