"More like a basketball game": Norwich boss Wagner on QPR draw

The draw leaves the Canaries 10th in the table - two points away from the play-off places with three games of the regular season to go.

Author: PA Sport StaffPublished 20th Apr 2023

Norwich City boss David Wagner has admitted his disappointment after a 1 - all draw with QPR last night put a further dent in the Canaries chances of making the Championship play-offs.

Lyndon Dykes' ninth-minute goal put QPR ahead but Adam Idah, sent on as a half-time substitute, equalised in the first minute of the second half.

The draw leaves the Canaries 10th in the table - two points away from the play-off places with three games of the regular season to go.

Rangers continue to slide down the table, and are now contenders for relegation to League One.

Norwich head coach Wagner admitted that their inability to retain possession proved costly at Loftus Road.

"It's disappointing because we only got the draw," Wagner said.

"In the first half we didn't start at our best, conceded a very avoidable goal where we have to stop the cross much more aggressively and with much more passion and desire.

"Apart from the last five minutes of the first half I don't think we were very creative or put much pressure on the opponents.

"The second half was better. No complaints about the effort or how the players fought, but in possession we didn't play to our best.

"We were not able to calm the game. Sometimes it was more like a basketball game - up and down, up and down.

"This is not how we like to play, how we're used to playing, and unfortunately this was one of the reasons we only got a draw.

"You can't complain about the effort of the players. But we can, and we have to, play better football in possession."

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