Farke to celebrate City upset with coffee and cake
Daniel Farke will celebrate Norwich City's surprise victory over defending Premier League champion Manchester City with "a coffee and a piece of cake" after training, he said.
A depleted Norwich produced a brilliant display to see off City 3-2 at Carrow Road on Sunday (AEST) and claim its second win of a vibrant start to the 2019-2020 season that has included some good moments in defeats to Liverpool, Chelsea and West Ham United.
Kenny McLean and Todd Cantwell put the Canaries two goals ahead, before Sergio Aguero reduced the arrears on the stroke of half-time.
Teemu Pukki restored Norwich's advantage after Emiliano Buendia caught Nicolas Otamendi napping, with Rodri's late effort proving no more than a consolation for Pep Guardiola's side.
Asked how he would celebrate the famous victory, Farke said: "To be honest, it was a really complicated week and I'm happy when I'm back on my sofa this evening because I'm too old and too exhausted to celebrate.
"We have training Sunday morning [Sunday night AEST] and we have to analyse the game so for that I have to watch the game back.
"So it will be a pretty late night for me to be prepared, but hopefully [after training] on the sofa I can have a coffee and a piece of cake, I will celebrate with this.
"All our supporters are definitely allowed to celebrate and enjoy this day because if you don't value these moments you lose your motivation, but we will definitely stay calm."
Norwich was without seven players because of injuries and Farke felt that provided additional sweetness to an unexpected success, though he always sets his team out to "reach something excellent".
"It is definitely a proud night, without any doubt," he said.
"To win against the best team in the world, with world-class players, a world-class coach, a top club, as Norwich City, as a newly-promoted side who has no chance to spend an unbelievable amount of money in the summer in a situation with an unbelievable amount of injured players, it's really special.
"I always believe in my players. We know we were not the favourites and everything has to come together. But we play football to reach something excellent, not just realistic things.
"We have had several good games but the outcome in terms of points was not perfect because we played some really decent sides and so you struggle with self-confidence.
"It was important to give them back the belief and some self-confidence - but it seems like we found the right words and decisions.
"Against such quality you have to play slightly different because you can't control possession against Manchester City. We had to try and allow Manchester City possession in certain areas and with certain players.
"It was complicated to prepare this game, but my lads fulfilled everything we tried to work on in the last few days in a perfect way."
