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Norwood’s last-gasp leveller to the rescue

By Richard Garnett

A JAMES Norwood equaliser saved the blushes of Tranmere boss Micky Mellon who was relieved his side will “live to fight another day”. Rovers had led through Connor Jennings, but Kabongo Tshimanga hit back twice to put the non- -league side in front. Jennings levelled 11 minutes from time, but Tshimanga completed a stunning hattrick four minutes later, before Norwood netted very late on to force a replay. Jennings’ low drilled strike on 34 minutes looked to put Tranmere in a comfortable position, but Tshimanga had other ideas, going around Scott Davies...

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