Norwich City 1-1 Ipswich Town

Timm Klose's header deep into stoppage time for Norwich denied Ipswich a first East Anglian derby win since 2009 in a dramatic finish at Carrow Road.

The visitors thought they had snatched victory in the penultimate minute of normal time as Luke Chambers headed in from a corner after a tense, even game.

But Klose nodded in with effectively the final touch to earn Norwich a draw.

Ipswich had controlled a goalless first half, before the Canaries responded with a brighter second-half display.

Relive the dramatic finale to the East Anglian derby

Ultimately, the draw did little to help either of the mid-table sides' relatively slim play-off hopes. But the Norfolk club went home happiest after rescuing a point and denying Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy his first win in the fixture.

Having switched to a three-at-the-back system, the Tractor Boys had the better of the first half but Norwich keeper Angus Gunn palmed away Martyn Waghorn's deflected set-piece shortly before the break.

The Canaries improved immediately after half-time, but Bartosz Bialkowski saved two well-hit James Maddison free-kicks, before also doing well to turn away Nelson Oliveira's bouncing effort.

The hosts' late pressure appeared in vain when Chambers nodded in at the other end, and the home fans were heading for the exits as Grant Hanley chased a seemingly lost cause to keep the ball in at the byeline and delivered a perfect cross for Klose to nod in and prompt scenes of wild celebration.

After the drama of the two late goals, the result left both sides level on points, eight below sixth-placed Bristol City.

Norwich City boss Daniel Farke:

"Obviously it was a big setback for us when we went behind so late in the game, but with this group I always know they have the mentality to come back, the fitness to come back and always have the ability to score a goal.

"The stats show that we have scored more goals in the final 30 minutes of games than any other team in the Championship this season - and this was another one.

"Sometimes a late equaliser like this feels better than an easy win, even though you are only getting one point.

"I thought it was a typical crazy derby game, with aggressive tackles, duels and the two late goals."

Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy:

"I thought we played very well but we just let our guard down in the 95th minute.

"In the first half I thought we attacked and defended well and in the second half we worked really hard, got our blocks in and got our goal near the end.

"I would say we did our job well for 95 minutes, but unfortunately we couldn't see it out."

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Line-ups

Norwich

Formation 3-4-1-2

1Gunn
31Hanley
6Zimmermann
15Klose
4ReedSubstituted forVrancicat 90+2'minutes
27TetteySubstituted forHernándezat 90+2'minutes
10LeitnerBooked at 58mins
26Lewis
23Maddison
9Oliveira
11MurphySubstituted forSrbenyat 84'minutes

Substitutes

2Pinto
8Vrancic
12Watkins
18Stiepermann
25Hernández
32Srbeny
33McGovern

Ipswich

Formation 3-5-2

33Bialkowski
27Carter-Vickers
4Chambers
6Webster
2IorfaSubstituted forSpenceat 79'minutesBooked at 82mins
25GleesonSubstituted forHyamat 67'minutes
8SkuseBooked at 65mins
16ConnollyBooked at 67mins
3Knudsen
9WaghornBooked at 80mins
14GarnerBooked at 55minsSubstituted forMcGoldrickat 62'minutes

Substitutes

10McGoldrick
11Celina
12Spence
18Ward
19Hyam
24Crowe
32Carayol

Referee:: David Coote
Attendance:: 27,100

Match Stats

Home TeamNorwichAway TeamIpswich

Possession: Home65%; Away35%

Shots: Home15; Away8

Shots on Target: Home4; Away4

Corners: Home4; Away5

Fouls: Home13; Away22

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Match ends, Norwich City 1, Ipswich Town 1.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Norwich City 1, Ipswich Town 1.

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Goal!
Goal! Norwich City 1, Ipswich Town 1. Timm Klose (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Grant Hanley with a cross.
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Offside, Ipswich Town. David McGoldrick tries a through ball, but Martyn Waghorn is caught offside.
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Substitution
Substitution, Norwich City. Mario Vrancic replaces Harrison Reed.
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Substitution
Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Alexander Tettey.
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Foul by Christoph Zimmermann (Norwich City).
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Martyn Waghorn (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89'
Goal!
Goal! Norwich City 0, Ipswich Town 1. Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martyn Waghorn with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Harrison Reed.
87'
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Foul by Jamal Lewis (Norwich City).
87'
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Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
86'
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Foul by Dennis Srbeny (Norwich City).
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Cameron Carter-Vickers (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
86'
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Foul by Jamal Lewis (Norwich City).
86'
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David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84'
Substitution
Substitution, Norwich City. Dennis Srbeny replaces Josh Murphy.
84'
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Offside, Ipswich Town. Cameron Carter-Vickers tries a through ball, but Martyn Waghorn is caught offside.
83'
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Attempt missed. Harrison Reed (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Maddison.
82'
Booking
Jordan Spence (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolves	32	22	6	4	57	24	33	72
2	Cardiff	32	18	7	7	48	27	21	61

3	Aston Villa	32	17	8	7	48	29	19	59
4	Derby	32	16	10	6	48	26	22	58
5	Fulham	32	15	10	7	54	36	18	55
6	Bristol City	32	14	11	7	47	38	9	53

