But if Wagner was hoping to see Hwang grab the opportunity given to him with both hands, then he will have been disappointed.

With Ashley Barnes joining Josh Sargent on the Carrow Road injury list, the Nottingham Forest loanee, who arrived on transfer deadline day, is one of just two available senior strikers in the squad.

‘I am overjoyed for Ridvan.’
Beale was also eager to single out Yilmaz. This was the left-back’s first goal for Rangers in only his 18th game after joining from Besiktas for £3.4 million.

“I was delighted for Ridvan,” the manager continues. “He’s had a rough year and a half with the Rangers.” In flashes, he demonstrated why the club invested in him and why he was such a major talent in Turkey and for the national team.

“Clearly, injuries have hampered him. Hopefully, this is the beginning of him demonstrating what we can do on a regular basis.”

There were multiple occasions where Norwich broke dangerously but the South Korea international wasn’t quite on the same wavelength as his teammates or lacked the sharpness to capitalise on the situation he found himself in.

David Wagner on Ui-jo Hwang

Wagner, himself, admitted that Hwang was something of a weak link for them going forward.

“It was important that he got another 75 minutes on board,” he told FLW after the game. “I think he worked hard. The understanding for our defensive shape he has. Offensively, he is maybe the one where I can say he is not, and he can’t be, on the same mindset like the other players in terms of how we like to attack.”

That can be attributed to the fact that it’s been less than a month since he joined the club and even that short period has been interrupted as Hwang spent the international break with South Korea – coming off the bench against Wales and Saudi Arabia.

The truth is that he looked like a player with just 97 minutes for Norwich prior to Wednesday evening’s game and not one that is ready to offer cover and competition up top.

Hwang needs patience – something that Wagner was more than happy to admit after the game – but unfortunately, the Canaries need a solution right now to ensure they’re not totally reliant on Idah up top in the absence of Barnes and Sargent.

The Forest loanee is not that right now but his coach hopes he can be soon and admits that his side will have to get creative in the meantime.

“This will need not a lot of time because he is a very smart guy,” said Wagner. “Important for him to get the 75 minutes.

“Obviously with the injuries to Barnsey and Josh, who will be out for a longer period, we have to be creative.”

Who else could play up top for Norwich City?

Wagner continued: “Ui-jo is one of the options but I think today we have seen Tony Springett, who was great in the second striker position, he is one of the players that has such a good understanding of how to press. He had opportunities and created opportunities as well – unfortunately, he didn’t use them.

“We have some alternatives, which we have to use and we have to be creative about what the striker position means.”

He added: “Every training, every game, every minute will help him to get a better understanding and obviously a lot of video work is place as well.

“He’s desperate to improve and to learn. He is now with us only for two weeks, less training and a lot of game time, obviously everything has to go quicker for him than we thought.

“Because of this it’s good to have the alternatives, which I said – Tony, [Garbriel Sara] played there as well, Liam [Gibbs] – and it’s great that Adam Idah is in top form. He made an impact in the 30 minutes he was on. He looked dangerous and very energetic, which is important.”

Beyond the names mentioned by Wagner, Borja Sainz’s Norwich debut, which saw him come off the bench and coolly find the net, suggests that he could be a goalscoring option while Przemysław Płacheta was arguably the Canaries’ best player against Fulham and could be used in a central area as well.

Those players need to be considered because right now Hwang is not the answer – he needs time and Norwich need a short-term fix.

Even so, there remains optimism at Carrow Road that he could still have a role to play this term.