Oxford United beat Norwich City 3-0 on Tuesday evening, a result that reflected the home side's dominance across most of the ninety minutes, even if the scoreline took time to confirm what the pattern of play had suggested.
Mohamed Touré gave Oxford the lead in the nineteenth minute, and that early advantage allowed the home side to settle into a disciplined shape that Norwich struggled to disrupt. The visitors offered little in response during the first half and arrived at the interval already needing to find something they had not yet shown.
The second half opened with a flurry of activity. Stanley Mills and Ruben Roosken were both introduced around the break, and Touré doubled Oxford's lead shortly after the restart. The game was effectively over by the hour mark, with Norwich unable to manufacture the kind of sustained pressure that might have made it uncomfortable.
The closing stages brought a series of substitutions on both sides. Ole Romeny came on in the seventy-first minute and added the third, putting the result beyond any doubt. Ali Ahmed and Jack Stacey followed shortly after for Oxford, while Norwich rang their own changes without altering the outcome.
Jacob Wright and Myles Peart-Harris saw out the final minutes for Oxford as the home crowd settled into comfortable satisfaction. Norwich, who offered almost nothing going forward, will want to reassess before the week is out.
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