Dean Smith was delighted with the team performance in Friday’s 2-0 win at home to Millwall, Josh Sargent scoring both goals for Norwich City.
“Really pleased for him to get a brace,” Smith said. “It was a really good performance from all the lads to be fair. As well as Josh scoring the two goals, I’m really pleased that we kept the clean sheet.
"We gave them one big chance from a set-piece, we knew they were dangerous, but that’s pretty much all they had throughout the game. They made it difficult for us, we couldn’t find our spare man in the first half of the game and we spoke about, certainly on our right hand side, for the likes of Danel and Dowell to come inside and link up a little bit more with Sarge.
"We ended up getting a goal that way and with Onel’s direct threat, we wanted him to stay wider on the other side. We were knocking on the door a lot in the first half without creating the big chances, but really good goals, both of them.
"Sarge worked so hard to earn the second one and what a delightful little pass from Dowell as well and what quality he’s got.
“I’ve said before Sarge is a good player. He works extremely hard and he went and earned that chance for himself. He put them under pressure right from kick-off in the first half, charging them down.
"That’s what you need and it’s good because he can go down both channels and what great competition it is for Teemu now. It’s really pleasing for us as a football club that we’ve got good players within the squad and some not even playing or even on the bench."
At the back, Andrew Omobamidele looked cool, calm and composed throughout the full 90 minutes.
“They got the ball forward quite quickly at times and he had a bit of a battle, certainly in the first half and I thought he came out the winner within that individual battle," Smith said.
"I thought he was good in the second half as well. Against a team that are physical, I felt he handled that really well. Him and Grant, who probably made more headers in the first five minutes than he has done for the rest of the season, together today against a strong team - Benik Afobe and Honeyman are strong runners and they dealt with that well.
“It’s great that we’re unbeaten at Carrow Road and our supporters can see how hard we’re working. That’s the thing that pleased me most - the work ethic. We kept knocking on the door and it didn’t quite happen for us in the first half, but we kept winning the ball back as quickly as we could and then took our chances."
Next up, we return to Carrow Road to host AFC Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night, and the first round of the competition gave a chance for the likes of Liam Gibbs and Danel Sinani to impress the head coach.
“That’s why it’s important to have the squad," he said. "We need a strong squad here and it feels like we’re halfway through it already but there are still 41 games to go, but we’re really looking forward to it.
"There’s a buoyant dressing room now and I’m talking no different now to what I was at the start of the season, but the fact is we’ve got wins now.”