'Shambles. Shocking. We crumble' - McLean laments loss to Owls

Kenny McLean has made more than 250 appearances for Norwich since signing from Aberdeen in January 2018

Norwich City captain Kenny McLean did not pull any punches in his assessment of their second-half capitulation in Tuesday's 3-2 defeat by Sheffield Wednesday, calling it "a shambles", "shocking" and the performance after half-time as "probably the worst this season".

It had looked very different for the Canaries when top-scorer Borja Sainz and Ante Crnac put them 2-0 up 10 minutes before the break.

But three goals in 12 woeful minutes allowed the Owls to turn the game around as Michael Ihiekwe, Josh Windass and Djeidi Gassama shattered the home side and delivered Wednesday's first win at Carrow Road for 16 years.

"Seven months into the season and it's the same old story. I'm struggling myself to get answers," McLean told BBC Radio Norfolk after the game.

"We can't turn up and play football for 45 minutes every week. It's not enough."

Defeat was the fourth time Norwich have lost from a winning position this season and takes the number of points dropped after taking the lead to a Championship-high 30.

McLean says that is something "we have to fix" but added, "we still don't have the answers, or are able to find the answers, during games".

He continued: "It's actually a shambles. We need to do so much more. When teams get a goal, they know we're vulnerable.

"That's the worst probably this season [the performance] - that was evident at the final whistle with the crowd."

McLean said he thought the issue might be a mixture of both their tactical and mental approach during matches.

"A bit of everything," the 33-year-old Scot said. "I'd love to be able to say exactly what it was. We've got experience of being in these positions a lot this season and it still continues to happen. It's such a frustration.

"We're a nice team. When it clicks, it's really good. When things go against us, it's shocking. We need to deal with tough situations better and stand up to the challenges teams throw at us.

"We're not wresting control back. We should know what we're doing. We should be more resilient, more committed to winning second balls. At times, we're the best footballers in the league and it baffles me.

"We're being told to adapt during games but we're not doing it at the right times. As soon as teams come after us, and we lose the ball, we crumble. One mistake always leads to another and then another.

"There seems to be an anxiety across us when we make a mistake - teams see that vulnerability in us and we don't deal with it."