Norwich City 2-1 Sheffield United: Canaries hit back for comeback win

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Amankwah Forson struck a late winner as Norwich came from behind to maintain their impressive Championship form with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Sheffield United at Carrow Road.

Trailing at half-time to Jairo Riedewald's well-taken strike, the Canaries hit back in style, with an equaliser from Jack Stacey before substitute Forson guided them to an eighth win in 10 league games.

From being mired in a relegation fight at the turn of the year, Phillippe Clement's in-form side are now comfortably ensconced in mid-table, just nine points off the play-off zone, a point behind the Blades.

Norwich had the better of the opening stages, but it was the visitors who opened the scoring in the 21st minute.

When Kenny McLean was beaten to a high ball on the left, it was worked to Callum O'Hare, who darted inside before squaring for Riedewald to calmly side-foot home from some 10 yards out.

The Canaries produced a spirited reply to that setback and were almost on level terms - 10 minutes later - when Harry Darling's goal-bound strike was deflected just over by the outstretched leg of Tyler Bindon.

More good defending, this time with the head, saw Japhet Tanganga keep the Blades' lead intact just before the break as Mathias Kvistgaarden nodded a corner towards goal.

Norwich continued to have the better of it in the early stages of the second half, with Adam Davies producing a good save to foil Anis Ben Slimane before doing superbly to block Kellen Fisher's close-range snap-shot.

But the goalkeeper could do nothing as the hosts scored a deserved equaliser from the resultant corner on 68 minutes, with Stacey heading home to level the scores.

The Canaries continued to press and got their noses in front in the 84th minute as two substitutes combined in explosive fashion.

Paris Maghoma was the architect with a break from midfield and an inch-perfect pass to the left where Forson, who had only been on the pitch for a couple of minutes, found the top corner with a sublime finish.

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