The manager reacts to 2-2 draw with Birmingham City
NEIL Adams highlighted the âcharacterâ of his players after their 2-2 draw with Birmingham City at Carrow Road.The Canaries faced a two-goal deficit at the break despite being largely on top in the first half, but a quick-fire brace from Cameron Jerome had the home crowd sensing another comeback victory.
They had to settle for a point at the final whistle but Adams was philosophical after the final whistle.
âWe didnât quite get the third goal, but youâve got to look at the character of the players for them to come back. It is disappointing, but it is a point,â he said.
âThere will be plenty of games in the division like this, so it might be a positive point in the end but we wanted to win the game.
âWe were actually quite good in the first half, apart from a bit of bad luck with their first goal and slack marking at the second. Youâre not going to rant and rave for the sake of it, there wasnât a lot to other than that sloppiness on the second goal.
âWe said âweâve been here before, we know weâve got goals but weâve got to go and get oneâ. We did it, we got another one and youâre thinking that weâre going to win it, but it wasnât quite to be today.â
Two emphatic finishes from Jerome have taken him to the top of Cityâs individual scoring charts with six in all competitions, and Adams says heâs delighted with the impact of his summer recruit.
âHeâs been fantastic. The two goals again today â the first one looks a tap-in, but itâs not. Itâs a really difficult finish, and heâs put it in the only place he can score the goal,â he outlined.
âWith the second one, heâs clever enough to realise the pace heâs got to put on the header. They were two excellent goals and heâs in a rich vein of the form at the minute.â
On the playersâ disappointment at the end, he added: âThat just shows you what we want to achieve.
âWe are disappointed to only draw, even though we were 2-0 down. We want to win games. Thereâs nothing wrong with that, the players did particularly well in the second half but Iâm not displeased that theyâre disappointed theyâve only drawn.â
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