Changing formation and personnel to earn a much needed 1-0 home win over Birmingham has earned Norwich City head coach Daniel Farke a great deal of praise this evening.
The German fielded a very different team to that which started the dreadful 4-0 win at Millwall ahead of the international break, making five changes.
Christoph Zimmermann and the fit-again Timm Klose took over in the centre of defence, with Russell Martin and Marcel Franke not in the squad at all, and new signing Grant Hanley making a very late cameo as a substitute.
James Husband was dropped to the bench and Marco Stipermann replaced him at left-back but the decision to bring Alex Tettey and Tom Trybull in for Harrison Reed and Wes Hoolahan as defensive midfielders was key.
Report: Norwich City 1 Birmingham City 0 – Nelson Oliveira proves the difference as Canaries bounce back
The victory came courtesy of Nelson Oliveira’s fourth goal of the season in just the fifth minute and saw the Canaries bounce back from conceding four goals in poor defeats in successive games before the international break.
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