Norwich City manager Daniel Farke was furious with the controversial
scenario that played out in his side’s 1-1 draw with Leicester City in
their Premier League clash on Saturday afternoon, an incident which
centered on Kelechi Iheanacho.
With Canaries midfielder Emiliano Buendรญa having gone down in the 35th
minute, the Nigeria international received a throw-in but instead of
turning the ball over to the opposition in a fair-play act, he rather
raced towards goal.
In quotes carried by Leicester Mercury post-match, Farke admitted he
was surprised the 23-year-old chose to keep attacking at that moment
and even felt the booking Todd Cantwell got as a result of the melee
that ensued thereafter was a harsh one.
“It’s quite common in the whole world that there is fair play and the
throw-in goes back to us. I think everybody in the stadium expected
this,” Farke said.
“We were not organised. [Iheanacho] was willing to use this situation
not to play the ball but surprisingly to try to score a goal.
“Out of this there was a free-kick given in an unbelievably dangerous
area and there was a check of a red card of my player.
”It was strange. I can’t explain why it was a free-kick and a yellow
card for my winger, because then you are always in danger.”
In the clash which saw Teemu Pukki’s opener cancelled out by an own
goal from their goalkeeper Tim Krul to ensure the spoils were shared,
Iheanacho made way for Demarai Gray shortly after the incident in a
tactical move by Brendan Rodgers.
