Sunday 13 November 2016 11:46, UK
Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty has urged Alex Neil to trust him to reignite Norwich's Premier League promotion bid.
Having been ostracised in Norfolk since Neil's appointment nearly two years ago, Lafferty found himself back in favour - and scoring - against Leeds before the international break.
He scored again in Northern Ireland's 4-0 win over Azerbaijan on Friday to take his tally to five having played only 305 minutes for club and country this season.
The 29-year-old was unable to secure a loan move away from Carrow Road on deadline day, but is hopeful of getting one last chance under Neil.
He said: "Norwich is a team I want to play for and I do want to help them. I haven't given up hope. Alex Neil is a manager I want to play for. I respect him and he's a good young manager.
"I feel I have bided my time and now after these internationals I'll go back and be given more chances to play first-team football.
"Hopefully he was watching [the Northern Ireland game]. If he wasn't then I'm sure he will have heard I've scored. All I can do is score goals when I'm on the pitch - that's my job and I believe I have done that.
"Hopefully he'll need me and I'll go on to score the goals which can kick-start Norwich and get them up to the Prem again where they belong."
