Bristol Rovers 1-3 Norwich City: Canaries stage second-half fightback to set up FA Cup fourth-round tie with Liverpool
Match report as Championship side Norwich come from a goal down to see off League One Bristol Rovers 3-1 and reach the FA Cup fourth round, where they will visit Liverpool at Anfield
Wednesday 17 January 2024 22:22, UK
Norwich manager David Wagner can look forward to a reunion with close friend Jurgen Klopp following a 3-1 win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium that secured a fourth-round tie at Liverpool.
Matt Taylor's League One side threatened an upset when Luke McCormick fired them ahead after 20 minutes but Norwich rallied in the second half with goals from Gabriel Sara, Adam Idah and Kenny McLean seeing them into round four.
Rovers began the third-round replay brightly and former Norwich striker Chris Martin saw an early effort drift just wide before Luke Thomas' header was comfortably saved by George Long.
Norwich, without the injured Josh Sargent, struggled to get going as an attacking force and that allowed the Gas to continue to press with only a superb Long save denying Antony Evans.
It proved to be only temporary respite for Norwich as from the subsequent corner McCormick put the Gas in command with a carefully-placed low drive from just inside the penalty area.
Things went from bad to worse for Wagner's lacklustre side when defender Danny Batth limped off injured.
Norwich were sparked into life by the energetic Sara, who finally gave the travelling supporters something to shout about with a long-range effort that Matt Cox did well to push over.
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But back came Rovers and Thomas should have doubled the lead just before half-time as the Norwich defence fell apart but he wasted an inviting opening and side-footed wide of Long's goal from
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