Norwich 1-0 Swansea: Emiliano Buendia strikes as Canaries go five points clear

After the fist-pumping and the celebrations with the fans at full-time, Daniel Farke revealed yet another factor in Norwich’s scintillating season: that Liverpool’s race for the Premier League title is inspiring his players in their own quest for Championship supremacy. No doubt Klopp would have smiled after watching Emi Buendia’s ferocious second-half strike, which was enough to beat Swansea and send Norwich five points clear at the top of the Championship ahead of Leeds. Norwich's Emiliano Buendia puts his side ahead with a strike in the 54th minute Buendia was the hero as Norwich, temporarily at least, went five points clear Buendia looks to win the ball for Norwich as he battles with Swansea's Daniel James It is a title race that is equally as pulsating as the one in the division above and although Farke doesn’t speak to Klopp as much as he would like, there is mutual desire to deliver success. Swansea, with Daniel James playing as a striker in place of Oli McBurnie, who was sidelined with a virus, had troubled Norwich’s defence early in the game Connor Roberts of Swansea competes for the ball with Norwich's Marco Stiepermann Swansea's George Byers goes for goal during the Championship clash at Carrow Road Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul was nearly embarrassed when James closed him down but fortunately for Krul his clearance didn’t rebound off the 21-year-old and into his own net. MATCH FACTS & TABLE Norwich : Krul 6; Aarons 6, Zimmermann 7, Godfrey 6, Lewis 7; Trybull 6.5, McLean 6.5; Buendia 7.5, Stiepermann 7, Hernandez 7; Pukki 6 Subs not used: McGovern, Rhodes, Hanley, Cantwell Booked: Buendia Scorer: Buendia 54 Manager: Daniel Farke 7 Swansea : Nordfeldt 6; Roberts 6, van der Hoorn 6, Carter-Vickers 6, Naughton 6; Byers 6, Grimes 6; Dyer 6.5, Celina 6.5, Routledge 6 ; James 6.5 Subs not used: Mulder, Fulton, Harries Booked: Carter-Vickers Manager: Graham Potter 6 Referee: Robert Jones 7 Attendance: 26,360 Season at a glance Live tables Fixtures Scores Championship Premier League Championship League One League Two Scottish Premiership Scottish Div 1 Scottish Div 2 Scottish Div 3 Ligue 1 Serie A La Liga Bundesliga Norwich's Stiepermann finds himself challenged by Swansea's Nathan Dyer Daniel Farke's Norwich took another step forward in their quest for promotion to the top flight Norwich's Teemu Pukki hit the post late on as Norwich pushed for a second goal ‘The build-up to the goal was good,’ said Farke.