Andrew Omobamidele admitted it was a bittersweet moment for him to score his first senior goal for Norwich City in front of the Barclay Stand against Leeds United.
The 19-year-old, who was starting his first Premier League game at Carrow Road, headed home Milot Rashica's corner to level the scores after 58 minutes. However, the goal was not enough to get Norwich a point, as Leeds went ahead again shortly after, which was a source of frustration for him.
“It is a bittersweet moment,” Omobamidele, told canaries.co.uk. “It is a moment that you can’t take away from me, especially because it is at home, in front of the Barclay Stand, to equalise against Leeds in the Premier League, on my second start.
“So it is a proud moment, but obviously it is disappointing with the result at the end of it.”
Norwich lost the game 2-1 with Rodrigo restoring Leeds’ advantage two minutes after Omobamidele had equalised.
Omobamidele admitted that was the most frustrating thing about the performance.
“It was disappointing,” he said. “I think we were on top for large periods of the first half and there was just a period where there were a lot of goals.
“They scored first, and then I scored, and then they scored again quickly and that is something that we need to improve on. You are most vulnerable when you have just scored, so I think for just those couple of minutes we needed to stand tall and stand strong, because in the Premier League you can’t really have those couple of minutes, maybe you would have had in the Championship, to relax and get your breath.
“It is very frustrating for any team if you have just scored to level and then they score, but I thought the lads fought hard and it was a good collective team performance. We just need to assess it tomorrow and then put our focus on Brentford.”
Speaking about his start at left-back, Omobamidele added: “It is a new position for me but whether the boss puts me I am going to try and give 100 per cent.”