Canaries must cut out soft goals - Stacey

Jack Stacey and Jaden PhilogeneImage source, PA Media
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Norwich City wing-back Jack Stacey says his side must find a way to become tougher to score against following the East Anglia derby defeat at Ipswich Town.

The Canaries went down 3-1 at Portman Road - their first loss in 15 matches between the two sides since 2009.

"To concede the third goal and how we reacted after that is probably where the frustration is," Stacey told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"We're probably not making it hard enough for teams to score against us. If you're going to concede soft goals, you're going to make it very hard for yourselves to win games.

"We're looking forward to the (international) break to work on certain things and look towards the next game in two weeks' time, (when) we're going to be in a better position than we are now.

"We're not where we want to be at the moment and people are judged on results at the end of the day.

"At the start of the season, that was our goal, to get into the play-offs - it's very early in the season but we have to look at it now, there's no grey area, if we're not up there, it is underachieving, yes."

Norwich will be at home to head coach Liam Manning's former club Bristol City when they return to action on Saturday, 18 October.