Norwich City

Phil Daley
Sports Editor, BBC Norfolk

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Norwich City will seek to get back to winning ways when they welcome Leicester City to Carrow Road on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

The Canaries drew 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday on Wednesday, which saw them end a run of six defeats on the spin.

Head coach Liam Manning was asked about his own future, among other topics, as he spoke to the media before the game against Leicester.

Here are some of the key points:

• Is it all or nothing this weekend regarding Manning's future? "Whether it is or it isn't, it's not going to change what I do tomorrow. What I've been through in my life I don't stress on things too far beyond... because it could end tomorrow, so I try not to live too far ahead in my own head."

• On Josh Sargent's goal drought: "Sarge will score goals, there's no doubt about that. His involvement has still been big, he set up the goal on Wednesday night," said Manning.

• Manning says sporting director Ben Knapper is, "desperate to change things, do well, works extremely hard and is all-in, like I am."

• Jeffrey Schlupp is having a scan on his hamstring after pulling up in the game at Hillsborough. Manning said it doesn't look good, especially as it's the same side he's previously had surgery on.

• Ben Chrisene and Lucian Mahovo, who can play left-back, are both still unavailable for selection.

• On the point at Hillsborough, Manning said: "We showed more purpose in the second half, that sort of thing can build resilience - we have to take that into the weekend."

You can listen to full live commentary on Norwich City v Leicester City with BBC Radio Norfolk on FM and DAB from 14:00 on Saturday.

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Norwich resume their quest for a first point at Carrow Road this season as Leicester visit on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

The Canaries have lost all seven matches in all competitions infront of their own fans under Liam Manning, failing to score in the past three of them, but did stop the rot after six straight Championship defeats with a 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday on Wednesday night.

Norwich are winless in their past 10, earning just three points, and lie third-bottom, four points from safety, and nine points and nine places adrift of the 13th-placed Foxes.

Marti Cifuentes' side are in the doldrums too, winless in their past five, a run extended by Middlesbrough's last-gasp equaliser at the King Power on Tuesday night, which did at least end Leicester's three match losing streak.

• Norwich City have lost each of their past four league games against Leicester City, since a 1-0 win at Carrow Road in February 2020.

• Leicester City failed to win any of their first five away league meetings with Norwich City this century (D2 L3), but have won on three of four trips to face the Canaries since (L1).

• Norwich City are winless in their past 10 games in the Championship (D3 L7); their longest losing streak in the second tier of English football since November 2007 (11 games without a win).

• Leicester City have won just one of their past 10 league games (D6 L3), their fewest over a 10-game spell outside of the top-flight since April 2013 under Nigel Pearson (also 1).

• Josh Sargent has either scored (5) or assisted (2) 54% of Norwich City's goals in the Championship this season (7/13); the highest percentage by any striker for a team in the current campaign.

Norwich City's Danish forward Mathias Kvistgaarden brought his post-match thoughts to his English near-namesake - BBC Radio Norfolk's Chris Goreham - after Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.

"The way you pronounce your name is actually the most correct name over here to pronounce my name if you had to say it in Danish," Kvistgaarden told Goreham.

After a spell on the sidelines through injury, it was Kvistgaarden's goal that earned Norwich a point in a crucial portion of the season with the Canaries 22nd in the Championship.

"For the team I think we needed that. For me, happy about it but even happier for the team," Kvistgaarden said.

After a run of six straight defeats, Norwich will look to build a run of form that can take them out of the relegation zone. They are currently four points behind Oxford United in 21st.

"We are in a place now where we need to go out and improve ourselves every day. We are working hard on the training pitch and there's no time to point fingers at each other, we need to stand together," said Kvistgaarden.

"There's a lot of games left in the league. Personally I prefer looking away from the table and to look forward for the next game that's coming."

Norwich host Leicester City on Saturday (15:00 BST) in their final Championship game before the international break.

Listen to the full interview between Mathias Kvistgaarden and Chris Goreham on Sounds.

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Norwich head coach Liam Manning welcomed an end to a run of six successive defeats as they drew 1-1 with Championship bottom club Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

The Canaries again looked short of creativity in the first half after Josh Sargent missed a chance but he later redeemed himself with the pass for Mathias Kvistgaardens's equaliser.

"We've stopped the run of losses which is important and we deserved a point I think," Manning told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"We should have gone ahead really early on and then we concede a fantastic finish but we just didn't respond again and that's the issue. We get anxious, we get nervous, we get passive, we lose intent, but showed a response second half that we need to show from the start to the end - that fight, intent and purpose.

