EPL battlers win first game, then sack coach

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Norwich got the elusive triumph but Daniel Farke inactive got fired.

The manager was dismissed hours aft Norwich bushed Brentford 2-1 connected Saturday for its archetypal Premier League triumph of the season.

The German leaves aft much than 4 years successful complaint and with Norwich successful past spot 11 games into its archetypal play backmost successful the apical division.

Mathias Normann enactment Norwich up with a terrific solo effort aft conscionable six minutes and Teemu Pukki's punishment doubled the vantage earlier the half-hour people successful a conflict of promoted clubs.

Brentford turned up the strength successful the 2nd fractional and broke done successful the 60th erstwhile substitute Saman Ghoddos' transverse recovered Rico Henry unmarked astatine the acold post. Henry reached retired with his near ft to redirect the shot into the net.

The location squad couldn't find the equalizer, however, and slumped to its 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment aft a promising commencement to the season.

Normann, a Norway midfielder connected indebtedness from Russian nine Rostov, collected a clearance and moved past respective defenders earlier beating goalkeeper Alvaro Fernandez with a debased changeable into the bottommost corner.

Canaries goalkeeper Tim Krul preserved the pb by denying Christian Norgaard from adjacent range. Krul stopped Norgaard again successful the 2nd fractional from point-blank range.

Pukki sent Fernandez the incorrect mode connected his punishment aft the Finland striker was brought down by substitute Charlie Goode.

Brentford thought it had chopped the pb aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional but Bryan Mbeumo's extremity was disallowed for offside aft video review.

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