Norwich 6-1 Plymouth: Wayne Rooney Championship reaction

Wayne Rooney felt Plymouth rolled over too easily as the Pilgrims’ travel sickness continued in a 6-1 Championship rout at Norwich City.

Argyle have yet to win in nine league attempts on the road this season, and had previously been hammered at Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff.

But the Canaries dismantled Rooney’s side on Tuesday, with Borja Sainz’s hat-trick and goals from Shane Duffy, Anis Ben Slimane and Ante Crnac inflciting their heaviest defeat of the season.

“We were nowhere near good enough,” said the legendary former England and Manchester United striker. “We gave the ball away too easily, we weren’t aggressive enough, we didn’t win our duels or make tackles. It was too easy for Norwich to create chances against us. That was a theme throughout the whole game, to be honest.

“We’re very fortunate to go in at 2-1, and then you hope you get a reaction coming out to the second half. Once they scored the third goal, I think we went under a little bit. I could probably put the Under-18 team out there tonight, and he wouldn’t concede six goals. I’m very disappointed.