REACTION | Wagner reflects on draw against Southampton

Norwich City head coach David Wagner says it was a top performance from his side, as they drew 4-4 away to Southampton.

Norwich City head coach David Wagner says it was a top performance from his side, as they drew 4-4 away to Southampton.

"It was a top, top performance from the bottom to the top," Wagner said. "To come here against Southampton, to play the way we've done. The bravery, creating chances, scoring goals. We had chances to add even more.

"To be a little bit disappointed after the game, only to be coming away from the game with only a draw only speaks for the character of the group and demands they have on them. But in general, it was a super football match from both teams.

"Both teams wanted to attack, both teams wanted to score goals. There was some mistakes, which will happen. But in general, I think it was a very good performance. We take this point, we recover and then go again."

The head coach also spoke about the goals conceded, believing some were avoidable and

"Most of the goals are avoidable for me. The first one, there's a clear push. The referee has to see this. And we scored another goal that was clearly not offside in the second situation. Yes, Ashley was offside when Gabriel Sara shot, but the goalkeeper had a clear view.

"But he makes the save, then we cross the ball in and have a tap-in. No offside situation. This is what annoys me more than the other situations, where maybe you can defend better.

"I'm proud of the players today, they deserve a lot of credit to come away to Southampton and to perform and play the way they've done. Tomorrow, and the next few days, there will be things to look back and analyse, but everyone can be proud."

The Canaries play Queens Park Rangers in the Carabao Cup in midweek, with Wagner previewing that fixture.

"It looks like everybody is healthy after the game. We'll double check tomorrow morning, and then we'll see how everyone recovers. We've seen that there's a lot of players pushing from the bench, and the bench gave positive influence again.

"We'll see how we will set up the team on Wednesday night, but one thing is for sure, is that we like to be successful in every single game and that includes going on a cup run as well. This is our aim, this is our standard."