Canaries hold marauding Magpies

Norwich 0 Newcastle 0

Who probably thinks Luuk de Jong is a relative of North Korea’s president...

Not that Newcastle seemed to miss Paris Saint-Germain’s latest recruit as fellow Frenchman Hatem Ben Arfa — Ben Afro in Kinnear-speak — replaced Cabaye in the playmaker role and Mathieu Debuchy returned at the back. They created chance after chance in the first 45 minutes and it was astonishing that they were not ahead. Loic Remy was a constant menace until sent off 10 minutes from time for fighting with Bradley Johnson, and was denied early on by a good save from Canaries keeper John Ruddy. Ruddy was lucky when he spilled a routine cross on to the shins of team-mate Johnson, and saw it bounce off a post.