Norwich back to winning ways as Cameron Jerome’s double sinks Bolton
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Version 0 of 1. Cameron Jerome’s brace got Norwich City going again in the Sky Bet Championship as they beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at Carrow Road on Friday night. Neil Adams’s side had gone five games without a win and were in desperate need of a boost. Jerome gave them it, scoring a goal in each half to secure an impressive success over Neil Lennon’s revitalised Bolton. It was due reward for an industrious showing from City, who appeared keen not to let the grass grow under their feet after not winning at home in the league since 19 August. Bolton got a late consolation through Lee Chung-yong but it was not enough to get them something to take back to Lancashire. Desperate to get on top early and not leave anything to chance, Norwich were quick out of the blocks. Alex Tettey had a trademark bustling run and shot over before the opening goal arrived after 12 minutes. Jerome won a header on halfway and flicked infield to Jonny Howson. The midfielder looked up and played a delightful through-ball to Jerome who had run on, collected and, clean through, beat Andy Lonergan from just inside the area. Bolton’s response was limited, with Darren Pratley heading wide at the back post and Neil Danns having a free-kick charged down. Norwich carried the greater danger, with Nathan Redmond cutting in and shooting wide and then squaring for Gary O’Neil who was off target just before the break. The England Under-21 winger Redmond continued to cause chaos and hit a post 11 minutes into the second half. He exchanged passes with Kyle Lafferty in a high-speed one-two and got into the six-yard box but Lonergan got a strong hand on his cross-cum-shot and touched it on to the post. Redmond also hit over from the edge of the box but it mattered little as Jerome got up at the near post to nod in O’Neil’s corner just beyond the hour. A hat-trick would have followed had he been able to get to Michael Turner’s flick-on of another cross, while the full-back Steven Whittaker should have added a third when he shot into Lonergan after making his way into the box. Max Clayton should have got Bolton back in but hit wide when clean through, while Lonergan remained the busier keeper, pushing away Lewis Grabban’s long-range effort. Bolton had hope with four minutes left as Lee slipped into the box and clipped the ball past John Ruddy but there would be no thrilling finale. |