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Maybe it was the sound of an entire stadium singing ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’. Perhaps the banner telling him to ‘get out of our club’.
Possibly the sight of a supporter hopping over the advertising boards and sprinting towards him, steward in tow trying to catch him. Or maybe it was the text message from Everton owner Farhad Moshiri telling him they should talk. At some stage on Saturday, Rafa Benitez realised the jig was up.
It had gotten too noisy and too ugly. As Benitez conducted his post-match media duties at Carrow Road, the final words of his press conference were: ‘I just try to do my job.’ Not anymore.
Everton put in an awful performance to ensure their manager Rafa Benitez would be sacked
Norwich were able to play like Brazil against the Toffees, despite sitting rock bottom at kick-off
This defeat was the final nail in the coffin. Norwich had lost their last six in the league, all without scoring, but were made to look like Brazil in those yellow and green shirts of theirs.
Dean Smith’s side won easily to move off the foot of the table for the first time since December 3, largely thanks to dire defending from the visitors.
Everton sold Lucas Digne to Aston Villa after the left back had fallen out with Benitez. His replacement, Vitaliy Mykolenko, had a Premier League debut to forget at Carrow Road.
It was Mykolenko who failed to stop the Josh Sargent cross
