Cardiff 2 Norwich 1: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hails Wilfried Zaha

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer heaped praise on Wilfried Zaha after the forward inspired Cardiff City to a comeback against Norwich City.

The Bluebirds were trailing the visitors 1-0 at half-time after controversial Scotland international Robert Snodgrass gave the Canaries a fifth-minute lead at the Cardiff City Stadium.

He has pace, power and great technique

Wilfried Zaha

Former United striker Solskjaer introduced on-loan Zaha after the interval, and veteran Craig Bellamy produced an immediate leveller following a smart pass from the youngster.

And Cardiff boss Solskjaer was left to reflect on his first Premier League win since replacing Malky Mackay after another new signing, Kenwyne Jones, finished from close range a minute later.

“He has pace, power and great technique. We have just got to teach him defending,” Solskjaer told BBC Sport.

Meanwhile, Norwich manager Chris Hughton praised Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall after the Canaries were only able to covert one of their 27 attempts on the home side’s goal.

“I don’t think you could fault our efforts,” Hughton said.

“Their goalkeeper had a good day but if we make mistakes like we did we have to be scoring goals at the other end.

“We dominated but if you are conceding poor goals at the times we did it gives them the lift they needed.”