Sheffield Wednesday lost 3-1 away at Norwich City in the Championship last night, but there were a couple of decent individual performances for the Owls.
Danny Rohl saw his side’s three-game unbeaten run come to an end at Carrow Road last night.
It was a game of two halves in which Sheffield Wednesday were competing, if not dominating for large parts of the first half, but saw Norwich City take control after the break.
Bailey Cadamarteri was the man with Wednesday’s only goal of the night.
He was impressive once again, along with the likes of Will Vaulks who passed the ball around nicely, but Anthony Musaba was one name who caught the eye.
Anthony Musaba ‘excellent’ in Sheffield Wednesday defeat
Musaba returned to the starting XI after he came off the bench to score the winner against Stoke City last weekend.
And right from the off, it was clear that Rohl had told Musaba to pick up the ball and run at Norwich City.
He did that throughout, causing Norwich City obvious problems and giving Wednesday a definite edge in attack, albeit without creating too many goal-scoring chances for the Owls.
The 23-year-old also contributed to the high press, making more tackles than any of his teammates (4) as per Sofascore, whilst also winning 7 out of 9 duels which was the second-most of any Wednesday player.
To add to that, the Dutchman completed 2/2 dribbles and made 1 key pass.
Norwich City reporter Paddy Davitt even hailed Musaba, saying he had an ‘excellent’ game.
Rohl has a new weapon on his hands
Musaba has been a bit hit and miss so far this season.
It’s clear that he’s one of the few players in this side with the ability to pick up the ball deep and drive forward, but he remains a very raw and inexperienced player.
Last night though, coming back into the XI after a few games on the bench, Musaba looked refreshed and determined to show Rohl that he should be in the XI.
He looked dangerous whenever he picked up the ball and he’s surely worked his way into starting contention for what is a crunch match at Hillsborough this weekend.
The Owls host fellow strugglers QPR. Both teams have come into form in recent weeks and so it should be a surprisingly high quality and competitive game at the foot of the table.
Kick off is at 3pm on Saturday and a win for Wednesday could see them close the gap to safety to five points, should Huddersfield Town lose against Millwall in another crunch match near the bottom.