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Landmark for Fowler as City beat 10-man Norwich

First Published: Feb 28, 2005

Robbie Fowler, seen here in 2004. A Robbie Fowler double inspired Manchester City to a come from behind 3-2 win at struggling Norwich.

A Robbie Fowler double inspired Manchester City to a come from behind 3-2 win at struggling Norwich.

Norwich were fully in control after racing to a 2-0 lead inside the opening 16 minutes through Dean Ashton and Leon McKenzie before Antoine Sibierski reduced the deficit with a close-range header.

Then Fowler became only the third player to notch up 150 Premiership goals seven minutes before half-time and after Norwich midfielder Mattias Jonson was sent off for two bookings Fowler bundled home the winner in injury time.

The result pushed City ahead of Newcastle and Aston Villa into 10th on 36 points while Norwich remained stuck one off the foot of the table.

Kevin Keegan's City got off to a desperate start after Ashton gave them a 12th minute lead.

The Canaries' record three million pound signing sent Adam Dury's high ball curling into the far corner of David James' net, the England keeper scrambling back but to no avail.

Norwich doubled their advantage four minutes later when Ashton fed McKenzie when the ex Peterborough player lured James off his line and fended off a late challenge from skipper Sylvain Distin to roll the ball into the net.

Sibierski gave City hope when he pounced on a failed clearance by the Norwich defence to nod home from Kiki Musampa's deep right-wing cross after 24 minutes.

It was all square approaching the break when Fowler shot home off a slide-rule pass from Sibiersi which foxed the home defence.

After the hour mark Norwich were down a man after a clumsy tackle by Jonson on Joey Barton resulted in his second yellow card.

James produced a great save to keep out Ashton's shot in the 71st minute and maintain the parity but City nicked the three points with Fowler's second in time added on.

The former Liverpool and England striker stabbed the ball home after picking up the rebound from Shaun Wright-Phillips' close range strike.

English Premiership table after Monday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Chelsea	27	21	5	1	50	8	68
Man Utd	28	18	8	2	47	17	62
Arsenal	28	17	7	4	64	32	58
Everton	28	15	6	7	34	29	51
Liverpool	27	13	4	10	41	29	43
Middlesbrough	28	11	9	8	43	37	42
Bolton	28	11	7	10	36	34	40
Tottenham	27	11	6	10	35	30	39
Charlton	27	11	6	10	32	38	39
Man City	28	9	9	10	34	31	36
Aston Villa	28	9	8	11	32	37	35
Newcastle	27	8	10	9	39	44	34
Man City	27	8	9	10	31	29	33
Birmingham	28	8	8	12	31	35	32
Portsmouth	28	8	6	14	31	42	30
Fulham	27	8	5	14	33	46	29
Blackburn	27	6	10	11	24	36	28
Crystal Palace	28	6	7	15	32	45	25
Southampton	28	3	12	13	29	44	21
Norwich	28	3	11	14	28	55	20
West Brom	27	2	12	13	23	49	18