Norwich Sack Manning After Seventh Home Loss

Norwich City person sacked caput coach Liam Manning pursuing a seventh successive location defeat, which has near them 2nd bottommost of nan Championship.

The 39-year-old was appointed successful June, having guided Bristol City to nan play-offs past season, but lasted conscionable 17 games successful charge.

His last lucifer successful complaint was Saturday's 2-1 nonaccomplishment against Leicester City. They person not won successful 11 and person mislaid 8 successful a statement astatine location successful convention and cup.

"We person tried perfectly everything imaginable to activity done this incredibly challenging play but, unfortunately, fixed nan caller tally of results and performances, we person been near pinch nary prime different than to make a alteration astatine this stage," said sporting head Ben Knapper.

"Liam and his unit worked tirelessly to move our shot nine forward. They are each fundamentally bully group and we wish them nan very champion successful immoderate comes next."

First-team coach Ryan Garry has been put successful interim charge, assisted by goalkeeper coach Tony Roberts and set-piece coach Nick Stanley.

There were protests extracurricular Carrow Road pursuing Saturday's game, pinch fans besides calling for Knapper to time off nan club.

He added: "We very overmuch understand nan vexation and disapproval from our supporters astatine this stage. So far, results and performances connected nan transportation haven't been bully enough.

"We judge that responsibility, but it's now imperative that we commencement to repair nan narration pinch our supporters and do everything we tin to springiness them thing to get behind."

Manning leaves Norwich 23rd successful nan table, nan Canaries having mislaid 10 of their 15 Championship games nether him, including a 3-1 conclusion astatine Ipswich, their first nonaccomplishment successful an East Anglia derby for 16 years.

They are now looking for their 5th imperishable leader since Daniel Farke - now successful complaint astatine Leeds United - near successful November 2021, having doubly led them to promotion to nan Premier League.

Manning was recruited aft Norwich decided not to springiness nan occupation to erstwhile England midfielder Jack Wilshere, who was successful interim complaint for nan last 2 games of past play and is now head astatine Luton Town.

Manning was calved successful Norwich and played successful their academy earlier switching concisely to Ipswich and past dropping into non-league football.

He began his coaching profession pinch Belgian nine Lommel and had spells successful complaint astatine MK Dons and Oxford United earlier joining Bristol City successful November 2023.

The Norwich squad was transformed by 12 signings during nan summertime transportation window, but nan nine sold Borja Sainz, who supplied 18 goals past season, to Porto for £14.25m, and Marcelino Nunez to rivals Ipswich for £10m.

United States world Josh Sargent scored six goals successful 5 convention and cup games astatine nan commencement of nan run but has nary successful nan past 11 - and no-one other has managed much than Mathias Kvistgaarden and Jovon Makama's three.

In his last post-match question and reply pinch BBC Radio Norfolk, Manning - who was precocious fixed nan nationalist backing of mostly shareholder Mark Attanasio - said: "I don't unrecorded my life pinch regrets, it's portion of my journey.

"I'm learning, I'm hurting, I'm disappointment and I'm hugely disappointed, because this is simply a nine I attraction profoundly about.

"I didn't travel present to beryllium wherever we are. But we are, truthful I will do a batch of learning arsenic to why."

His adjunct Chris Hogg and expert James Karuse person besides near nan club.