{"id":156241,"date":"2021-11-06T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T22:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156241"},"modified":"2021-11-07T03:00:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T03:00:42","slug":"epl-battlers-win-first-game-then-sack-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156241","title":{"rendered":"EPL battlers win first game, then sack coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norwich got the elusive win but Daniel Farke still got fired.<\/p>\n<p>The manager was dismissed hours after Norwich beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday for its first <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/english-premier-league\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a> victory of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e03f983d-869b-41b5-89c7-a8887a89458f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e03f983d-869b-41b5-89c7-a8887a89458f\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1735\" data-height=\"976\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The German leaves after more than four years in charge and with Norwich in last place 11 games into its first season back in the top division.<\/p>\n<p>Mathias Normann put Norwich ahead with a terrific solo effort after just six minutes and Teemu Pukki&#x27;s penalty doubled the advantage before the half-hour mark in a battle of promoted clubs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/australia-defeat-west-indies-t20-world-cup-chris-gayle-final-game-david-warner\/a8bfbc1b-9be7-4543-a2a9-bb474d63fc23\" title=\"Australia through to semis at T20 World Cup\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Australia through to semis at T20 World Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/epl-2021-manchester-united-misery-continues-with-loss-to-manchester-city\/64c5175c-71c9-41d9-a7f5-6b14af462a69\" title=\"More misery for Man United as City win easily\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>More misery for Man United as City win easily<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brentford turned up the intensity in the second half and broke through in the 60th when substitute Saman Ghoddos&#x27; cross found Rico Henry unmarked at the far post. Henry reached out with his left foot to redirect the ball into the net.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CastCanary\/status\/1457070793419014146\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CastCanary\/status\/1457070793419014146<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The home team couldn&#x27;t find the equalizer, however, and slumped to its fourth consecutive loss after a promising start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Normann, a Norway midfielder on loan from Russian club Rostov, collected a clearance and moved past several defenders before beating goalkeeper Alvaro Fernandez with a low shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-in-covid19-protocol-out-sunday\/b9c11711-1604-4f1b-86a4-cd4640eaae28\"><strong>NFL superstar MVP caught up in COVID scandal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/yorkshire-banned-from-hosting-cricket-azeem-rafiq-racism-report\/562b5245-e4d7-4309-8d1e-4ed42d011192\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Yorkshire suspended from hosting international matches as racism row engulfs English cricket<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canaries goalkeeper Tim Krul preserved the lead by denying Christian Norgaard from close range. Krul stopped Norgaard again in the second half from point-blank range.<\/p>\n<p>Pukki sent Fernandez the wrong way on his penalty after the Finland striker was brought down by substitute Charlie Goode.<\/p>\n<p>Brentford thought it had cut the lead early in the second half but Bryan Mbeumo&#x27;s goal was disallowed for offside after video review.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Norwich got the elusive win but Daniel Farke still got fired. The manager was dismissed hours after Norwich beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday for its <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156241\" title=\"EPL battlers win first game, then sack coach\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156243,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156241\/revisions\/156243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}