Fans’ support ‘humbling’ for relegated Norwich boss Alex Neil as Canaries go down despite beating Watford
Norwich City manager declares that he is humbled by the reception of the club’s supporters after their relegation from the Premier League is confirmed
Norwich City manager Alex Neil declared that he felt humbled by the reception of the club’s supporters after their relegation from the Premier League.
I feel as if I’ve let them down. I feel as if we’ve come up short as a group, as a club. For them to respond in that way, I didn’t expect. I think it’s really unusual
The Canaries beat Watford 4-2 on Wednesday thanks to two goals from Dieumerci Mbokani, one from Nathan Redmond and an own goal by Hornets defender Craig Cathcart.
But the result ended up counting for nothing as Sunderland beat Everton 3-0 to confirm that neither Norwich nor Newcastle United can now climb out of the bottom three on Sunday’s final day.
That Sunderland were winning comfortably was known long before the final whistle at Carrow Road on a night when Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo scored for the visitors.
But the home fans stayed to applaud the players as well as singing Neil’s name.
“That, for me, was really, really humbling,” he said.
“I feel as if I’ve let them down. I feel as if we’ve come up short as a group, as a club. For them to respond in that way, I didn’t expect. I think it’s really unusual.