A second consecutive hat-trick in a home League game for Thierry Henry, for the first time since, er, last year, when he scored 3 against Liverpool, followed by 4 against Leeds.
Properly warm this one, the sun was out, and the players braved short sleeves for the first time in a while. With Norwich struggling in the League, it was no surprise that they fought for a while, and actually stayed in contention until just after half time, when a goal from Freddie put them 3-1 down - they had been 2-0 down but a good goal by Huckerby brought them back into things.
Thierry's hat-trick was complete on 66 minutes, and he could in all honesty have had a number more - but I think he may have eased off to spare Norwich the humiliation.
Norwich seem to have fallen into the naive trap of playing football that way it should be played, but that isn't effective at getting the results they need to stay up. A real shame if they go down, and a functional, boring team like Crystal Palace stay up - but we do seem to be in a League where, at the bottom at least, playing nasty helps you do well, and the nice guys come last. Its not fair at all.
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