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I don't want a circus - Clement on Maghoma's entertaining first start

Norwich head coach Philippe Clement told Paris Maghoma and Ali Ahmed to cut out the 'circus' tricks. [Getty Images]

Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement told crowd-pleasing Paris Maghoma and Ali Ahmed at half time to cut out the party tricks as his side beat West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup.

The Carrow Road crowd were delighted with Maghoma's goalscoring full debut but Clement said, speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk: "I told him and Ali [Ahmed] at half time that I don't want a circus, I want an efficient team that kills off games. I am really pleased to see him score with the head.

"We deserved to win it. In the first half we were totally dominant, and scored one good goal, but it should have been two or three. In the second half we were also dominating but when a few players got a little bit tired West Brom came into the game.

"They scored a goal from a transition, not that they were outplaying us or creating chances, and then it's important to stay calm and continue doing what we've been doing. That's the big step the team has made - a few months ago they would have become nervous, and so would the stands, but nobody felt we would lose this game, not on the pitch and not in the stands.

"We could kick on by bringing on fresh players who have played a lot in the last couple of months and have rhythm."

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