7	Preston	32	12	14	6	39	31	8	50
8	Sheff Utd	31	15	4	12	44	37	7	49
9	Middlesbrough	32	14	6	12	40	30	10	48
10	Brentford	32	12	11	9	45	40	5	47
11	Leeds	32	13	6	13	44	41	3	45
12	Ipswich	32	13	6	13	44	42	2	45
13	Norwich	32	12	9	11	32	35	-3	45
14	Millwall	32	10	12	10	37	34	3	42
15	QPR	32	10	9	13	35	44	-9	39
16	Sheff Wed	32	8	13	11	34	38	-4	37
17	Nottm Forest	32	11	3	18	35	50	-15	36
18	Reading	31	8	8	15	34	41	-7	32
19	Birmingham	32	8	6	18	22	44	-22	30
20	Bolton	32	7	9	16	28	51	-23	30
21	Hull	31	6	11	14	42	47	-5	29

22	Barnsley	31	6	10	15	30	45	-15	28
23	Sunderland	32	5	11	16	34	57	-23	26
24	Burton	32	6	8	18	24	58	-34	26

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Comment posted by Chris, at 15:09 18 Feb 2018
Big shout out to the Ipswich fan for applauding for Sir Bobby Robson on what would have been his 85th birthday. Lovely classy touch!
Comment posted by TheQuackingDuck, at 15:46 18 Feb 2018
Favourite moment of the match - Mick McCarthy telling his own fans to f*#k off as part of his celebration when Ipswich scored. No wonder they're giving up on him.
Comment posted by Barca style of play, at 14:52 18 Feb 2018
Unbelievable scenes at the end there!!

Nearly 10 years unbeaten against the tractor boys - keep it going!

OTBC
Comment posted by Moggs, at 15:05 18 Feb 2018
Five bookings for Ipswich. Did they visit with a plan ?
Comment posted by Shupi, at 16:57 18 Feb 2018
That guy Maddison could play at a higher level.
Comment posted by craig, at 20:49 18 Feb 2018
40
From Watford , just think it’s funny to celebrate opponents 16 year stay in the Championship when Norwich have been in League One and have achieved very little in footballing terms other than selling players . Maddison next I think
Comment posted by nc4ever, at 15:03 18 Feb 2018
never in doubt what a last minute goal, from Klose, probably the right result, Ipswich bossed the first half, and us the second.
Comment posted by ajaxisart, at 20:22 18 Feb 2018
39 & 38
Could you both be kind enough to pop your home town addresses on another HYS so that we can put some cretinous remark stereotyping the town or area that you drag your knuckles around on a regular basis.
Comment posted by Largewomble, at 14:57 18 Feb 2018
Re comment 1. Do you also think Elvis is alive, the lizards will take over and that there will be a 2nd coming?
Comment posted by modharry, at 18:53 18 Feb 2018
26 As a neutral just thought both clubs would have expected to be nearer to the play offs to go up. As a kid Norwich v Ipswich was always a top flight fixture 70's & early 80's. & assumed Norwich fans would be as disgruntled as Ipswich fans about another season in championship.
Decent match though for neutral the lad Maddison is quality.
Comment posted by JH, at 15:14 18 Feb 2018
@5

which was interesting enough for a loner to come online and comment on.
Comment posted by Actualite, at 15:07 18 Feb 2018
Bootiful game.
Comment posted by Minted Lambert, at 00:49 19 Feb 2018
I think it's time Norwich fans stop obsessing over Ipswich history. They sound jealous we've won cups. And we do hate each other. Why do people think it's different to any other rivalry? Just because we're tucked away on the east doesn't mean it's meaningless pal. Sure your opinion would change if you went to one preferably Portman road mate more noise on derby day than carrot road
Comment posted by Northstander, at 23:13 18 Feb 2018
FA should look at McCarthy's foul-mouthed outburst, apparently directed at his own travelling supporters, which was captured by the Sky cameras. A poor example to set as an experienced manager and one which only serves to drag the modern game deeper into disrepute.
Comment posted by Rankles, at 15:37 18 Feb 2018
McCarthy out
Comment posted by Arsenal Oldie, at 15:30 18 Feb 2018
The odds of 4 top clubs being kept apart in an 8 team draw are 24/105. About 23%.
Comment posted by U16650765, at 14:51 18 Feb 2018
Go now Mick, you’re breaking my heart son.
Comment posted by Essex_Canary, at 17:58 18 Feb 2018
Classy from Norwich fans with the minutes applause on 16 minutes to mark 1p5wich’s 16 consecutive season of championship mediocrity. They bang on about history but it’s so long ago that it’s just as irrelevant as they are as a club. Singing ‘Champions of Europe’ because they won the UEFA Cup by beating AZ Alkmaar, St Etienne, Aris Salonika, Widzew Łódź & the mighty Bohemians sums them up perfectly
Comment posted by King_of_Portman_Rd, at 09:44 19 Feb 2018
2 distinctly average teams. How Naarwich fans still believe they can make the play offs is beyond me, when the only player who looked above mid table mediocrity was Maddison.. & was only decent for about half an hour.
As a Tractor boy I am one of the 1st to accept that we are poor, but what's most frustrating is that Norwich were no better & were there for the taking had we tried to be positive
Comment posted by modharry, at 16:32 18 Feb 2018
Looking at table draw no good to either team take a good run now for either to make play offs. Like many clubs in championship both were once regular English top flight teams. Not surprised McCarthy is under pressure surprised Farke isn't as well.