NORWICH LOSE OUT

Norwich City has been defeated by West Ham United in a Premier League match played at Boleyn Ground on Tuesday. West Ham won the match by 2-1. This was West Ham’s seventh victory in the ongoing Premier League. With the help of this win, West Ham managed to maintain its 11^th position in the points table. West Ham currently has 26 points in 20 matches.

On the other hand, this was the 8^th defeat for Norwich City in the competition. However, the defeat didn’t take Norwich City down in the points table. Norwich City is still at the 12^th position in the points table.

The West Ham players were playing on their home ground and they didn’t disappoint the home fans who turned up in large numbers. They were thoroughly professional in their approach and provided a lot of entertainment to their fans.

West Ham United was off to a blistering start in the match. The Irons earned a penalty in the 3^rd minute of the match and Mark Noble didn’t make any mistake in capitalizing on that chance. He outthought the Norwich goalkeeper and smashed the ball into the net. The Norwich goalie dived in the wrong direction.

The Irons doubled their lead in the 26^th minute of the match. It was Joey O’Brien who scored the second goal for West Ham. Noble passed the ball to Carlton Cole who set it up for O’Brien. O’Brien got into a good position before sweeping the ball into the net.

Norwich City managed to reduce the lead to 1-2 towards the end with the goal of Russell Martin, but, that was too little, too late. West Ham played sensibly in the remaining few minutes and walked away with the win.

Norwich City’s next match will be a FA Cup encounter against Peterborough United on Saturday.