"We had numerous good opportunities but where we're at at the moment it's about having real intent and purpose with your actions."

There was an apparent angry exchange of words between Manning, skipper Kenny Mclean and defender Shane Duffy during a first-half injury delay.

"It was heat of the moment - Kenny was fine, me and Kenny were chatting. I think it was frustration more than anything, we spoke about it, dealt with it and that's it," the Norwich boss added.

They are next in action with a home game against Leicester City on Saturday.

"The easiest thing to do is to get rid of the manager. The problem is people think that is the answer.

"There's a lot more to Norwich, a lot more to Southampton than who is that man standing on the touchline, and that's where the questions need to be asked."

Aaron Paul and Jobi McAnuff are joined by Chelmsford City striker - and the joint-highest scorer in the FA Cup so far - Lyle Taylor to talk Will Still's exit from Southampton and debate whether Liam Manning can turn things around at a struggling Norwich City.

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Norwich City boss Liam Manning said that he is feeling the same hurt as the fans following a number of protests surrounding the state of the club.

Manning's side have failed to pick up a single point at home so far this season and find themselves on a six-game losing run in the Championship and one place of the bottom of the table.

"I think it's one of those, we have to understand the world we live in, and rightly so, people can protest. I totally understand why people are, I feel the same hurt, the emotion, the frustration, but I think there's a real fine line," he told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"I was informed that players' families were threatened and that is where it becomes unacceptable. By all means express your opinions, put your emotions out there, but then it becomes personal, it becomes potentially violent, it becomes threatening."

The Canaries visit Sheffield Wednesday on Wednesday night (19:45 GMT) with the bottom-placed Owls, currently on -5 points, looking to recover following administration.

"It gives them a lift, I'm sure they'll get a bounce off it, I'm sure the players will," Manning said.

"The energy and atmosphere will be very different to a couple of weeks ago, with nobody there.

"That can go one of two ways for them. It can be overhyped and overemotional and [they] lose a bit of discipline in what they're doing. It's a great opportunity to go and spoil their party."

Listen to the full interview and more on BBC Sounds.

Wednesday provides a must-win night for both Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich City as the two bottom clubs face each other at Hillsborough (19:45 GMT).

The Owls sit in the basement with -8 points following their 12 point deduction but, while their form has been less than spectacular, the Canaries visit will be one they will eye to boost morale with a much needed win.

Norwich have lost their past six successive games and are winless in eight (D1 L7), leaving them in the worst form of any Championship club.

• Sheffield Wednesday failed to win any of their six league games against Norwich City between the 2018-19 and 2023-24 campaigns (D2 L4), but did achieve a league double over the Canaries last term (2-0 home, 3-2 away).

• Norwich City have lost just one of their last four away league games against Sheffield Wednesday (W2 D1), but it was last season, going down 2-0 at Hillsborough.

• Sheffield Wednesday are winless in their last eight home league games (D2 L6), including all seven so far this season (D1 L6) – it is already their longest ever start to a home campaign without winning at Hillsborough.

• Norwich City have lost each of their last three away league games and could lose four in a row for the second time in 2025 (also March to April) – before this calendar year, the Canaries hadn't suffered that fate outside of the top-flight since December 2017 under Daniel Farke.

• Norwich City manager Liam Manning is winless in seven previous league games against Sheffield Wednesday (D3 L4), the most times he has faced a side without victory in the Football League.

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Boston United have signed forward Ken Aboh from Championship club Norwich City on a month's loan.

The 20-year-old has made one appearance for the Canaries' first team - as a substitute in a 5-0 win against Rotherham in the Championship in March 2024.

Aboh had two loan spells in the English Football League last season - at Stevenage in League One and with Colchester United in League Two.

He is set for his Pilgrims debut in Wednesday's National League game at Altrincham.

"I am so sad to see our club rotting before our eyes. It's in a state of paralysis.

"You've got people inside the club essentially marking their own homework, you've got people afraid to make big decisions as it puts their own jobs in jeopardy."

Rob Butler and Chris Reeve reflect on more misery for Norwich City as they suffer a sixth defeat in a row and remain point-less at home.

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Under-fire Norwich City boss Liam Manning said sorry to the fans for making a sharp exit down the players' tunnel after the Canaries' sixth straight loss.

Manning faced calls for his head from some fans at Carrow Road during the 2-0 defeat by Hull City and admitted he should not have disappeared at the final whistle.

