Norwich 1 - Swansea 0: Howson heads only goal as Canaries edge dreadful encounter

Mbokani came off the bench to help Norwich to a home win

DIEUMERCI MBOKANI hasn't found it easy since moving to the Premier League on loan from Dynamo Kiev.

 

But he does have the knack of lifting the Canaries.

The Congolese striker helped to turn a snorefest into a vital win for the Alex Neil's side.

He came off the bench for the fourth time this season and laid on the winner, nodding Robbie Brady's corner beyond stranded keeper Lukasz Fabianski for Jonny Howson to head past Gylfi Sigurdsson on the line.

Until that breakthrough after 70 minutes, the statistics said it all - Norwich three shots on target, Swansea none.

 

It's the worst spell of Swans boss Garry Monk's tenure and he admitted: "It's not a good moment for myself but I'm a fighter. Again we got caught with a lapse of concentration at a crucial moment."

Norwich manager Alex Neil said of his star substitute: "Mbokani's a big boy. He gives us a different dimension with his strength and power.

"Our focus until today hasn't been on keeping clean sheets. I just thought we had to put our thoughts on getting one."

NORWICH: Ruddy, Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Howson, Tettey, O'Neil, Brady; Hoolahan (Mulumbu 90); Jerome (Mbokani 68)

SWANSEA: Fabianski; Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor; Ki Sung-yueng, Shelvey (Eder 87); Ayew, Sigurdsson (Britton 78), Montero (Routledge 64); Gomis