Championship

Fans turn on Smith as Rovers win

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The LeaguePaper Team
18 December 2022

By Oli Peters

NORWICH CITY 0

BLACKBURN R 2
Gibson 4 (og), Dolan 86

STAR MAN

TYRHYS DOLAN Blackburn

EARLY BLOW: Norwich City’s Ben Gibson, right, puts the ball into his own net to give Blackburn the lead
PICTURE: Alamy

NORWICH fans reacted with fury as they slipped to defeat against fellow highfliers Blackburn, who moved to within two points of the automatic promotion places.
Deflected goals at either end of the game from Ben Gibson (own goal) and Tyrhys Dolan settled a tight game of few clear-cut chances, enable the visitors to close the gap on second-placed Sheffield United...

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