Gilmour shines as Canaries show signs of improvement

NORWICH couldn’t quite achieve three consecutive Premier League wins for the first time in nine years but there was nonetheless plenty of encouragement for Dean Smith after a 0-0 draw with Wolves at Carrow Road yesterday.

His arrival has undoubtedly galvanised things at the club and, with Billy Gilmour impressing again in the engine room after his second successive start in yellow, his team really should have beaten an underwhelming Wolves side.

The most significant performer on the pitch was visiting goalkeeper Jose Sa, who made crucial saves from Max Aarons, Teemu Pukki and Milot Rashica to ensure his side remained sixth in the table. Considering that Norwich are second bottom and have just changed manager, they played the superior football, worked harder, exerted the more meaningful pressure and created all the best chances. Only their finishing let them down. ‘The performance was better than last week’s against

Southampton,’ Smith said. ‘Maybe last week we were fortunate to gain two points but we are unfortunate we lost a couple of points this week.

‘When I first came in, I said I wanted us to stop giving away big chances and we restricted them to very few. Tim (Krul) has had very little to do and we created four big chances. On another day we win the game.’

Wolves boss Bruno Lage added: ‘I think it’s a good point for us.’

Elsewhere, there was another stalemate as Brighton drew 0-0 with Leeds at the Amex Stadium.

The Seagulls dominated the first half but failed to find the breakthrough. Leandro Trossard and Jakub Moder both hit the post for the hosts but Leeds held firm for a point.