Wayne Rooney drops honest Plymouth Argyle claim after Norwich City embarrassment
Wayne Rooney held nothing back in his brutally honest assessment of Plymouth Argyle’s chastening 6-1 defeat away to promotion hopefuls Norwich City on Tuesday evening.
The Pilgrims made the long midweek trip to Carrow Road with a certain degree of momentum after going unbeaten in their last three, a run which included a potentially vital 1-0 win over relegation rivals Portsmouth before the international break.
Norwich have faced wretched luck on the injury front as of late and had not won in any of their previous seven league fixtures prior to Tuesday’s affair, with injuries to the likes of Josh Sargent, Angus Gunn and Marcelino Nunez catching up to Johannes Hoff Thorup’s side.
While Plymouth headed into the match in better form out of the pair, Norwich’s superiority showed as they put the Pilgrims to the sword in a real rout. Two goals in the first 17 minutes from Championship top scorer Borja Sainz seemingly set the tone for the evening, and although Mustapha Bundu gave Plymouth an inkling of hope after halving the deficit shortly before the interval, a second-half onslaught left little doubt.
Shane Duffy restored Norwich’s two-goal advantage before Sainz, Anis Ben Slimane and Ante Crnac all struck home within the final 20 minutes to consign Plymouth to a 6-1 hammering on the road, leaving serious questions of both Rooney and his players.
The result has pushed Argyle down to 20th in the Championship, two points above 22nd-placed Hull City.