He told BBC Radio Norfolk: "I apologise to the fans for that, it's not good from me.

"I'm hurting, it's not the right thing to do and I apologise to everyone for that.

"It's the same message, you keep fighting.

"Clearly there's a lot that needs to change. We have to look in-house and change."

Norwich wasted chances to score before Joe Gelhardt gave Hull the lead early in the second half and Manning said he is "tired of saying the same things".

"Ultimately you're tired of saying the same things, I'm scratching my head," he added.

"I reflect on my performance first and you look at the first half and you have to be ahead.

"You get in at half-time and the frustrating bit is we referenced they [Hull] are going to change. They're going to go man-to-man and we have to go in behind them and utilise the space, but we don't do it.

"We just shoot ourselves in the foot by giving away, yet again, a horrific goal."

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Norwich City are looking for their first Championship win since August and welcome Hull City to Carrow Road on Saturday (12:30 GMT).

On Wednesday, club owner Mark Attanasio backed head coach Liam Manning to continue in his role despite a run of five defeats in a row.

Ahead of the Hull game, Manning has been speaking to the media and here are some of the key points:

• The head coach said he had a "good honest chat" with majority shareholder Mark Attanasio while he was in the UK

• Manning said Attanasio understands the issues that the club are going through with regards to injuries and loss of form

• "I'm really not happy with where we are at," Manning said

• The City boss says it is good that Attanasio came over from the United States while the team are struggling, rather than only showing interest on the back of a winning run

• Full-back Jack Stacey will miss the Hull game after suffering a concussion during training. It is his second concussion issue this season after sustaining a similar injury in the home defeat against Wrexham

• Defender Ben Chrisene will miss a "couple of weeks" following a setback with his injury recovery

• Midfielder Amankwah Forson is back in full training following his injury lay-off. Manning said he will "possibly" be in the squad for the Hull game

You can listen to full live coverage of Norwich City v Hull City with BBC Radio Norfolk on FM and DAB. Coverage starts on Saturday at 12:00 GMT.

Norwich City striker Josh Sargent says he has no plans to leave when the transfer window reopens in January, despite the club struggling in the Championship.

Sargent was linked with a move to German side VfL Wolfsburg in the summer but the American chose to reject the offer and stay in Norfolk.

However, while Sargent has scored five times across the Canaries' opening four Championship matches, he has not found the net since and subsequently missed out on a call-up for the United States.

"I don't have any plans of leaving at the moment, I'm very happy here," Sargent told BBC Radio Norfolk.

"I know it's been a bit of a rough patch for the club, but I'm fully focused on turning it around and doing my best for this club. I stayed for a reason.

"Of course, being in the World Cup squad would be a massive achievement again and I'm going to keep working hard and do everything I can to try and make that squad."

Norwich are currently 23rd in the table after five successive league losses, two points below Blackburn Rovers in 21st.

"I probably expected it to be a bit worse in the changing room (after poor results), but I think the guys all have a sense that it's not where we belong, we shouldn't be at the bottom of the table," Sargant added.

"We still have a lot of faith in ourselves and what we can do. We have just to go out there and show it now."

Listen to the full interview with Sargent and more Norwich City content on BBC Sounds.

Norwich return to Carrow Road seeking their first points of the season at home as Hull City visit on Saturday (12:30 GMT).

The Canaries have lost all six games infront of their own fans under Liam Manning this season in all competitions, are on a five-match losing streak in the Championship and have taken just two points from their past eight games to slip to second-bottom of the table, ahead of only Sheffield Wednesday.

The Tigers, by contrast, are unbeaten in their past five league games, taking 11 points, and sit eighth, only outside the play-off places on goal difference.

• Norwich City are unbeaten across their past five league games against Hull City (W4 D1), scoring 12 goals in total during that time.

• Hull City have won just one of their 13 away league games against Norwich City since 1972 (D3 L9), a 2-0 success at Carrow Road in September 2010.

• Norwich have picked up just eight points through their opening 12 Championship matches this season (W2 D2 L8), their fewest during a second-tier campaign since 2007-08 when they eventually finished 17th (also 8 points).

• Hull have won just one of their past eight away league games (D3 L4), though did win last time out on the road when beating Birmingham City 3-2 at St Andrew's.

• With 20 goals through their opening 12 Championship games, Hull have netted their most goals at this stage of a second-tier campaign since 2017-18 (23).