sport news Brentford 1-1 Norwich: Daniel Farke's side cut Leeds' advantage to two points

Brentford 1-1 Norwich: Daniel Farke's side cut Leeds' advantage to two points at top of Championship after snatching draw at Griffin Park Brentford went ahead but Timm Klose's header in 83rd minuted ensured draw  Norwich have habit of scoring late on and again repeated the trick at Griffin Park  Point closed down gap to Leeds to two points at the summit of the Championship Daniel Farke was pleased with his side for overcoming refereeing decisions 

By Robert Dunford For Mailonline

Published: 18:49 GMT, 1 January 2019 | Updated: 18:58 GMT, 1 January 2019

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Daniel Farke believes Norwich did well to cope with injuries and refereeing decisions as they took a point at Brentford and cut Leeds' lead at the top of the Championship to two points.

Injuries during the game to Marco Stiepermann and Alex Tettey dampened the game at Griffin Park.

Farke believed that referee Gavin Ward should have awarded a penalty to in-form Teemu Pukki, after he clashed with Julian Jeanvier, but was pleased with the result.

Julian Jeanvier broke the deadlock and put Brentford a goal to the good against Norwich

Julian Jeanvier broke the deadlock and put Brentford a goal to the good against Norwich

Timm Klose ensured the Canaries came away with a point after heading a late equaliser

Timm Klose ensured the Canaries came away with a point after heading a late equaliser

He said 'For us in the end it was a good point. Brentford is always a tough place to go, especially in recent weeks.'

'It's difficult to turn the game, specially when you have to handle the situation without several key players before the game, then

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