Championship: Burnley bounce back to sink Norwich and retake third
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Burnley recovered from the shock of conceding a goal after just 64 seconds to reclaim third place in the Championship by beating Norwich with a 2-1 comeback victory at Carrow Road, while Watford won by the same score at home to West Brom. The Norwich defender José Cordoba headed home his first goal in English football to give his side a dream start, but the visitors hit back in impressive fashion after the break to take home maximum points. The substitute Zian Flemming’s brilliant long-range strike levelled it for the Clarets midway through the second period and another emphatic finish from Josh Brownhill settled the issued eight minutes later.
![[Vakoun Bayo celebrates scoring Watford’s first goal against West Brom]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cdd07cd57a933e261c0d0a1a50a1480b84b9f1a7/0_139_4176_2506/master/4176.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Norwich got their noses in front early after their opponents had conceded a cheap corner while attempting to play out from the back. Marcelino Núñez’s delivery was spot on and Cordoba took advantage of the space that was afforded to him to head powerfully past James Trafford.
Burnley were in the ascendancy after the break and they got back on level terms after 68 minutes with a spectacular goal from Flemming. A free-kick midway inside the Norwich half was tapped to Flemming who, realising he had space to run into, took several purposeful steps forward before finding the top corner from all of 35 yards.
