‘We were the team who were dominant’ – Clementpublished at 17:31 GMT 7 February
17:31 GMT 7 February
FT: Norwich 2-0 Blackburn
Norwich City
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Norwich head coach Philippe Clement speaks following the win over Blackburn.
Norwich continue their revival under Philippe Clement with their fourth win in five games as they beat Blackburn 2-0, to move four points clear of the bottom three.
Anis Ben Slimane scored his fourth goal in five games to make it 1-0 before Mohamed Toure’s debut sealed the win.
Norwich boss Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk:
“All credit for the hard work and organisation of Blackburn today, they did everything to stop us.
“Also in December, they had a 0-0 at Middlesbrough so it’s not a surprise to us that they could defend like they did. But in the end, we were the team who were dominant today, although the start of the game was, for me, not good enough.
“But we dominated the game and we deserve to win.
“We had the most chances. We almost didn’t concede any chances in this game so that’s a real positive.”
On Papa Diallo and Jovon Makama’s injuries: “Papa could not start the game, so that doesn’t look good, and also Jovon not. That was a really unlucky one, stepping on somebody’s arm or hand in a duel and then twisting his leg. Let’s see the next couple of days and I can only hope and pray.”