Kamara’s not in Kansas now

Norwich City 2 Everton 1

Kei Kamara, on loan from Sporting Kansas City of the MLS, has only been at Norwich for a matter of days and has now played a total of just 35 minutes over two home fixtures but already he is a firm favourite in this part of the east of England.

When he replaced the listless Luciano Becchio, a fellow January recruit, just before the hour mark Chris Hughton’s Canaries were stumbling to another defeat and their sixth scoreless 90 minutes in their last seven games. Yet within seconds, Kamara forced Tim Howard into a save via an acrobatic effort and in so doing changed the pattern of the game.