Josh Sargent double fires Norwich to Championship victory over Millwall

Josh Sargent was the hero as Norwich beat Millwall 2-0 to make it two Championship wins at Carrow Road in the space of four days. The in-form frontman followed up his goal against Huddersfield on Tuesday night with a well-taken second-half double as the Canaries took another big step forward after a poor start to the campaign.

Bottom after three games, Norwich moved into the top six before the weekend fixtures as a result of a deserved win, and are beginning to look like the promotion challengers they were expected to be at the start of the season. Millwall battled bravely but did not look capable of getting back into the game once they had gone behind just after the break.

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Dean Smith’s side started brightly, although they struggled to create clear-cut chances against the resolute visitors. Kenny McLean might have done better with an early header from a Danel Sinani corner, while Sargent’s glancing header from a Marcelino Nuñez cross was not too far wide.

But Bartosz Bialkowski in the Millwall goal was largely untroubled and as the half wore on Norwich lost their sparkle, giving their opponents a chance to get into dangerous positions on a couple of occasions, with George Honeyman and Benik Afobe both off target with headers.

While Norwich’s football had been pleasing on the eye in the opening period, there had been a distinct lack of goalmouth excitement and the hosts were quick to up their tempo after the break. They were rewarded in the 50th minute when Sargent played an exquisite one-two with Sinani just inside the box, after being picked out by Kieran Dowell, and lashed the ball past Bialkowski to break the deadlock in