Sheffield Wednesday head coach Danny Rohl is preparing for ‘nine finals’ after his side’s stunning comeback to beat Norwich 3-2 and move to within five points of the Championship play-off zone.
Trailing 2-0 at the break, the Owls scored three quick goals midway through the second half to claim a second away win in four days.
“We have 51 points, which makes us safe I should think, and now we can see how the rest of the season goes,” Rohl said.
“We need to take it step by step. There are nine finals coming up, 27 points to play for, and we will see what direction our journey goes in. But at the moment we are only thinking about Sunday (a home game against local rivals Sheffield United).
“We were up against a good team tonight and very early on I could see we were a little bit slow in our mindset.
“I don’t think anyone would have put a penny on us winning at half-time but I looked the players in the eyes and could see they still felt they could get something out of it. We changed our shape, bringing on another striker and pressing them higher up the pitch, and I was delighted with their response.”
There was little hint of the drama to come after a one-sided first half that saw Norwich play some excellent football and score two well-crafted goals.
The Canaries took the lead after 16 minutes following a slick move down the left that ended with Borja Sainz stroking home his 17th goal of the season – and first since November.
Ante Crnac doubled the lead after 35 minutes but Wednesday were revitalised after the break and scored three times in 12 minutes to turn the game on its head.
Michael Ihiekwe headed in a corner and Josh Windass quickly equalised after an almighty scramble before squaring for Djeidi Gassama to tap home the winner.
Norwich head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup was understandably downcast after the game.
“In the first half we played some outstanding football and scored two beautiful goals but in the second we were not at the same level,” he said.
“We will not always be on top in games and when that happens you have to find a way of winning it. It’s about the players learning what it takes to see it through.
“We had a great chance to make it 3-0 early in the second half but a game can change on one moment and we saw that tonight. After that we were too passive and it was too easy for them to create. It was not good enough.
“I am getting tired of the goals we are conceding to be honest. For the second we allowed the ball to bounce around in our area for far too long – it should have been kicked away long before they scored.”
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