WARNOCK LAUDS GOAL HERO MORRISON
Neil Warnock praised striker Clinton Morrison after his second-half header cancelled out Darel Russell’s tap in and levelled the game against Norwich City.
The 1-1 result ensured that Palace continued their impressive unbeaten run – which, at 13 games, is the best in chairman Simon Jordan’s eight years at the club.
Morrison scored his ninth goal in only 11 games and equalled Dougie Freedman’s record of 180 goals for Palace – joint sixth in the club’s all-time list.
It took only three minutes for the in-form striker to engineer a scoring opportunity – he was teed up on the left-hand side of the Norwich area but blazed over wastefully.
The 28-year-old missed a number of chances before making amends in the 50th minute when his neat headed goal drew a resurgent Palace level.
“He’ll be disappointed he didn’t have more than one,” said Warnock. “In the first half he had a couple of chances.
“But he keeps going, and that’s why he scores goals. He has taken his opportunity but you forget what else he does.
“At the moment I don’t think he has worked harder in his life. When you have an ability to put the ball in the back of the net like he does then that is the icing on the cake.”
Glenn Roeder’s Norwich team, boosted by the return of captain Mark Fotheringham, had the better of the first half, managing seven shots on target before the interval compared to Palace’s one.
The visitors opened the scoring after only nine minutes when Russell tapped in at the far post, past keeper Julian Speroni.
Norwich’s top scorer Jamie Cureton played in 37-year-old Dion Dublin, who scuffed his shot into the path of the grateful midfielder.
In reply Danny Butterfield’s 26th minute drive whistled past David Marshall’s right-hand post, but Norwich ‘keeper was rarely troubled before the break.
Five minutes after the break Ben Watson’s left-footed free kick was lofted into Norwich’s penalty area and met by the back of Morrison’s head and glanced past David Marshall.
Either team had chances to win the game, but a draw was a fair result and both teams continue their unbeaten runs.
The former Sheffield United manager added: “We are delighted to keep the run going. We’ve had four games in 10 days, and we have put a lot into those games.
“The crowd got behind us and I thought we were a lot stronger in the second half – we could have snatched it.
“It could have gone either way today. I thought it was a decent game and probably a proper result.”
Roeder, who took over at Carrow Road in October, when Norwich had only eight points from 19 games and were bottom of the Championship, was disappointed that his team only gained one point – their first in 12 years at Selhurst Park.
“We were definitely the better team throughout,” the former Newcastle manager, whose team have not lost for seven matches, said. “Generally we dealt with them well.
“And the fact that the lads were disappointed at the result shows how far they have come in the past two months.
“They are gaining in confidence all the time.”
Neil Warnock praised striker Clinton Morrison after his second-half header cancelled out Darel Russell’s tap in and levelled the game against Norwich City.
The 1-1 result ensured that Palace continued their impressive unbeaten run – which, at 13 games, is the best in chairman Simon Jordan’s eight years at the club.
Morrison scored his ninth goal in only 11 games and equalled Dougie Freedman’s record of 180 goals for Palace – joint sixth in the club’s all-time list.
It took only three minutes for the in-form striker to engineer a scoring opportunity – he was teed up on the left-hand side of the Norwich area but blazed over wastefully.
The 28-year-old missed a number of chances before making amends in the 50th minute when his neat headed goal drew a resurgent Palace level.
“He’ll be disappointed he didn’t have more than one,” said Warnock. “In the first half he had a couple of chances.
“But he keeps going, and that’s why he scores goals. He has taken his opportunity but you forget what else he does.
“At the moment I don’t think he has worked harder in his life. When you have an ability to put the ball in the back of the net like he does then that is the icing on the cake.”
Glenn Roeder’s Norwich team, boosted by the return of captain Mark Fotheringham, had the better of the first half, managing seven shots on target before the interval compared to Palace’s one.
The visitors opened the scoring after only nine minutes when Russell tapped in at the far post, past keeper Julian Speroni.
Norwich’s top scorer Jamie Cureton played in 37-year-old Dion Dublin, who scuffed his shot into the path of the grateful midfielder.
In reply Danny Butterfield’s 26th minute drive whistled past David Marshall’s right-hand post, but Norwich ‘keeper was rarely troubled before the break.
Five minutes after the break Ben Watson’s left-footed free kick was lofted into Norwich’s penalty area and met by the back of Morrison’s head and glanced past David Marshall.
Either team had chances to win the game, but a draw was a fair result and both teams continue their unbeaten runs.
The former Sheffield United manager added: “We are delighted to keep the run going. We’ve had four games in 10 days, and we have put a lot into those games.
“The crowd got behind us and I thought we were a lot stronger in the second half – we could have snatched it.
“It could have gone either way today. I thought it was a decent game and probably a proper result.”
Roeder, who took over at Carrow Road in October, when Norwich had only eight points from 19 games and were bottom of the Championship, was disappointed that his team only gained one point – their first in 12 years at Selhurst Park.
“We were definitely the better team throughout,” the former Newcastle manager, whose team have not lost for seven matches, said. “Generally we dealt with them well.
“And the fact that the lads were disappointed at the result shows how far they have come in the past two months.
“They are gaining in confidence all the time.”
