'Mistakes have consequences' - Thorup

Norwich City head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup has revealed captain Shane Duffy was absent from their starting line-up in the 1-1 draw with Oxford because he missed a team meeting.

The 33-year-old was an unused substitute for the game at Carrow Road.

"Shane was late for the team meeting," Thorup told his post-match press conference.

"I set a culture for a football team and tell the players how we run things.

"It's unfortunate for Shane and he didn't do it on purpose but we've made it clear incidents like that cannot happen on game day."

Duffy had played every league match for the Canaries this season before the draw on Friday night.

"It was an easy decision to take even though I don't like it – the culture is on top of anything else," Thorup added.

"There is room for mistakes but in my view mistakes should be followed by consequences."

Duffy afterwards posted on X that he had been delayed on the way to the ground by a road accident.

"Full details are there was a crash and stuck in traffic which led me to be late 20 mins," he said.