Jose Morais praises Barnsley performance in draw with Norwich
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2018 by PA
Barnsley boss Jose Morais was satisfied with his team’s performance after they drew 1-1 at home against Norwich City.
The draw moved his side three points clear of the relegation zone but leaves them 10 games at Oakwell without a win.
Norwich may also feel slightly frustrated, having drawn for the sixth time in a seven-match winless run.
On-loan Swansea striker Oli McBurnie broke the deadlock with his sixth goal since arriving in January but Josh Murphy broke his recent barren run to level.
After rarely having a sighter, McBurnie justified his inclusion in the Scotland squad as he flicked Andy Yiadom’s early cross past Angus Gunn in the Norwich goal moments before half-time.
Murphy come close with a long-distance shot before he pounced in the 71st minute, smashing the equaliser in after James Husband sent a low cross into the forward.
Morais said: “I would say that I saw very good things, I had a very good feeling about the game.
“The men (Barnsley team), they had moments of really good football and I’m proud of the quality that we started to show in such a short time, with so many games and not a lot of time to really work in the way we want and I think that we need.
“The boys they are doing well. They did well tonight. Points are always important. I used to say that when it is not possible to win all three, to pick the points that you can get, we pick one point and I think my men deserved more than the point they could pick-up tonight.
“I think we had the opportunities to kill the game before they levelled the game but we couldn’t.”
Norwich City manager Daniel Farke was happy that his side fought back to avoid back-to-back away losses.
“I’m pretty pleased today because it was for us today, in personal terms, an unbelievable situation where we had to do without so many players and this is the third game in seven days,” he said.
“It was a strange situation because many players on the pitch today, it was their first appearance for several months. For example, James Husband or Marley Watkins who didn’t play so much, Mario Vrancic.
“For that, I think it was quite normal that at the beginning we concentrated a bit more of defending, for my opinion a bit too much.
“We were not brave enough to press high enough and to play our style of football. But to be honest after so many changes and after conceding four goals at Hull I think it was a normal reaction.”
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