Shane Duffy: Norwich City defender says team must stop conceding 'ridiculous' goals
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Shane Duffy's first goal for Norwich came in his 14th appearance
Norwich City defender Shane Duffy says they need to stop conceding "ridiculous" goals and be more solid if they are to be competitive again in the Championship.
The Canaries blew a two-goal lead in their 3-2 defeat by Leeds on Saturday, with Duffy scoring at both ends.
"We stopped playing. Bad decision-making cost us the game," Duffy, 31, told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"The message at half-time was get all over them and we didn't."
Duffy's first goal for Norwich, followed by another from Gabriel Sara just before the break, had put the home side in control - only for things to fall apart in the second half.
Duffy turned a Daniel James cross into his own net from close range to allow Leeds back in the game, before they sealed their comeback win with two goals from Crysencio Summerville to give ex-Norwich boss Daniel Farke a memorable return to Carrow Road.
"We wanted to go out and go after them and get the third goal to kill it but we didn't do that - we sat off them, giving slopping balls away and getting counter-attacked - you can't do that," Duffy said.
"The goals were just ridiculous. It's the same story, we're conceding ridiculous goals at the minute and it's hurting us.
"It's something we really need to fix because you can't get anywhere in this league without being solid. And in the second half we absolutely weren't. We need to fix it.
"We didn't see it coming at half-time and it's absolutely disappointing."
Despite not being enough to win the game, Duffy said scoring his first goal since joining Norwich from Fulham in June 2023, and his first league goal for two years, was a relief.
"I was starting to get annoyed about it because I should have about five or six goals already," he said.
"It never usually plays on my mind but it was starting to and it's been a couple of years since I actually scored a goal, so I'm happy it's off my back. I can focus now on keeping them out the other end.
"Set-pieces are huge in this league and we haven't been good enough scoring goals from set-pieces. I was happy to be on the end of one and score but it counts for nothing now."
Norwich, with only one win in their past six Championship games, face in-form Middesbrough at Carrow Road on Tuesday.